Man with terminal cancer could miss out on last holiday due to Thomas Cook collapse
A couple are facing the prospect of not being able to go on their final holiday together because of the collapse of Thomas Cook.
Fundraisers helped raise £1,800 through a crowdfunding campaign for Lyndsay and Matt Dominic to fly to Tenerife tomorrow (September 24) for a week-long holiday.
It was due to be their last break together after Matt was given a terminal brain cancer diagnosis last May.
But the collapse of Thomas Cook has left thousands of customers like the Dominics out of pocket, as well as more than 150,000 stranded abroad and 21,000 employees out of work.
Lyndsay Dominic, 42, from Derby, says she has been unable to get through to anyone at Thomas Cook or the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Lyndsay said: "We're beyond fed up. We were toying with packing yesterday but we were preparing for the worst. Matt's got a stinking cold so he was up at 4am this morning - that's when we found out."
"We don't have a back-up plan."
The couple's holiday is covered by ATOL and they expect to get their money back - but Matt was given six months to live more than a year ago and Lyndsay is worried there will not be enough time to arrange another break.
She said: "It's not possible for us to book another holiday unless we get our money back, and I keep reading that it could take up to two months to get refunded."
Lyndsay, of Allestree, said the two phone numbers she has for Thomas Cook are only playing a recorded message and she can't get through to anyone at the CAA.
She said both she and her husband, 43, were "gutted" about what had happened.
She added: "He was really looking forward to it. He's not got a lot to look forward to, bless him."
She also said that she did not want to ask people to donate to another crowdfunding campaign because she would not expect them to do so again.
Thomas Cook's chief executive, Peter Fankhauser, said his company had "worked exhaustively" to salvage a rescue package for the company.
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