Without travel insurance you have to depend on travel compensation fund, but you may not always be covered...

On the Travel Compensation Fund’s website they describe the service as:
“The Travel Compensation Fund is Australia’s primary means of providing compensation to eligible travellers who suffer loss as a result of the financial collapse of a participating travel agency business.
The TCF helps guard against the failure of participating travel agency businesses through financial monitoring of agency accounts.”
So is this another area where online business can fail online travelers, we discovered that is a clear yes! As if you take time to read the bottom of many travel websites just below the fold, kinda out of sight out of mind….
“……… is operated by ……… while, ….. is not currently eligible for a travel agent’s licence in Australia or to participate in the Travel Compensation Fund…..”

We are not saying that these websites are not to be trusted, but just a point to make sure you always have travel insurance so you don’t have to depend on the chance that you qualify for the travel compensation fund.