know lets be fair this year my wife had food poisoning from the hotel. What I found wrong was we had to pay the doctor 90 euros for his visit and injection plus medicine from the chemist I belief the fault was with the hotel and they should of covered the cost before the insurance is mentioned they do not pay the first 100 euros
I have been ill on holiday in Mallorca. Never serious enough to call a local doctor. That is the key, in my opinion: no claim should be entertained if a 'local doctor's report' cannot be produced. It is black and white..no grey areas..common sense. Oh sorry, I live in a P.C. world where common sense does not prevail.
Not justice really, or an effective deterrent either. 4 or 5 months for a 60 grand fraud, who wouldn't chance their arm ?
The blame lies with those who knowingly make a false claim,thinking they will get a ''free'' holiday at the cost of everyone else's insurance increasing,well,like these two,think again or you might just get a lot of free porridge as well.
Whilst it is good to see such scammers receiving custodial sentences for their fraudulent claims, it's hard not to notice that things happen very quickly when it's the hoteliers interests that are threatened.Amazing, isn't it, that justice appears to be far swifter when those who have this island by the b*lls stand to lose out.A welcome prosecution, nonetheless.
Agreed that the jail sentence is well deserved. But on the other hand, me and my wife were terribly ill in a hotel in Fuerteventura a few years ago. Probably Norovirus. We had only one day well in a 10 day holiday. On return to the UK we tried to make a genuine claim. No chance, because even though we reported it to the holiday rep, we didn't get a local doctor's certificate as we weren't told we needed one. Point is the scamsters are no worse than the greedy holiday companies and and dodgy claims firms.
The people who apparently were behind the scheme here should receive the same treatment as well.
Give them doggy food in jail, for say 5 years once in a while, with no treatment, and no early release, to give a genuine doggy stomach. Make them pay for all expenses incurred. Take passports away for life. Word gets around, hopefully this would stop this type of thing.
Simple,cancel their passports,forget dogooders and human rights,its us who pay travel insurance and pay for holidays who finance these "ill people"
Even Stevie Wonder can see where this is going. Wall-to-wall telly the night before the case with a hard-hitting ITV prime time documentary; Governmen secretly tipping off media to be at Mags Court the following day; Judge imposing sentences harsher than some sex offenders; regulators launching investigations into UK lawyers farming these claims; Govt and cops actively seeking witness statements (as part of an alleged amnesty) from those who have been approached by these scammers; other lawyers launching claims for compensation from those behind the fraud. That bill will be huuuuuge. ..I don;t think now there will be one dodgy claim next year. Which is good. Means hotel redundancies avoided in Majorca; no bump in prices for holidaymakers; and genuine claimants get a fair hearing. Those who took the silver Dollar and smelled what the Americans call "Green Perfume" (compo) - whichever side of the scam they sit - are doomed. The travel industry generally, and in Majorca in particular, is too powerful to be taken on. Silly people.