emma brennan from abta is with me now, the uk's largest travel association.mportant to make sure they are booking with a reputable travel company, you can book with an abta member, 1200 travel companies, you can go online and check they are an abta member before booking but also do your research, look into the companies that you look to book with, or they did itare? that you look to book with, or they did it are? if they are our website of the tab all of the right information? for a sample at the 02 website and it is normally .com, but it says .org, that could raise alarm bells and you're not reading the work. i suppose people think they recognise the name... travel companies and other businesses use similar names and their different online versions of the same thing and it is having that confidence that it and it is having that confidence thatitis and it is having that confidence that it is what it says it is. what about how you pay? is an important? it can be a factor but a lot of companies are asking people to pay by bank transfer and if you use a reputabl

you can book with an abta member, 1200 travel companies, you can go online and check they are an abtaanies that you look to book with, or they are? if they are our website of the tab all of the right information? for example if you go to the website and it is normally .com, but it says .org, that could raise alarm bells and you're not where you think. i suppose people think they recognise the name... travel companies and other businesses use similar names and they are different online versions of the same thing and it is having that confidence that it is what it says it is. what about how you pay? is that important? it can be a factor but a lot of companies are asking people to pay by bank transfer and if you use a reputable company that can be fine and you can always call them up if you're not sure and look at the official documents and check but we would always recommend that anyone particularly booking through accommodation websites check the payment terms, what does it tell you you should be doing? what we are seeing in some cases we are highlighting the is people are paying a pri