§ 7. Linked travel arrangement: when separate travel purchases get travel protection
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In brief
- Linked travel arrangement (sammensatt reisearrangement): separate purchases of at least two types of travel services (reisetjenester) that are not a package holiday (pakkereise).
- The seller must either bring together the choices and payments in one visit or one contact, or in a targeted manner facilitate a purchase from another trader (næringsdrivende).
- Where there is one main service plus tourist services (turisttjenester), the tourist services must be a significant part.
- The boundaries with package holiday and travel service are set out in §§ 5 and 6.
The text of the law (unofficial translation)
§ 7. Linked travel arrangement
- facilitates the traveller's (reisende) separate selection and separate payment for each travel service during one visit to or one contact with the trader's point of sale (utsalgssted), or
- in a targeted manner facilitates the purchase of at least one additional travel service from another trader, where a contract with the other trader is concluded no later than 24 hours after the booking of the first travel service is confirmed.
What does this mean?
A linked travel arrangement is an in-between form. The traveller buys several travel services for the same trip, but the purchases are not a package holiday. Each service has its own contract with whoever provides it, and each service is chosen and paid for separately. Even so, the trader plays such an active role that the law treats the purchase as more than random individual purchases. At least two different types of travel services are required.
There are two ways in. The first is that the seller takes the choices and payments for each service during one visit to the shop or one contact. The second is that the seller, in a targeted way, helps with the purchase of at least one additional service from another trader, and the last contract is concluded no later than 24 hours after the first booking was confirmed. Example: a traveller books a plane ticket with one seller. Shortly afterwards, they are directed on to another trader and book a hotel there the same day. This may then be a linked arrangement. The example is made up and only uses the roles in the law.
The second paragraph concerns combinations where only one of the three main types (passenger transport (persontransport), accommodation (innkvartering) or car rental) is combined with tourist services, such as a guided tour. In that case, it is only a linked arrangement if the tourist services make up a significant part of the value, are marketed as an important part of the offer, or are otherwise an important element of the combination. A small additional service alone therefore does not make the purchase a linked arrangement.
The section builds on the definition of travel service in § 5. It is distinguished from package holiday, which is defined in § 6. There, it is the organiser (arrangør) who puts the offer together, and the trip is sold under one contract or at a total price (samlet pris). Who counts as trader, traveller and point of sale is explained in § 8. The scope (virkeområde) is set out in § 1, while § 2 lists exceptions. Under § 3, the rules cannot be departed from to the disadvantage of the traveller.