Eurostar has offered them a free trip to compensate for the problems The couple decided to visit Paris instead of Brussels.. Last weekend, The Flight Company went into liquidation Insiders say there could be more failures this summer. So what happens to holidays booked or under way? If I was booked on a package holiday with a company that goes bust, would I lose my money? No. They asked me to wait at Waterloo while they checked that the passport had not been reported stolen, they handed it back and let me go."So Ms Whyler and Mr Webster found themselves back in London SE1 instead of Bruges, their romantic holiday having vanished along with the pounds 500 that the trip cost them. "They took me into the corridor to hear my side of the story Their response was that I was obviously telling the truth. After a heated exchange, and discussions with immigration officials, they were allowed to travel together."The Belgians handed over a brown envelope containing my passport, and police reports stating I was in possession of a forged passport to an official on the train."On board the Eurostar train, yet more officials appeared.

His return ticket (like hers) was dated three days later, and they would not accept it for the train on which Ms Whyler was being deported. She was taken back to upstairs to wait in a police room at the station, but her partner was nowhere to be seen. Eventually she was allowed to look for him, but only in the company of a plain-clothes official.Then Eurostar staff joined the proceedings. Mr Webster, they said, could only travel back with her if he paid a further pounds 77. I was told that the crown at the top of my passport was out of alignment.

From the word go, they treated me like a convicted criminal."By mid-afternoon Ms Whyler was informed she was being deported back to Britain. The Belgian officials, however, were convinced it was a fake."I was accused of having had the passport made up by a friend. She had used it most recently last summer for a trip to Turkey, without problem, and it had been in her possession since then. Ms Whyler then suggested they make further enquiries with the Home Office in Britain to establish her innocence.