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Brits must claim COVID travel cancellation voucher by end of September - Copyright Julio Cortez/Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. By ...

Facing financial worries as no one was going on [holiday](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/09/07/wealthy-americans-shopping-for-holiday-homes-in-europe-while-euro-is-weak), companies responded by giving out travel vouchers. But, reimbursement by means of a voucher is only possible if the passenger agrees. More than £50 million (€57 million) of refund credit notes still remain unused. [Czech Republic,](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/08/23/eco-friendly-tradition-of-fish-pond-farming-in-the-czech-republic) [Cyprus](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/03/16/turkey-greece-and-cyprus-are-in-the-middle-of-an-unseasonal-coldsnap), [Greece](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/05/03/greece-entry-rules-everything-you-need-to-know-about-covid-tests-vaccinations-and-masks), [France](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/08/24/is-pump-tourism-a-new-travel-trend-more-swiss-cars-spotted-filling-up-in-france), [Italy](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/09/09/from-the-alps-to-the-islands-italys-best-places-for-remote-workers), [Croatia](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/08/16/montenegro-croatia-iceland-which-european-countries-rely-most-and-least-on-tourism), [Lithuania](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/08/22/popular-lithuanian-park-bans-russians-from-entering), [Poland](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/04/27/poland-plans-to-drastically-reduce-flights-to-warsaw-as-staff-threaten-to-quit-their-jobs), [Portugal](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/08/03/portugal-strikes-looming-with-walkouts-threatened-at-ten-airports-in-august) and Slovakia have made it possible for travel organisers to issue travel vouchers, rather than cash refunds or to postpone reimbursement well beyond the initial 14-day period. [Italy](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/08/14/how-we-transformed-a-tiny-rural-village-into-italys-first-digital-nomad-community), the timeframe for using the voucher has been extended to 30 months from their issue and only after that time it is possible to ask for a cash refund. [France](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/07/24/im-a-post-brexit-brit-who-took-a-training-course-to-learn-how-to-be-french-heres-how-i-got) the deadline was extended to 18 months from the date they were issued, so all refunds expired in June. [COVID](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/05/18/israel-entry-rules-everything-you-need-to-know-about-testing-forms-and-masks) restrictions caused journeys to be cancelled, many asked for refunds from [airlines](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/08/26/winter-travel-warning-all-the-airlines-cancelling-flights-between-now-and-march-2023) and travel companies. [travel company](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2021/11/01/enjoy-60-off-and-a-free-tree-when-you-book-with-this-slow-travel-company) has set their own terms, but if you haven’t used your credit notes yet, you’ll have to either redeem them or cash them in before 30 September 2022. [COVID](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/07/08/spain-italy-france-the-latest-covid-rules-if-you-test-positive-while-on-holiday-in-europe) pandemic, partial comfort was given by the issue of vouchers and credit notes. [pandemic](https://www.euronews.com/2022/08/28/notting-hill-carnival-returns-to-the-streets-of-london-for-first-time-since-pandemic-began) and the cost of living crisis few people have actually used their vouchers.That's why both the EU and the UK Civil Aviation Authority (“CAA”) have now adopted refund schemes. The CAA, which runs the Atol scheme ( the Air Travel Organiser’s Licence is a UK financial protection scheme that protects most air package holidays sold by travel businesses) said more than £132 million (€152 million) worth of refund credit notes were issued by Atol holders to customers.