DIY travellers risk being tripped up by lack of protection when booking via comparison sites

Booking a villa through an online platform can leave the holidaymaker with little or no recourse to compensation when the property fails to live up to its descriptionIt was early evening when Victoria Morley arrived at her €6,000 holiday villa on the Maltese island of Gozo. The five-bedroom farmhouse had been described on TripAdvisor as a “unique experience of luxury accommodation” and Morley had spent her savings on a fortnight’s stay to reunite her family after the recen