McKinlay Kidd is a fully-bonded tour operator, complying with the strict Package Travel Regulations. This means customers' advance payment are fully guaranteed in the unlikely event of the company's financial failure.

In addition, McKinlay Kidd offers its own guarantee to refund its service charge if customers are not completely satisfied.

Protected by Total Payment Protection (topp) Policy under policy no MKKL/topp/12/06.

In the unlikely event of financial failure, subject to the terms and conditions of the policy, customers' prepayments for non-flight inclusive packages and flight inclusive packages will be reimbursed. Where return travel within the UK is included in the package purchased, customers will be repatriated. Topp is underwritten by Travel & General Insurance Company plc, authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Full details:

In compliance with the UK Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 and the Civil Aviation (Air Travel Organiser’s Licensing) Regulations 1995 an insurance policy has been arranged with Travel & General Insurance Company plc to protect customers’ prepayments paid in respect of:
• non-flight inclusive packages commencing and returning to the UK
• the ground handling aspects of packages where the customer is responsible for arranging travel to the destination
• inbound business to the UK
•accommodation only holidays
offered on this website (subject to the terms of the insurance policy),
for:
• a refund of such prepayments if customers have not yet travelled, or
• making arrangements to enable the holiday to continue if customers have already travelled, or
• repatriation of customers to the UK
in the unlikely event of our financial failure.

Customers’ prepayments are protected by a topp policy. In the unlikely event of financial failure please contact the claims helpline on 0870 0137 965. A copy of the policy is available on request.

ATOL protection for flight-inclusive holidays.

Furthermore all air holidays including flights McKinlay Kidd arrange are ATOL protected by the Civil Aviation Authority. Our ATOL number  is ATOL 9481. ATOL protection extends primarily to customers who book and pay in the United Kingdom.