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Travel companies must provide consumers with clear, transparent and timely information when advertising and selling flights and holidays, under new guidelines issued today.

Holidaymakers still need to watch out for optional extras being automatically selected when booking flights online.

If you've unwittingly bought travel insurance because an airline or booking website automatically opted you into cover then MoneySavingExpert.com is today urging you to reclaim that cash.

Consumers booking a holiday online should beware the continuing menace of firms sneakily trying to opt passengers into optional extras that hike up the price of jetting away.

The Government will finally crackdown on airline booking sites that flout European rules by automatically adding insurance and other optional costs to travel arrangements.

Holidaymakers could end up shelling out a needless £250 because some internet booking sites automatically add insurance to your travel arrangements.