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Traveller Vulnerability in the Context of Travel and Tourism Contracts - A Comparison of Brazilian and EU Law (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Traveller Vulnerability in the Context of Travel and Tourism Contracts - A Comparison of Brazilian and EU Law (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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The book highlights the link between consumers and travellers,
identifying the meaning of vulnerability in Brazil and the EU. It
also covers different types of contracts for tourism and travel
services, including online booking processes. Only after 2015, as a
result of the directive on package travel and linked travel
arrangements, did the EU begin viewing travellers as consumers in
the sense of Union Consumer Law; conversely, in Brazil, the
traveller has no legal status whatsoever and is considered solely a
consumer. As the traveller is implicitly a consumer he/she is
subject to vulnerability. However, the definition of vulnerability
differs considerably between Brazil and the EU: while in Brazil it
is a principle stemming from the Consumer Defence Code, covering
all consumers, in the EU vulnerability is not an established
principle. In the EU, although the average consumer is assumed to
be reasonably well informed, observant and circumspect, they are
also recognised as the weaker party in the contract. That
recognition does not fit with the notion of "confident consumer".
Vulnerable consumers in the EU are those whose individual
characteristics, such as their age, physical or mental infirmity,
or credulity, make them particularly susceptible to unfair
commercial practices. Conversely, in Brazil these consumers are
seen as being hyper-vulnerable, rather than solely vulnerable. In
this context, travellers are in a weaker position than regular
consumers buying goods or services, because they are outside of
their domicile or jurisdiction for a brief or extended period of
time. This book examines two types of traveller vulnerability that
make travellers, particularly international ones, a special type of
consumers: 1. External and 2. Legal (jurisdiction). Travellers'
vulnerability mainly stems from consumers travelling to different
markets and different cultures. As such, they are subject to
different laws that require special global attention. While both
the EU and Brazilian system have their respective advantages and
disadvantages, the goal of both must be to further increase
protection for travellers, including business travellers. In
consumer societies, the traveller is indeed a consumer by logical
causation and hence a "special consumer".
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