TICO Module 5 (100% Error-free Answers)

Section 52 of the Regulation correct answers Purpose of the travel Industry compensation Fund The purpose of the Travel Industry Compensation Fund (usually referred to simply as the Compensation Fund, or the Fund) is to : correct answers protect consumers who purchase travel services from Ontario-registered retailers. If travel services cannot be provided because of the financial failure of a registrant or an airline or cruise line end supplier, then a consumer may be eligible to: correct answers receive compensation from the Fund. True or False: Consumers do not have to live in Ontario to be covered by the Fund. correct answers True. As long as consumers purchase travel services from an Ontario registered travel agency, they are protected by the Compensation Fund in the event that they do not receive their travel services as a result of the failure of an Ontario registered travel retailer, an Ontario registered travel wholesaler or an airline or cruise line. The Fund is made up of: correct answers contributions made by registrants any money borrowed under this or an earlier Regulation recoveries of money paid from the Fund; and income earned on the money in the Fund. Section 72 of the Regulation correct answers TICO has the legal right to borrow money to supplement the Fund. Section 70 of the Regulation correct answers A registrant is required to reimburse the Fund for any claims paid to the registrant's customers under certain circumstances A registrant is required to reimburse the Fund for any claims paid to the registrant's customers under the following circumstances: correct answers the registrant is bankrupt or insolvent or has ceased to carry on business; or the registrant purchased travel services on the customer's behalf, extending credit to the customer, and the customer paid the registrant for the travel services after the supplier of the travel services had become bankrupt or insolvent or ceased to carry on business. claimant correct answers someone who officially makes a claim to a benefit or right. In the case of the Travel Industry Compensa-tion Fund, they are someone who wishes to be paid back ("reimbursed") for what he or she spent on a travel service but did not receive or someone who wish-es to be reimbursed for rea-sonable expenses incurred to complete a trip. A travel agent or travel wholesaler must contribute to the: correct answers Travel Industry Compensation Fund. Contributions to the Fund must be made : correct answers twice a year (at a six-month interval), with each payment based on the company's gross sales in Ontario.