A total of 85,000 people who booked holidays or flights through XL Leisure Group are thought to have been affected immediately after Britain's third largest tour operator went into administration.
It is estimated there are 50,000 customers abroad who had booked through an XL tour operator, 10,000 on holiday with XL Airways, and 25,000 with other tour operators who shared the XL flights.
A further 200,000 customers have advance bookings.
Chief Executive Phil Wyatt said there is a "huge challenge" to bring home 67,000 currently abroad on XL holidays.
The other thing too.. was that up until April.. they were going with a different airline.. But they got emailed.. and told it was being switched to XL instead.
My friend Eve and her hubby have always planned to take their kids to Disneyland Florida..
They booked it last year.. and having being paying throughout the year..
It's cost them a small fortune because they wanted it to be a holiday of a lifetime for the kids and to take them off all over the place around Florida too. They have booked (and paid for) different hotels in different locations.. booked cars.. bought passes and bits and bobs for all the places they want to visit.
They have all been soooo excited.. and were leaving in two weeks. (to go for three weeks there)
She just called me in floods of tears to say XL the UK 3rd largest airline company has gone bust.
and they have lost their flights.
They have tried to look at other flights but at such sort notice (and seemingly since the hoohaarr with XL going bust) .. the prices of the flights have gone throo the ROOF!
One of them quoted her £4000 ($8000!!)..
.. Poor them. They worked so hard this year to save for a great holiday.
Friggin cheeky airline company were STILL taking bookings for flights up until midnight last night!
Imagine if you had booked flights or a holiday last night.. only to find this morning it had gone bust!
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bad isn't it. 
Awww My friends and their holiday..
Yeah what a huuuge bummer.