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By Stephanie Baxter Deputy personal finance editor

The collapse of Thomas Cook spells the sad end to one of the world’s oldest tour operators whose roots go as far back as 1841.

The company, formerly one of the best known and trusted names in package holidays, left 600,000 holidaymakers in the lurch despite telling them just hours before the company folded that its operations were running as normal.

All future trips with Thomas Cook have been cancelled outright. It has ruined expensive weddings, once-in-a-lifetime holidays and all-important family vacations. Telegraph Money has all the information on what it means for Thomas Cook customers and how to make sure you are not left out of pocket. We explain how to make a claim and whether you will get compensation.

We also reveal how rival holiday providers seem to be unfairly profiting from the dismal situation by raising their prices. One reader told us how the cost of rebooking his trip soared from 688 per person to 1,300. Another accused travel operators of "trying to rob thousands of people desperate to rebook".

On a lighter note, this week's Moral Money podcast features the one and only Bryony Gordon, Telegraph columnist and best-selling author, who brings her unique brand of rehab common sense to this week's dilemmas: what to do when your flatmate’s boyfriend moves in but refuses to pay rent, and how to deal with meddling parents trying to buy a say in how you raise your children. Listen here.

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