We are hoping to go on the October 2016 ABD China tour but are worried about possible cancellations. The September 2015 trip only has 12 people signed up and the October 2015 has 14. If either of these trips are cancelled we will have to rethink our plans for 2016. I totally understand booking with Thomson given their automatic guaranteed departure. I think if ABD would guarantee their trips more people would sign up early. Even if ABD takes a loss on a few trips I'm sure their total profit overall would increase.