A Glasgow family has had their "dream holiday snatched away" following the collapse of travel giant Thomas Cook.

The firm ceased trading after it failed to secure the extra £200m needed to keep the business afloat after a full day of crucial talks with the major shareholder and creditors on Sunday.

On Monday, Thomas Cook flights in and out of Glasgow Airport were cancelled.

Laura Harvey's family was set to jet off to Florida, but the party-of-nine's trip to Walt Disney World has been grounded.

Mrs Harvey told STV News: "We've been planning this holiday for two years. It's a lot of money.

"This weekend has been horrific.

"We've had no buzz for the holiday.

"We finished up on Friday and we should have been happy."

Mrs Harvey was travelling to the United States with her husband, sister, and two young daughters.

Her mother-in-law, along with her husband's uncle, brother and sister were also part of the holiday party.

Mrs Harvey's ten-year-old daughter - who suffers from Asperger syndrome - would have celebrated her 11th birthday abroad.

The Knightswood mum said: "She can't breathe this morning. It's harder for my older daughter to process things."

The family should have been flying out from Glasgow at 10.35am on Monday.

Mrs Harvey stated: "I've calmed down now.

"I found out this morning when trying to get into my booking - and I saw it on social media.

"We don't really know what's going on - we've no one to speak to."

The family will not be able to apply for a refund until September 30.

Although their holiday is ATOL protected, they have paid for Walt Disney World park tickets that are not insured.

Mrs Harvey has also scoured the internet for other holiday deals, but they are out of the family's price-range.

She added: "We're financially not able to go on holiday this year.

"We've worked hard and we've been counting this down for two years.

"It feels like our dream holiday has been snatched away."

One Thomas Cook worker based in Crete told STV News that she found out that the company were going into liquidation when a friend phoned her from the UK.

The employee, who has worked with the firm since March, said: "It's been really hard for all of us. Everyone is just wanting to get home as soon as possible but Thomas Cook has assured us that they will cover all travel and our accommodation is safe until we can get back to the UK.

"The hardest thing for me was seeing friends, who have worked for the company for years, being told they had lost their jobs so abruptly.

"One of the my friends have just been appointed to a new role in Palma, Mallorca and only moved their last night but woke up this morning to find out he was becoming unemployed.

"We had to go into work today but rather than our usual roles we were told to manage the social media accounts and reply to customer queries.

"Most of us have spent the day looking for and applying for new jobs since the news came in this morning."