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I’m looking at cruise travel insurance and with multiple health conditions costs are high. Through good to go insurance however standard single is £843 and standard annual is £416. As far as I can tell it’s exactly the same cover and covers the countries I am going to. I can’t tell why annual would be cheaper or if this is…

Has anyone used this offer, I can't seem to find any information in the T&C on the hotel chains. Fancy £400 in hotel vouchers? Transfer your full balance in one go from a non-Santander ISA to one of our Fixed Rate ISAs Transferring £25,000 and above gets you a £200 voucher Transferring £50,000 and above gets you 2 x £200…

Hi everyone :) I booked a hotel with free cancellation, cancelled it at a later date, and have never received a refund. Is it appropriate to do a Section 75 claim? Further details: booked the hotel back in June 2025 (to travel August 2026), they took payment almost upfront. Read some reviews about the hotel being terrible…

Just booked Ryanair from MAN T3 for an 06.30 Tuesday flight Don't want to drive (1½ hrs) at stupid times so would prefer an on-site hotel. We want to park up on Monday afternoon, leave the car at M&G and walk thereafter - no buses or transfers, but struggling to decide which ones actually offer this service. Raddison Blu…

I know this crowd has the car hire drill down: annual excess policy, decline the desk cover, the right credit card for the deposit. I am trying to work out whether all that genuinely solves it or just shortens the odds. If you hire abroad: How many times a year, roughly? Even doing everything right, do you still get caught…

Hi there We recently hired a car to be collected at Malaga airport. I'm going to skip details about hard selling all sorts of stuff and being told we need to pay for roadside assistance when that wasn't true! On going through documents etc with a representative to get the vehicle I was asked for 2 credit cards in my name,…

Hi, I'm due to travel CDG-BKK on the 12/11 but with a layover in Jeddah! I booked my flight via Booking.com on the 26th of February, just two days before it all kicked off in the Middle East. FCO are now "advising against all but essential travel" since mid October. The flight is with Saudi Airlines. They are still…

have always in the past renewed my passport by raking it to the Passport who have approved it. I see it can now be done on line but you need to get a digital photograph. How does this work and what happens about sending back your old passport. Which is the better option and allowing for photos the most cost effective and…

A bit of advice, please! My brother flew out with his family from Gatwick after driving down from Birmingham. He parked his car at Gatwick North, not realising that their return flight would be landing at Heathrow! He is now stressing about how he is going to get back to his car with his family and a load of luggage. I've…

Hi all, Has anyone got experience of doing the above? We are well acquainted with how the Amex voucher works on standard one-way/return flights but we're looking into using the next one (when we get it) with an "open jaw" / multi city flight i.e fly out of LHR to one city but fly back to LHR, at later date, from another…

I'm with Staysure holiday insurance. They have been really good so far. I was lucky enough to reduce my likelihood of illness. However, they've given me a £75 voucher on next renewal instead of a refund. I think I am entitled to the money back. Anybody else had this and got cash back?

Booked holiday with love holidays flights are with Ryanair. Went to check in sorry not paying £14.99 for allocated seat per person each way. Feeling bullied

Need advice please. Went on holiday to Dominican Republic in June through tui. After booking was told hotel restaurant was having a refurbishment so offered to move with 10% on top to help. Choose a hotel and was not told of any problems. Got on holiday to find the hotel was having big room refurbishments. When sat round…

Hi all, We are having issues recieving out of pocket expenses following a flight cancellation, any advice on what we can do next would be appreciated. We booked a package holiday with First Choice (TUI), for which they outsourced our flight to a third party provider, Virgin, not at our request but as part of the package.…

I have a passport application renewal (SE/04/04)from the Post Office . At the end Section 10 it requires a counter signature. How do you complete this on a Digital passport application Does someone have to come to my property to sign on my Laptop please

We booked a package holiday to Rhodes through jet2 in May. We paid extra for a room with its own pool. For context, the holiday was around £1400, about £200 was for the upgraded room. On the way out, the airline broke our pushchair. Then the room we were put in was on a building site. The room still had wires hanging out…

My blue passport had really stubborn luggage label residue on the back cover which was proving difficult to remove. Someone suggested nail polish remover which has worked but it has lifted some of the colour from the cover and left a white patch. Is that a problem when travelling -would it count as damage and make it…

Anyone used this company to annul a timeshare contract? Seeking any experiences good and bad before I fully commit a substantial sum of money for legal help from them

I have used the North terminal Mid stay and it is a very easy walk into the terminal. I see there is now a mid term option for the South terminal advertised. According to the guide its accessed via the South terminal long stay, I've been looking at the map and although its not marked there yet it doesn't look as good as…

Booked a holiday in Spain for 15 days. Touring. We are couple. Taking gadgets with us Macbook £600 (used), tablet £300 (used), 2 camera (£970 + £500 both new) and our two phones (£300 x 2). Total £2,970. I notice that our monthly bank travel insurance does not cover our gadgets adequately. Single article limit Some…