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Beat My Quote! Travel Agents Thread
What’s this about? This is a special thread where you can ask all the Travel Agents and MoneySavers who frequent this board to beat a holiday quote you have and get personalised replies. The idea is to see if someone can beat a quote for a specific holiday; not just a general price. So you need an exact quote. E.g. "I've…
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Travel Agent Code Of Conduct
MoneySavingExpert.com Travel Board Travel Agent Code of Conduct Many travel agents and advisers use this forum and voluntarily give up their time to help other MoneySavers. However as these are professional people who make their living out of deals; to ensure there’s no conflict of interest, I’ve drawn up the following…
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Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning Stickies - Please check before posting
Official MSE fully researched guides: Holidays and Flights 50+ Overseas Holiday Tips Cheap Package Holidays Cheap Flights Cheap Hotels Travel Credit Cards Cheap Airport Parking Travel Money Maximiser From the Forum: Welcome to Overseas Holidays and Travel Planning Orlando/Disneyworld Thread Las Vegas guide and MSE thread…
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Downgrade of hotel
Wondering what peoples opinions are:- Received email from company stating hotel we have booked has been changed from a Platinum category to a Sun category. email states all facilities still the same - however it states we have access to 7 restaurants - when we booked it was 11 restaurants. Went to online chat with company.…
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Damaged Passport Disaster
We arrived at the Singapore Airlines desk for our trip of a lifetime to SE Asia and were refused boarding because my husband‘s passport had a slight tear on one of the pages. Our Saga insurance (not open at weekends!) says that we are only entitled to a maximum of £750 in compensation for the denied boarding, and nothing…
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Heathrow cheapest Hotel & Parking
We are travelling down from North West the day before our flight at 8am from Heathrow so need 1 night stay & parking for our holiday. What are the cheapest options & easiest to reduce my stress as never done this before!
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Two Weeks Beach Holiday With Only WizzAir Cabin Bag
Going on a beach holiday next year with WizzAir and totally begrudge paying extortionate fees for hold luggage. How feasible do fellow forumites feel that it is for a man to survive for two weeks with only the contents of a small carry-on bag? I have invested in manual vacuum bags and the appropriate sized bag. I'm not…
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Thomas Cook Online - Have you used them in 2025?
My Canadian husband's parents have booked a 2 month holiday to Portugal to avoid the Canadian snow in February and March 2026. They have invited us to join them which we would like to, during half-term in February (I work in a school) and we have been looking at flights as they have booked a 2 bedroom apartment. But of…
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Cruise help please
Hi all I am interested in booking the 7-night Norwegian Fjords sailing aboard Cunard’s Queen Anne (sailing code H720) departing 31 July 2027 from Southampton, returning 7 August 2027. I am specifically looking for a Britannia Oceanview Deluxe (EA) cabin for 3 guests. I would like to set up a payment plan with instalments…
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Meals/drinks denied on last day of All inclusive Holiday!
We're just wondering how many forumites have experienced this? We recently went to Majorca for 7 nights all-inclusive with one of the major opperators. Flights were late in the afternoon (suited us because of only using 5 days holiday allowance), and by the time the transfer was complete it was almost midnight, no big deal…
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Recommended eSim for Mexico (Cancun - Playa Del Carmen)
I am going to Mexico in a week (for 10 nights) and wondering whether to get an eSim. I've never used an eSim before, I get the impression they are data only ? Has anyone use an eSim in Mexico, is there an eSim anyone can recommend ? I looked at Holafly but it gets mixed reviews
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Professional Report
I was wondering if anyone could help me or give me any advice? I have already filed a charge back with my card holder for a holiday let not as described ad I had to leave 11 days early, which they have already credited the lost days amount to my account, they have sent the claim to master card, who in turn has sent it to…
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Recent knee injury not covered even though I had travel insurance
Hi, I took out travel insurance for a trip to Dubai 9 months ago and a couple of days ago had an accident and injured my knee where I needed to go to A and E. My X-ray on my knee was fine and 2 days later my knee appears to be back to normal. My insurance company won't insure my knee when Im abroad as I have the MRI scan…
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Easyjet cancellation
Hi, looking for a bit of advice please. My daughter & 2 young children have gone on a 3 night break to Switzerland flying with Easyjet. Their flight to come home tonight was cancelled after they arrived at the airport . She was given 3 options to fly from other airports but had to take trains by herself in the dark with 2…
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What happens if you have Holiday Insurance twice and need to claim?
Hi all Early in the year I took out an annual Holiday insurance policy with Zurich. Six months later, whilst booking a holiday on the website Booking.com I clicked the box to take out insurance (Axa) (forgetting that I already had an annual policy in place). Unfortunately, in August I slipped and broke a bone in my back. I…
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ATM's Peru
I'm going to Peru next month. Plan to use my Barclaycard rewards credit card for cash withdrawals. Trying to research which atm's don't charge fees. So far it looks like Banco de la Nacion (multired) don't have fees, BCP maybe, Scotiabank is fee free for Global ATM alliance members which i believe Barclays is?
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How many extra months on UK passport for US travel?
Hi all I'm off to Florida next December and we fly back on 9th January 2027. My passport expires May 2027, but was issued April 2017 so I'm going to assume it will expire April 2027. This is still three months after I return so am assuming this is going to be OK/ UK Gov's website just says it needs to be valid for the…
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Booking.com - accommodation not provided despite having paid £650
Hi, has anyone ever managed to take booking.com to small claims and if so can this be done through UK small claims or do we have to use one in the Netherlands where Booking.com are registered? My husband booked 4 rooms through Booking,com back in January 2025 and paid for them at the time. When he arrived at the hotel in…
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Virgin Atlantic Reward Voucher vs Reward Points Booking
I'm looking to organise a trip to America next year for my other half's 40th and obviously I'm hoping to get the best possible deal through a combination of using either reward points, reward voucher, the time of year going etc. I've currently got 2 reward vouchers available - one that expires 2nd July 2026 and one that…
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Has anybody experienced EES registration procedure yet ?
I realise it was only introduced wef 12th October and many (if not most) airports will not have the biometric registration procedures operational to date - just curious to know if any recent travellers have encountered it yet ?
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Airline ceased trading therefore flights cancelled
Hi I have booked a trip to Iceland via Trip.com. I have been informed my flights have been cancelled from Iceland to Liverpool due to airline Play ceasing operation. Play was a icelandic company so i dont think will be covering in UK air rules Through Trip.com they have said I am not entitled to a refund. I have went onto…
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Flight time changes
We've booked a flight through Vueling for next May as we are going on a Disney cruise. The flights were not booked as a package with the cruise. The flight was booked for 11.05am from Barcelona, this has now changed to 7.30am departure. Vueling havent emailed me to let me know this, I only found out because a friend on the…
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SIM card for Switzerland
I'm travelling to Switzerland for a week in January and as I won't be able to roam cheaply, I realise I need to buy a SIM card. I've looked at different websites but it is a minefield. Any suggestions out there for best buys? Many thanks
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Most recent: Moved: Booking.com - accommodation not provided despite having paid £650 by MSE_Daniel
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