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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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EES & Returning to UK from European Airports
Has anyone got any advice regarding returning from a European Airport recently with EES in place? Specifically, if you can’t check in your luggage until 2 hours before flight departure at a European airport, how can you get to the boarding gate on time to catch your flight, if the gate number is not shown immediately? If…
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Emirates Package Holiday Amendment
Anyone had any experience with amending bookings? I have contacted Emirates holidays to amend our package holiday to Dubai ins September as two of our group are not willing to travel because of the situation. i was expecting a reduced price considering two passengers have cancelled and we are losing one room. which means…
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being bounced between holiday insurer and travel agent over APD fee
Hello, I need help, I had to cancel my package holiday earlier this year 2026, due to illness. Due to the time frame we got half a refund for myself & my Dad who were supposed to travel together. I was granted my claim by the insurance company and received a payout, though they deducted an £90 APD fee. (air passenger duty)…
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Broken Foot so can't travel, insurance claim help....
My daughter is 18 and was going to Sicily with my sister. My sister paid for the holiday and is the lead passenger, they each have there own travel insurance with cancellation cover. My sister has broken her foot and has a doctor's note stating she is not fit to travel. My daughter has no one she could go with instead so…
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Heathrow Airport T2. - boots meal deal available?
Hi, not flown out of Heathrow for years. Early morning flight so staying in a nearby hotel. Can I get a meal deal after security? I can find there's a boots but there's a small picture showing toiletries etc, the M&S is apparently in arrivals and I'd really rather not have to add a sarnie etc to take through security.…
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Tui rescheduled flights by 2 DAYS on package hoiliday
I month to ga and TUI has recheduled flights by 48 hrs. I cant go and have obviously booked taxis etc. The said i can rebook another holiday on those dates but the equivalent is 900 more as I booked early to get a discount. Fed up and confussed really What do I do?
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Kiwi / Ryanair Naming Issue
Booked multiple Ryanair flights via Kiwi using correct passport details entered once at checkout. Two bookings show truncated surname, one is correct, and both companies are blaming each other. Ryanair say the agent sent incomplete data, Kiwi say everything was transmitted correctly and refuse to fix or reimburse. Now…
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Travel Insurance for Student Studying Abroad
Hi, Over the next 12 months my daughter will have two separate 4 months European trips as part of her degree course. She will also take a couple of short city breaks in Europe of one week or less. Each trip will start in the UK and result in her returning to the UK each time. By that I mean that each trip is separate. She…
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One off Caribbean Cruise
We mostly holiday in Europe and have annual travel insurance including cruise cover, this is due for renewal later this month. We are going on a Caribbean cruise in February next year but this will be our only holiday outside Europe, is it better to upgrade our annual cover to worldwide for the year or to take out stand…
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Accommodation Cost Whilst Stuck Overseas Due to Middle East Crisis
Hello All. My partner and I went on a weeks holiday to the Maldives at the end of February, and were supposed to return on 1st March. Unfortunately, our return flight was repeatedly cancelled, due to the situation in the Middle East. We ended up stuck there for 16 extra days, and ran up a hotel bill for this time of almost…
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On The Beach Klarna Payment Cancelled
I booked a holiday with On The Beach using Klarna pay in 3. The holiday leaves within 90 days. The holiday is ‘pending’ with On The Beach but this evening I have received an email from Klarna saying the payment has been cancelled? No way of contacting OTB and no communication from them. Anyone had anything similar? Does it…
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Flight delayed etc, travel insurance
I'm sure many people don't bother, but do you call your travel insurance company if your flight is delayed by 24 hours or more, ie travel insurance ends the day/night? Has anyone been caught out, ie flight delayed/etc. up to 4/5 days as it can happen, do you just cross your fingers in the hope you don't have a mishap,…
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Expedia not refunding package holiday
Hi, i was wondering if anyone else have had issues requesting a refund back from Expedia under travel and package regulations. I have booked to go abu dhabi on the 3rd june as a package from expedia (flights + hotels) before the FCDO changed their advice to essential travel only. I have requested a full refund from expedia…
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EES (Entry/Exit System) for most EU countries
EES is due to be implemented in the not too distant future, official start date Sunday 12th October. If/when anybody has experienced the biometric data recording procedures on or after that date it would be appreciated if it could be shared hereabouts. It applies to all EU member countries except Ireland and Cyprus, plus…
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Liverpool Airport Parking
Travelling from Liverpool to Fuerteventura for 8 days in May. I always park next to the airport with cheap parking/park smart. But over the last couple of years the costs have soared. It's around £100 no matter what discount code I use. I'm coming back at 2am so don't want to be parking on someone's drive in the area and i…
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Security deposits on holiday accommodation
Hi Martin I was watching your holiday special show last week and thought of a question that hopefully you can help with. I am planning road trip in Canada next year with hotel stops in 7 different destinations. Each place advise that they will require a credit card to take a security deposit of between 250 - 500 Canadian…
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Thomas Cook. Changing passengers details results in total booking 'refresh'
I booked a holiday with Thomas Cook back in October 2025 for the entire family - including partners / grandchildren. 18 in all at an 'all inclusive' hotel in Turkey we had used before. Five rooms in all. Two large rooms and the 'standard'. The booking was divided into two reference numbers, as the system could not…
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Out of hours fee for car hire after flight delay
My flight RK1394 developed a fault and ended up 2 1/2 hours late in Oslo (so it is below the threshold of UK261). As a result I missed the closing time (midnight, originally booked for 22:00) of the car rental (Sixt) and ended up with an out of hours fee of NOK 695. Unfortunately the delay didn't meet the threshold (6…
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Passport Expiry
Just thinking ahead my passport shows the following Date of issue 22/12/16 Expiry 22/07/27 When do i need to renew to travel to Europe Caribbean and other destinations?
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Travel insurance - do we need extra cover for European holiday in current climate?
We have just booked our holiday for this year (August) and are currently in the process of sorting out travel insurance, and wondering what we need to be looking out for amid the current uncertainty with air travel. Destination itself isn't an issue (we're only going to Germany so not passing through any compromised…
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