Flights, currency & car hire

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Hello, I always purchase stand alone excess when renting a car abroad. Unfortunately, on this occasion in Gran Canaria , this was a more expensive choice than paying the Topcar high rental company excess. I thought the stand alone would cover all issues i may have as, it now turns out the car companies own insurnace would.…

On 12th August, 2026, our return flight home from Catania Airport, Sicily was cancelled by Easyjet due to Mount Etna erupting. We were informed of this just before 3pm, as we waited in our hotel for our taxi to the airport. We had booked our holiday through Lastminute.com and as they do not have a contact phone number, we…

Hello, UK Citizen travelling to Croatia. Need to take out cash (four figures of EUR) from a bank in Croatia. The amount will be outside of normal ATM card limits, and I want to make one transaction only. This is to pay local suppliers, the amount is not 100% decided yet so I do not want to get out EUR in the UK and take…

I booked 2 Air India Business class return tickets from Birmingham to Delhi 9 November - 4 December. I have just been informed that the flight and apparently all direct flights from Birmingham to Delhi have been cancelled and flights now only go direct to Amritsar. The Air India staff are most unhelpful (and have difficult…

I've browsed the articles in MSE and posts in the forum, about using cards for spending overseas, and I'm still struggling to work out what the most sensible and appropriate option might be for us. We have normal UK credit cards (Visa/Mastercard) , debit cards on our bank accounts, and for some years have also had a Caxton…

Anyone come across car hire companies that don't pressure you into additional insurance policies and charges, and actually charge you what you've booked?? Really heartily fed up of shelling out loads more in Spain, arguing with operatives who just point pens at poorly worded policies on the counter, all while there's a…

Long story short - Travel up have cancelled my flight booking and won't refund me until a paypal chargeback they claim to see at their end is closed. Paypal say there is no open chargeback case and do not even recognise the ref quoted. I have raised a paypal 'service not received' case (on their recommendation) and then…

Booked in England to hire a SIXT car from Belfast City Airport. Form said for over 25yrs & 3+ years of driving. On collection of car all listed documents were checked ok, BUT hire refused because I and my co-driver were over 80. Nothing mentioned about upper age on booking form. Agent said it was in the T&Cs. These turned…

Does anyone have any experiences (good or bad) with making a claim on an "Excess Reimbursement Insurance (ERI) policy" for car hire? We had a poor experience several years ago. But I am wondering whether we were just unlucky? (Our hire car was damaged by another driver reversing into our door while parking. The damage to…

I am booking a couple of one way flights from Spain to UK - it defaulted to the price being in euros €139. When I changed it to GBP it was £136 - my reckoning - that is not a good exchange rate. Can I? Should I? - use my Virgin Money debit card to pay in euros? Or does their no fee on foreign spend only work if I'm…

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Hubby is going to France with a mate on a fishing holiday next week. He is flying with Ryanair. They checked in and downloaded boarding passes. However today there is a banner on the Ryanair website saying 'Your flight to the UK requires an approved ETA/Visa' On another part of the site and a Gov UK it says a visa is not…

Good afternoon, I'm looking for some help or guidance on a claim I've received from Hertz for a hire car I had from them. Contrary to the apparent hire co guidelines, though sadly common, I signed all the paperwork for a hire car and then wandered off around an open car park and a multi-story car park, at Palma airport, to…

Going to Egypt for the first time,went to get some currency at Local tesco and was told you can't get Egypt currency but you can use us dollars,is this correct or am I best to wait until we arrive,I have a pre paid card just need some cash for tips.

To be honest I've not been abroad all that much so I don't have a lot of experience this way & as such my experience will be very tame compared to some of you I'm sure & probably not even what some of you would grumble about. All my flights have so far been fine. From 14hr flights or whatever the longest one was down to a…

Had this twice on this recent trip & wondered if it's luck of the draw or something else. I know this is going to sound daft as this only happened at the start of the week & then yesterday but I can't remember if the first time was in the UK or once we landed in Poland. The second time was obviously Poland. Basically got…

I'm hoping to get some advice please. On Monday 24th August, I was due to travel on a 0610 flight from BFS to LGW. I arrived at the airport before 0500 and made my way to Security as promptly as possible. The queue was considerable, but moving steadily. As I got to the front of the queue, people behind me started to ask…

Hi all, I currently have a Post Office travel money card however due to issues with it not working and their assistance being less than helpful, I’m looking to get an alternative. I’m wanting a card I can preload with the relevant currency however I’m open to a travel debit card if that is a better option. I’m not…

My EasyJet flight from Reus to Glasgow was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions a couple of days ago. EasyJet offered either a refund or or an alternative flight, however there were no available seats on any flights to the UK from Reus, nor indeed could it be guaranteed that the weather conditions would improve and…

We booked 2 tickets to Tokyo for September. Due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to cancel. Tickets purchased on JAL website on a semi flex basis. Cancelled on JAL website with follow up email confirmation of amount - all good. However email says refund may take 2 months to process back to original card. Seems a bit…