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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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Travel insurance costs
I'm aged 92 and, not surprisingly, have various medical conditions (high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, etc). Take lots of pills, have never needed hospital admission, can walk fine. Insureandgo have quoted me £450 for a one week single trip to France, and £1700 for an annual policy for Europe. I'm wondering if these…
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Getting from Longstay South Carpark to North Terminal Gatwick
Staying at the Courtyard Marriott with parking in Long Stay South, but flying from North terminal. It mentions online that there's a shuttle bus from the carpark to the terminal but doesn't say whether it just goes to South terminal or whether it goes to both. Trying to establish if we will need to get the shuttle train…
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Luggage delivery services
I'm old enough that dealing with luggage is an effort, though I can manage if necessary. I live in London, and Airportr seems a decent service, reliable and not too expensive, for taking my luggage from home to Heathrow and putting it on the plane so I only have to bother at the arrival end. But as far as I can tell they…
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Travel insurance when already in Europe?
We apparently dropped the ball and didn't get travel insurance sorted before leaving the UK. Are there any insurers that will cover us our 60 day trip, either a a single trip or as part of annual cover? We have cover for our campervan(insurance and breakdown cover), and our ghic cards.
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Travel insurance in light of fuel shortage
we booked flights and our villa separately as my sister needs to fly from Bristol with Ryanair and myself from Gatwick-easyJet however we are worried - how can we best protect ourselves as we have paid £2000 for a villa if the worst was to happen and we couldn’t get out to the Villa because of cancelled flights- we have…
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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 holiday
Hi, I have a holiday booked for September 2026 which due to the ongoing situation I no longer wish to go ahead with the holiday. Presently Emirates holidays are offering a change of date with no fees for those holidays after 1st June which i would do but would want to travel in September 2027 and the dates are not on sale…
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Packaged bank account insurance query
I'm waiting on a formal diagnosis of a health condition, for which I'd had a previous scan many years ago and which I'd forgotten about. I'm asymptomatic, it was only spotted when I visited the GP about something else. We have a Lloyds bank account including travel insurance. Obviously I'm not going to get cover for the…
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Emirates holidays
Just looking for some advice/guidance please, I booked and paid in full for a family package holiday to Dubai (due to leave 2nd June) with emirates holiday. Due to the situation in the Middle East and the FCDO advice, I’m looking to cancel this holiday. Ive been in contact with emirate holidays almost daily for weeks but…
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Flights to Doha
Hi all, We (family of 4) are booked to fly to Thailand with Qatar Airways via Doha in July. Does anyone with experience or knowledge have any advice? Clearly, if things stay the same we can’t transit through Doha as our insurance would be void. At the moment it’s too early to take action but I’m wondering at what point…
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My Rights when travelling via Abu Dhabi
Hi, I am travelling with Etihad to Sri Lanka via Abu Dhabi in June. I have packaged insurance with my bank account and the trip was booked way before the current USA / Israel / Iran war. FCO advice is to only travel to the UAE zone for essential travel. Can anyone advise whether I am likely to get a refund for the flights…
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Cruise insurance for 2 years time.
MSE advice for travel insurance is to BASAYB. We have annual travel insurance which expires Jan 27. It states that it does not cover any holidays beyond the end date. We have booked 2 cruises, in Jul 27 and Feb 28. I tried to book single cruise insurance but cannot until within 12 months. I tried to book future annual…
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USA Summer Camp - Travel Insurance etc
Hello, I'm looking for some advice. My son is going to the USA in a few weeks to be a camp counsellor in one of the American summer camps. He will be working at the camp for approx. 8 weeks. Once the he had finished at the camp he will be then travelling the US for a couple of weeks before heading home. The camp provides…
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Where to apply for holiday travel insurance if i have ongoing DVT treatment?
hi All I would love to go to Turkey for 9 days from UK however beginning of January i had deep vein thrombosis discovered in my led and started blood thinning pills. I am 47 and feel normal but to improve my treatment i decided not to drink any alcohol for the whole treatment which should last about 12 month - does it…
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What to do in Seville and Cadiz
Spending 2 days in each city in June. Any recommendations on what to see/do whilst there? So far, we've book walking tours and castle Thanks
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Travelling to Dubai as a queer person
My brother lives there and he would like me to visit him. However, being a queer person I'm afraid of my security. Do you have experiences in travelling to Dubai and did you feel safe? Thanks!
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Mobile data from TooSIM for New Zealand
I'm sorting out data for a 2 week trip and need the cheapest reliable eSIM. I've found TooSIM for New Zealand that does 20GB for $27.99 without promos and discount, but I'm planning to search a little before buying. Meanwhile Airalo's 20GB plan for New Zealand is $38. I don't want to land and then spend time looking for a…
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Changing US Hotel Booking
Hi all, Might be a strange one but I will ask anyway. My husband and son are going to Boston for the World Cup. They have a booking for a room in a Marriott Hotel. My nephew would love to go too, but there is no space on the flight, so I have offered to fly out with him. The issue is that there are no more rooms in the…
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Standalone Quad Bike Insurance for holiday
Hi there, we have travel insurance, but it does not cover us for use of a quad bike on holiday. we are not doing a guided tour on a quad bike but we are hiring them for the 2 wk holiday as a mode of transport. We can not add it to our current insurance as it does not provide cover-so i need us to have a standalone policy…
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Uber $ gift card not showing in Uber wallet
I was gifted a Uber gift card for an upcoming trip to the US. It is not showing on my account but says I have redeemed the voucher. Will it show when I land in US? I cannot find an email or telephone number to ask
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