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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Struggling to get refund from Love holidays
I have contacted love holidays 3 times now regarding a package holiday I have booked with them for Middle East. I have asked to exercise my rights to have a full refund for a holiday I have booked for the family (due to travel in 7 weeks time) If you booked a package holiday, and the FCDO warning against travel to your…
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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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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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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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Expired passport - travel tomorrow?
I think we're out of luck but I'm asking here in case anyone has a bright idea! Mrs QrizB and me are due to fly tomorrow to Vienna for a long weekend break (an ATOL-certified package holiday booked via BA). Mrs QrizB has just checked her passport and it expired in February ... Yes, I know. Is there anything we can do now…
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Dubai with Emirates Holidays Late June 26
Looking for advice and wondering if anyone else is in the same boat. I booked a package holiday with Emirates Holidays back in February — flights with Emirates and 4 nights in Dubai, late June. The balance was due early April. With the FCDO advising against travel and no end date in sight, I called Emirates Holidays on…
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Forced to accept minimal amount when cancelling holiday due to serious injury
I booked a special family holiday to Madeira through lastminute.com, due to depart on 30th March 2026. On 10th March my husband was seriously injured at work, and was going to be unable to fly. I tried to re-arrange the holiday but was only able to try and do this through a chat on the website. I requested calls so that I…
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