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Do you use private browsing when searching for holiday deals online?
I'm keen to hear from anyone who uses incognito/private tabs to research holiday deals. 🏖️ * Do you find prices appear differently depending on whether you use incognito/private or not? * Do you find new discounts appear for you depending on whether you use incognito/private or not? * Do you have any successes you can…
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Flights, Currency & Car Hire Sticky
✈️ Forum threads on this topic: * Cheap travel money discussion area * Cheap car hire discussion area * Travel credit cards discussion area * Prepaid travel cards discussion area * Easyjet tricks discussion area 🚙 Useful content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Coronavirus travel rights * TravelMoneyMax - compare travel money…
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Jack's Flight Club hidden subscription scam?
Hi, I signed up with Jack's flight club premium back in January to try them out and although they were surprisingly vague with the offers they sent (they only suggest you search yourself for a period), I decided not to ask for a refund in my first 30 days as I wanted to support a small business. Anyway, jump to today,…
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Reliable online agents for long haul flights?
I've been looking for flights to a few distant places via flight comparison sites like Skyscanner, Kayak, google flights and Kiwi.com but the online agents they refer you to i've never heard of eg GoToGate. Mytrip,trip.com, getaflight,travelup, carltonleisue, flightcatchers etc etc Reviews of all of them seem a bit mixed…
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Not been abroad for 20 years
My cousin has kindly offered to pay for me to go to Spain (hotel only) Ive not been abroad for 20 years I ain't a clue what to do. I'm looking for advice on getting cheap flights and should I change my money or use my debit card for purchases in Spain? Ive done some googling but it's confusing going abroad compared to when…
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Revolut or Wise for India?
Does it make a difference? Going there for work two weeks today, so I have a very limited amount of time to make a decision (a bit more notice would have been helpful!). Staying in Bengaluru, if that makes a difference.
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Best car rental for MCO Pickup.
Unwittingly my flight into Orlando airport is the day before Thanksgiving this year (it is a week later than normal). My point is in previous arrivals it is pot luck what cars are available when you arrive at the car rental desk or to the rental car park, no matter how early or what you actually book and pay for. Does…
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Virgin Atlantic - Price change during booking?!!
Hello all, I’ve spent the last 10 minutes on Virgins website booking a flight to New York. I had selected my flights, agreed terms and clicked pay. Confirmed price was £496 I then got the normal notification from my bank to allow payment on my phone, which I did. Then the virgin page should refresh and confirm booking. but…
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Own car hire or their taxi service..pros and cons
Hi all We have booked to go to Greece next month. The place where we are staying has offered a taxi service for 39 euros each way but I've managed to find car hire for £55 for the whole time we are over there. I've heard that car hire places try tricks to get you to pay for more cover than you need etc. The journey from…
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Car hire excess insurance
Hi I recently took a trip to Iceland and was unfortunate to get a windscreen chip. The hire company said that the car needed a new windscreen which I tried to dispute at the desk but to no avail and I was charged £1084 for a windscreen replacement on my credit card. Before the trip I had taken out excess protection…
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Car hire: UK licence refused at desk (Economy Car Rentals)
I booked a car hire through Economy Car Rentals and when I arrived at Malaga airport the local firm refused me the car. They said that the T&Cs stipulated I must have an International Driving Licence. Actually, the T&Cs state that I must have an IDL if I am non-EU citizen. I am an Irish citizen with Irish passport. Then,…
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Avoid Ryanair currency exchange
Considering booking flightsOut with Jet2Back with RyanairRyanair is priced in Euros. Last time I did this I used my Nationwide card that has a good exchange rate etc but RY (of course) did their own unfavourable exchange as it was a UK card.Is there a way of avoiding this?(We still have a valid card with our Cypriot bank…
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Cheap Travel Money Discussion Area
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Car rental ageism
If I went into a shop and the management refused to serve me because I was black, gay or Jewish there would be an outcry - because that is against the law. So why am I refused service by a Rental Car company purely because of my age? I am as fit as a butchers dog and have a medical report to prove it. My eyesight is…
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UK Europcar Car Hire query
Hello a relative of mine booked/reserved a Tesla last month to be picked up tomorrow for their Tesla car that includes the free supercharging deal. What is this Online Check-In that Europcar is sending the email links for to everyone who reserved? They send this link a day before collection. Their website says its quicker…
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Car Hire, Snow Chains
Rented a car with Hertz through booking.com / rentalcars.com early
this year; website stated: "Price includes free rental of Snow
Chains". Paid in full (with
insurance having previously been done over on that!) Upon arrival and a
long wait at the desk, I enquired if snow chains were in the car,
twice, they were so signed…
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Best way to spend in the US
Hi, I'm off to the States for a month in August and want to know the best / cheapest way to spend whilst out there. I have a Revolut card, Starling Bank and various bank debit and credit cards but just can't work out the best one to use whilst out there. I find it all a bit confusing if I'm honest! I'm happy to get another…
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Car Hire - Damage Charge
I rented a car from Enterprise in January, no issues until we drove back into the car park and the tyre pressure light came on. The employee gave the car a once over and told us not to worry as it just needed air in the tyre. Fast forward 2 months and £1000 was attempted to be taken from my card. I called Entperise and…
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Car Rental Deposit Refund
Has anyone rented a car from Easirent and struggled to get the rental deposit refunded? I returned a rental car on the 19 March,2020 and I am still waiting for the £1500 deposit to be refunded back to my credit card.... all the while, I am being charged interest on the charge.
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Traffic report required for travel insurance claim
Hello everyone, I am desperately trying to find a traffic report so that I can claim on my travel insurance. I travelled from Hard Rock Hotel in Playa Paraiso to Tenerife South Airport on 19th January on the TF-1 and there were two accidents that caused the journey to be very slow and conjested. Does anyone know where I…
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Did I get scammed? Car hire in Albania
TLDR; Credit card didn't work for deposit but car hire guy let me take it if I gave him 100Euros to cover money for insurance excess Detailed; My Halifax Clarity credit card didn't work for the car hire and neither did my wife's (we both have Halifax Clarity cards). Therefore, we wouldn't have been able to take the car…
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Last minute.com have cancelled our flights and we cannot speak to anyone!
We had flights booked from LDN-Boston, this flies out NEXT WEEK! We booked via last minute.com. We had a notification that the inbound flight had been cancelled, so we spent ages looking a new flight which cost us more money while they sorted the refund. We’ve just gone to add a bag to our outbound flight which is with Jet…