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Deposit refund without having to pay full holiday cost to Royal Caribbean
Hi im sure there are lots of people in the same boat as us, so to speak, Royal Caribbean are asking us to pay the full amount of our October cruise holiday soon, I'm against this as I think because they're are not based for tax purposes in America but in Liberia, America will not bail them out and they've already lost a…
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I was pushed to take an EasyJet Voucher. Am I stuck with this, or can I still legally get a refund?
Hey, My EasyJet flight was cancelled and so I clicked on their link and was offered only a voucher OR a reschedule. No where did it mention a cash refund. I opted for the voucher thinking that was my only option. My wife then later asked about the refund and told me that legally they have to offer a cash refund. When I…
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On the Beach, Flight Refund
We were due to fly with Ryanair on April 4th and had booked these flights through On the Beach. Our flights were cancelled on March 20th. I processed refund form with Ryanair on March 20th for both outbound and inbound flights, yet almost 17 weeks later we are no further forward on our refund. I have finally managed to get…
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Loveholidays what a mess
Hi All, Well my issue with LH is like so many other hard working people, i have no idea what to do next? So far... Once upon a time, Last year (Aug 2019) i booked a 14 day holiday for 3 off us. This was to be a present for my 7 years old birthday, we planned to visit Disney land Florida. So booked with LH and paid in full…
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Antibodies test in London
Does anyone know where I can get tested for Covid 19 antibodies in London? Also any idea of the prices? Many thanks!
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CSA payment taken from furlough wages
First post so please bear with me. My partner returned to work in January after applying for many jobs and the due to the COVID situation was put on furlough in March. He is still on the 80% of his wages and as a commission based job his basic income is very low. This month the CSA have taken a massive chunk of his already…
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Confused about Nationwide travel insurance & timing of FCO advice
We booked a trip to Greece for August 2020 back in October last year. Our annual Nationwide travel insurance would have covered problems due to Covid. We renewed this policy back in May. We would still have been covered. We then had to change the dates of our flights (both ways) recently and did so on 27 June while the FCO…
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Relatives of shielders living in same household.
My son was on full pay from his work to shield with me until 1st July. I'm not sure why his work would not continue to pay until 1st August which the shielding date was extended to. Has anyone else experienced this and were they able to negotiate with their employer? My son has taken unpaid leave for 1 month because he…
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Administration charge for cancelled flights
can my travel agent charge me an administration charge for getting a refund on flights that they have cancelled. Their T&C's have been changed to add this clause in
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Hotel closed, no communication from Onthebeach, final payment due what are my rights?
I am desperate for communication from Onthebeach but they are not responding. Our hotel in Majorca has confirmed with us that they are not opening for our stay in August 13 for 10 days. We have to make a final payment but as we are not going on the holiday we booked we are reluctant. What are my rights to a full refund? I…
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Gift voucher from hairdressers
Issue resolved
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Furlough Notice
Hi all!My partner is currently on furlough leave, paid 80% of her usual wage. On Friday she was informed that she will be made redundant. Her employer has said that she will be furloughed until the end of October, and the last 9 weeks of that will be full pay, which will class as her redundancy payment.We are aware that…
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Self-Employment Income Support Scheme Eligibility Checker
Hi all,Posting this so others can hopefully help to confirm that the HMRC Self-Employment Income Support Scheme is actually working correctly... more specifically, does the checker actually verify that the UTR and the NI relate to the same person/account ? As a test, try using a UTR and NI from two different people…
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Hotel with pool closed
Booked a hotel in Nice, France through Agoda in February. The hotel has a rooftop pool and bar and was the prime reason to stay. On arrival the pool is closed, not due to Covid but due to maintenance. This was not communicated to us before. We paid nearly €600 for four nights and on arriving the same four nights cost…
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Love Holidays
I'm due to go on holiday to Club Asteria Belek next week, booked with Love Holidays. I had an email from Love Holidays saying it was going ahead but I have emailed at least 5 times with no response. I even tried the CEO's email. I tried live chat which took over 2.5 hours , it didnt answer my questions and then kicked me…
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Any advice on trying to resell flights online?
Hi, Any advice on reselling flights online? We have flights Geneva to Malta and Malta to London, non-refundable, can't claim on insurance as basically comes down to disinclination to travel now that government has lifted restrictions on travel. Thanks.
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Fleetway travel goes into administration
13th July administrator appointed https://www.pwc.co.uk/fleetwaytravel
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Furlough, job search and notice / redundancy
So I've been on furlough from the beginning. Before lock down I was job searching. Slowly people have been recalled and I'm now from a team of 8, 1 of the 3 not been called back. I'm probably better paid than the ones back and I'm starting to worry. I have an interview next week for a much better role. I have heard that my…
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Childcare vouchers & Furlough
I've been using the childcare voucher scheme for the last few years and found it very good. Whilst on Furlough the company I work for have calculated the my 80% pay is based on my wage after the CVS deduction. For example if I earn £1000 they take the £240 from that amount leaving £760 and then pay me 80% of that figure.…
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Nationwide Insurance versus Booking.Com.
I wonder if anyone can give advice on this one or is having a similar problem. I had booked a 5 night stay in a hotel in Torremolinos for the end of April. Flights were booked with Ryanair. Towards the end of March with the Covid pandemic well under way, Ryanair cancelled the flights and Government advice not to travel was…
