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Virgin Holiday cancelled holiday to Mauritius but still taking bookings
Hi We have just received an email from Virgin Holidays saying our holiday to Mauritius is cancelled for October. I've found out that the reason being is that when we booked our package holiday with Virgin Holidays they were flying us there with Mauritius Airlines and they are now no longer using them but using another…
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SIESS Dilemma
Hi, Should I claim the SEISS grant. It’s a bit complicated so I will summarise, avoiding taxes,
rates, vat and running costs etc, just base it on turnover and round the figures. I am a tenant in a commercial space. I use this space to
offer storage units. Each time I make a sale, the customer will remain with me
for an…
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JET2 Package holiday - Hotel is Closed - No refund.
Hi there - appreciate some advice on this please.Booked a package holiday with Jet2 to Crete for 10 days leaving on 29th September 2020 - booked it over a year ago. Obviously couldn't predict the current problems... have spent 30 minutes trying to get through the JET2 to find out what my options are to be told that the…
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Virgin flight to America
I’m due to fly to LA on the 17th Sept. Up until recently I’ve been shielding due to an underlying condition and I’m also pregnant, so understandably I don’t want to get on an 11 hour flight to a country where covid is rife. Has anyone had any success in postponing their and getting vouchers To rebook?
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Zimbabwe
My girlfriend and I were meant to be in Zimbabwe in March/April to attend a wedding, but this was of course cancelled (still waiting on flight refund! 90 days max they said...now well over 100 days). We have booked new flights for mid-October, the weddings going to take place wheter guests can travel over or not. It seems…
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Residential weekends with other households
Hi, I’m hoping for a bit of advice. I have two residential activity weekends a week apart booked pre-Covid. Both involve sharing accommodation with people outside of my household. The first weekend have contacted me to say we can no longer share rooms so a number of us will have to camp outside in individual tents (I have…
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JSA will run out soon
Hello all. Bit of a !!!!!! year for most I'm sure. I am unemployed and only qualify for JSA £74 per week because despite being always poor and not exactly a high earner, I had the gall to make some investments which are now worth over 16k so I can't claim Universal Credit. When the JSA runs out I believe I will qualify for…
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Opodo refund
Hello, I have booked flights with Qatar Airways through Opodo to travel Gatwick - Sydney and then Sydney - Sofia in August 2020. These flights were cancelled due to Covid19 and I requested a refund on the 10th May. Its has been more than 90 days since I requested the refund and I have recieved nothing. I have contacted…
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Hotel closed due to covid
Hi, booked an hotel through Alpha rooms for 7 people in January for a stay in September this year 2020 in Majorca.. It was booked as non refundable at the time if you wanted to cancel. Now the hotel is closed due to covid until next year and Alpha rooms are refusing to refund money as they are saying it is non refundable,…
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Complicated one....Greek Wedding - friends have postponed but can’t move our holiday. Any advice?
Friends have moved their wedding in Greece from September 2020 to 2021. We booked flights & hotel through OnTheBeach.co.uk back in Feb and paid in full. Contacted them in June to change the date to next year, they’ve come back (August) to say no rooms available and as the hotel booking is non-refundable and non amendable…
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Flight vouchers refund-help!
Hi all need your help. Flight back in March cancelled. Only vouchers offered by Alitalia. No refund option. Vouchers emailed. Rang back to have refund through visa and were told that since vouchers had been issued, they couldn’t do anything. We could contact them if however, there were problems using the vouchers. Tried to…
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Flights To New York Changes - Rights?
Evening all. I am looking for some advice around where I currently stand. Myself and my girlfriend had booked to fly from LHR to JFK on Monday 23rd November through NetFlights. Our flights were VS4031 - Virgin Atlantic Operated By DELTA AIR LINES and VS4000 - Virgin Atlantic Operated By DELTA AIR LINES This morning we have…
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SEISS 2 eligibility question - takings down but no proof in business records
Hello All, I am a self employed share fisherman who gets paid a share of the gross sales of fish that my boat makes. As a direct result of the Coronavirus pandemic after July 14th my boat was unable to sell a particular fish (velvet crabs) due to a diminished market and also due to reduced personnel at the fish processor…
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Transit through us to Canada.
A Canadian national relative was sold a ticket from Calgary to London by BA. Bereavement visit. It necessitated an American Airlines flight to Dallas and another AA flight to Heathrow. Both on BA flight codes but operated by AA. he attempted to return today and was allowed to check in ok to the Dallas flight again operated…
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Travel Insurance for Covid 19 in a country which the FCO Advises against travel?
Can anyone tell if there is an Insurance company that would insure someone aged 60, to go to the Maldives (which is not exempt from FCO travel advice at present), for Covid 19?I have searched the internet and found that Battleface will only insure people up to the age of 59 and other insurance companies that advertise they…
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insurance: Travel to FCO non-exempt countries - are all claims void or just COVID 19 related ones?
Malta is in the FCO non-exempt list and all non essential is advised against. Travel Insurance websites, under the auspices of Covid 19 advice, state that any claims resulting from travel to Malta and other non exempt places, would be void. Does this mean if, for example, i visit and lost my passport / camera, or broke my…
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Using a credit card to pay for a holiday
We are looking at booking a camping trip in the UK but the site we are looking to go to states that if it is cancelled due to the coronavirus their insurance doesn't cover this so will not give a refund. The question I have is if I pay for it on a credit card and it gets cancelled can I claim my money back from the credit…
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Opodo / Aer Lingus and the missing flight money ..
Firstly I sincerely apologise if I should not have started a new thread but I am new here so bear with me .. COVID19 has ruined 2020 for a lot of people and I appreciate in the grand scheme of things many people are in the same boat as me! I, foolishly, booked return flights to Faro via Dublin with Aer Lingus via Opodo ..…
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Villa Plus - Lost Deposit
Can anyone help? We booked a holiday with Villa Plus before the pandemic, anyway to cut a long story short, before we paid the holiday in full we tried to contact Villa Plus everyday for 3 weeks we sent them a recorded delivery letter and even messaged them on messenger requesting to speak to someone regarding our holiday…
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Form to complete before entry to Greece.
Hi all. My wife and myself have seen a holiday to the Greek island of Corfu, and we would like to go. I haven't booked it yet but I did hear there is a form that needs completing prior departure. I have looked on many holiday sites but can't find any information regarding this. We are a tad frightened to go on holiday but…
