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Travel Insurance - Motorbike Hire in Austria
I am planning to ride the Austrian Alps (mountain roads) sometime in July and wanted to hire a motorbike in Austria. I will mostly be in Austria but a little in Germany. I wanted to get some travel insurance and wondered whether foreign vehicule hire (motorbike in this case) was included in the T&Cs of travel policies or…
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The Currency Club
Has anyone used this organisation for holiday currency? It's not mentioned on TravelMoneyMax, but seems to have comparable rates to most of the London Exchanges (slightly less than the Clarity card, but i don't want to use that) and seems to have good ratings on Trust Pilot
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France August Car Hire - how early to book?
Hi all, Prices seem to be well up this year from Nimes, so wondering how to get a bargain. MSE advice is to book as early as possible, but last year I booked at the end of July for mid-August and got a real bargain. Maybe I should get a cancellable one today in case the price rises in June and then keep an eye out? What…
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Slightly flawed advice
When looking at travel money the top pick is always a credit card (eg Clarity) as it "consistently gives the best rate". There is a potential flaw in this. Comparisons are always at today's rates. Suppose there is a high rate at the moment but you are not travelling in the next few days. You buy currency (cash or currency…
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Ryanair check in
We are due to fly with Ryanair in 32 days. It says that we can check in 30 days before flight. Does this include the return flight 10 days later? Or do we have to do that in 12 days. We want to book priority seats to sit next to each other so want to check in asap.
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Brazil world cup
Off to world cup in Brazil soon:))))) Handy tip if you want good rate on Brazil money.. my mates company employees use these guys for currency and we were told about special user details for England supporters to get onto their website, stafftravelmoney.co.uk World Cup Brazil2014 got 3.5464 come on England!!! bisk
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Foreign currency - when to get it!!
Hi I have a Halifax Clarity card that I will be taking with my on my Canada and USA trip in August. I'm just wondering if its worth getting the cash I want to take (approx £300) while the exchange rates are high now...I know its always a gamble but I'm curious what other MSE's do :) thanks :)
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Sweden Skavsta Airport Car Hire Hertz excess help
Hi, I have recently been holiday to Sweden, Stockholm, for only 4 days, and hired a car at Stockholm Skavsta airport via Hertz. It included CDW and all the cover possible, except extra super cover. Which I declined at airport and 2500SEK was blocked at airport, which was risk I was willing to take, thinking that about £250…
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Car hire for road trip from NYC
Hi everyone, I'm at the early stages of planning next year's road trip. We arrive and depart from JFK in New York. The first 4 nights will be in NY so no need for a car. I've heard that it can be a lot cheaper to hire the car from outside of NY. We plan to head North out to the Hamptons, over to Cape Cod, then out from…
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Philippines
I am traveling to the Philippines in around 3 weeks. Any advice on which currency to take and how to take it? I am not planning on staying for long in big cities.
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Travelex Card Loading
Haven't used my card for a couple of years. Does it cost the same to load it up with, say, a 1000 Euros regardless of where you do the loading eg at Tescos, Travelex, Cooks etc etc? Edit: Also, are there any charges I should be aware of?
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Easyjet flight transfers
My husband and two friends had planned a cycling holiday to Italy, leaving this Friday. They are taking their bikes on the plane, flying with Easyjet. Unfortunately due to a serious accident he is now unable to go. They have looked into charges for changing the flights, but can't find anything on the extra they have paid…
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Prepaid card for Egypt
Going on holiday to Egypt for the first time, and I'm looking at taking a pre-paid card. However, as most seem to be only in $, £ or €, I'm not sure which is likely to be best - has anyone used this in Egypt, or can anyone recommend one? Thanks!
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Firefly Car Rental
Please does anyone know how we can follow up transactions taken from our Credit Card without our authorisation? We hired a car from Firefly Car Rental in Italy (Bergamo airport) and 6 months later we are now trying to investigate why over the 6 months a total of 360 euros has been withdrawn from our Credit Card in 3…
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European Consumer Centres
European Consumer Centre I have come across this and it as links to all trading standards in the EU.Plus most have links in English If you type European Consumer Centre into your search engine you find results to the EU site, Good hunting.:beer:
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late deal honeymoon
moved to hoilday thread, sorry
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Ryanair finds NEW ways to take your CASH!
You will now face a penalty if you try to do your online checkin too soon!! They've invented something called advanced checkin which means you will be forced to pay for allocated seating which costs £5-10 each way if you checkin between 30 - 8 days before your flight. So like me, if you prefer to be prepared and do your…
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us airways changed terminal without informing
Can anyone give advice had a flight booked with us airways had email with all details from terminal 2 the day before flight checked in on line to find changed to terminal 3 I had booked car park and airport lounge they could only exchange 48hrs before so lost money on both who can I claim compensation from us airways say…
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Ryanair baggage retrieval Manchester
Anyone on here have a long wait at Manchester airport for their cases yesterday afternoon ? I understand they had 4 flights arriving within a few minutes of each other and only 4 members of staff to handle the luggage. Took about an hour and a half for our case to come off the plane.Our taxi driver was none too pleased…
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Flights to Canada
Hi, We're planning to go to Canada next summer, probably June, to visit relatives who live near Vancouver. I've no idea when to start looking at booking flights (this year or early next year?) or which airlines might be best, although I've done a bit of research on average prices. Has anyone got any suggestions? I'd be…
