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Which Car Excess Insurance Company to use?
Hi, I've done a Moneymaxim search for car hire excess insurance, as I need to rent a car to drive to Suffolk for a few days I was wondering whether anyone had any reviews or experiences regarding Questor or Travelexcess or Worldwide Insure? I've gone through their policy documents and they seem to offer the most…
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US Flights
Im looking for the cheapest way to get to Arizona airport 27-30th January 2015 and to fly back to the UK from 2nd February. Dont mind how long journey takes budget is £350 ish.
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Upgrade Tips (for Honeymoon)
After getting married last week, my wife and I are looking forward to our honeymoon in October this year. We are flying with Virgin to Cape Town from Heathrow and have purchased economy seats. I've heard people suggest there are ways to get an upgrade for free (or at least cheaper than paying when booking), especially as…
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Cheap Travel Money or Card for travelling teenager
My 17 year old daughter is about to go on a placement in Tanzania. The organisation she travels with suggest that it is best to take a Card for getting local currency from an ATM rather than taking cash with her. So off I went to check the site and the Forums to see which is the best card for travellers. I then hit a major…
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Atesa car hire Almeria no credit card
Hello all, I'm stressing out big time so any help/advice greatly appreciated! We booked car hire in my partner's name via Monarch/Cartrawler with the agent Atesa. When we booked, his credit card was fine but it's since been stopped (due to fraud) and he's having problems getting another one because he's self-employed.…
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Heathrow car hire 11/07/14 - 07/08/14 needed.
Hi I need a Astra/golf size car from Heathrow 11/07/14 - 07/08/14. Where would be the cheapest ? Thanks
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South Carolina car hire, any offer codes for big companies?
Hello We are off to a wedding next month, it's our 1st holiday abroad with a 10month old...I'm not looking forward to a long haul flight with her! Anyway, it's getting quite expensive and I have just been made redundant so the final thing to book I am looking to try to save any pennies. Does anyone have an offer code or…
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Paying for cottage in Iceland
Does anyone know of a way to send money to Iceland which doesn't incur a ridiculous bank charge (£25) and a crap exchange rate (I'm being quoted 0.83 whereas Oanda Currency Converter state the rate is actually 0.80. It's essentially costing £50 more than it should do. If anyone has any suggestions I'd be really grateful!
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Flight cancellation
On 31st March Lufthansa announced a Pilot's Strike. Three of us were due to fly with them from Manchester to Boston on 4th April, starting a holiday to USA and Canada. By the time I got to speak to the airline the best they could offer were flights the following week that would have meant arriving in Boston AFTER we were…
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AED Dirham
Hi, Has anyone been to Dubai recently? What was the AED rate if you got it over there? Here is about 6AED to 1GBP Thanks
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Traveloworld
Yesterday, I booked four flights to the USA in October, through Traveloworld. Everything went through okay, and I received a confirmation email. This morning, I was contacted by the company who said that the airline had told them that the tickets were not available at the agreed price, and that I would have to pay an extra…
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Euros or Sterling?
A few years ago my husband and I went to Gibraltar and were wrongly advised to take Euros. Next week we are off to Portugal and husband thinks sterling will be ok (!!) I think he's wrong and they will only accept Euros. The Gib thing is because its ours and not Spanish. Am I right??
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Holiday Autos Issues
Hi I used Holiday Autos in April this year in Lisbon. I booked a category H car which is described as a Mercedes C class or similar (Group H and photo of a Merc. C on voucher). When I got the Budget rental desk in Lisbon Airport they informed me that Holiday Autos had in fact only reserved a category E car which was a Ford…
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one person can't make easy jet flight
Hi, One of my party can't make a group booking for a flight next week. What is the best way to go about cancelling the booking for the one individual? I'm not fussed about a refund but don't want to incur any bogus charges. Any advice on this greatly appreciated.
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easyJet Hold Luggage charges.
Hi, Booked a flight via EJ to Moscow. When I try to add a hold bag up to 20kg, it automatically adds £37 as "price of changes" per flight. On EJ's Fees and Charges page it says "Minimum & maximum hold luggage fee (bought online) (per item, per flight)*" in "GBP 11 to 21. Does anyone know why the difference ? Thanks
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credit card purchase in euros?
If I purchased an item at 610 euros at this moment how much would appear on my Nationwide select credit card, in £s if it was to be charged at this moment?
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Flight Cancellation
I have flights booked for the end of July to NZ with China Southern Airlines. I need to cancel. Not on medical grounds or anything like that, just because I personally have decided not to go. My agent said they will refund tax only as my ticket is a non-refundable ticket and this is clearly marked on the ticket. In total…
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Internal flights - ID for children
Hi all, I'm travelling from Glasgow to Heathrow in July and i haven't had to do an internal flight with my son before so checked BA's site for the rules on ID required as i thought i wouldn't need anything. I was correct - taken from the site; Children under the age of 16 years old do not require identification to travel…
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Coach transfer for disabled lady - HELP
I'm travelling to Crete in Aug with Thomas Cook. I wanted to take my mobility scooter with me but have been refused by the coach company as they are not insured for electrical items ???. The scooter separates into 4 parts(which fits into the boot of a car). I have made inquiries about hiring one when i get there but as…
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hand luggage what is allowed
Cannot find the answer to my query anywhere My sister wants me to take 1000mg Omega3 fish oil, pkt of 90 to Lisbon Would they be viewed as liquid Thanks for any help
