Overseas holidays & travel planning

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• Hopton Norfolk Haven Caravan Holiday Park

  Hello all! Can anyone give me some ideas of things to do in Hopton? We have never been on a Caravan holiday before and have booked with Haven to use my tesco vouchers. Hopton looks very nice as do all the haven parks in the brochures, so hopefully it will turn out ok. I have 2 young children but dont want to spend too much…

• One way car rental advise needed

  Hi Does someone know cheap, reliable supplier for one way rental car hire in Spain I need to rent a car for one week. Pick up point Nerja (Costa del Sol) Drop off point Malaga airport I need all inclusive no hidden charges for one way rental, no excess, one free additional driver. It would be nice if the supplier operates…

• Suggestions for Barcelona hotel may weekend

  Thinking of going to Barcelona for a weekend end of May. Would like to be near city centre but need cheap clean hotel for couple. Any suggestion much appreciated.

• Prices changed on First Choice website

  A particular holiday in Fuengirola was total price of £297 earlier this afternoon on the First Choice website, this was for 2 people self catering. I couldn't book earlier as i had to wait for my boss to give me the ok to take the time off. I just checked the website again and the price has gone up to £291 per person! Why…

• Are you eligible for a £40 refund?

  I`ve got a following information from my travel insurance company. If it is true, it is good news for the person who traveling a lot.:j ================================================== ===== Passengers who flew long-haul with Virgin Atlantic or British Airways may be able to claim refunds of up to £40 for a couple after…

• Currnecy exchange for overseas house purchace

  Hi Im not sure where to post this so I guess under Travel is a safe bet! :confused: I am looking to purcahse a house and move to Spain. I need to move money around and would like advice on an agent to help me change the £ to € I understand the banks dont offer the best rates ... so who does? Or can somone please send me to…

• family room in staffordshire area

  Have booked a cottage in Staffordshire and want to tag on a couple of extra days in a hotel. Looking for a good value hotel that does a decent breakfast. Want to avoid travelodge as want a family room with decent size beds for children 14 & 10. Anyone know of anywhere?

• Tap water in restaurants

  HI. I always understood that you were entitled to have a glass/jug of tapwater free in restaurants if you were eating. Is this no longer true - can they refuse and make you pay £3.00 for a bottle of posh water? I am happy to drink the tapwater in the U.K. so don't really see why I should drink the other stuff if I don't…

• Cheap soft drinks in pubs

  Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but picked up a top tip last weekend from my brother-in-law, and wanted to share. If you're in a pub/bar/club/wherever, and you're not drinking alcohol, your choices are either tap water (free - we hope) or fruit juice (£1.60 minimum), right? Wrong. If you get, eg, a lime…

• Booking more than one hotel room

  My partner and the in-laws (shudder) are going sightseeing Italy for 8 days in April (Pisa/Florence, Venice and Rome) and we are currently scouring the Internet for hotel deals. Is there any website out there that will let us book 2 rooms at a time (and maybe get some discount)? All the standard sites don't seem to care…

• Cheapest parking at Gatwick?

  Hi We are going away for 5 days in March and have found a car park near Gatwick for £6 per day. Do any of you know of any other car parks which are cheaper?

• Need cheap flights to amsterdam

  Can any one recommend any cheap flights Leaving Thurs 1st may early morning and returning Sun 4th May any time from 11am onwards Can travel from Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham or Southampton Best I found is £88 per person return, Check 2 weeks ago and it was coming in at les than £50 per person!…

• Easter Snow..group of 8..recommendations

  Group of us have decided to hit the slopes at Easter and after provisional looking around the US and Canada seem pretty good value. Can anyone recommend locations or websites? I know Banff well (but would go there again). The best site I have found so far is…. www.Igluski.com Where Canada is coming out at about £550 inc…

• Cheap Young Persons Railcard

  if you are 16-25 a railcard can save you a fortune, at the moment there is a half price offer available on the website http://www.youngpersons-railcard.co.uk/voucher/08 even if you are a day away from turning 26 you can get a railcard and its valid for a year after the issue date.

• Getting a travel money saving tip through to the site / newsletter

  Hi All, I have a good discount / money saving tip for villa holidays in Lanzarote but can´t find anywhere on the site to submitt this tip, can anyone tell me how to do that?

• Shipping a pet

  I am looking to import a dog from the US, this seemed to be the board most likely to have members that might have some experience of doing this. I won't be importing for about 12 months (he can't have rabies vac until 4 months then needs to wait at least 6 months before entering the UK) I need to minimise the cost on this,…

• Jamaica

  when is the cheapest time to go to Jamaica any ideas thanks

• Left hand drive car hire for Euro trip

  I am planning a big family trip to visit friends around Europe (namely Germany, Austria and perhaps Italy) towards the end of the year. I will have too much stuff for air travel and will take/bring back a lot of gifts, so want to go by car. I don't want to take my own car as I don't feel it is safe being on the "wrong"…

• Buying online dollars

  Has anyone bought foreign currency online. I've been looking at deals for dollars and if you book in advance you get a better rate. is this a 'con'. I've looked at crowncurrencyexchange and travelmoneyservices. cheers

• Accommodation only in Tenerife

  Hey everyone! I'm looking for accommodation only: 1> The price I've already found = £140 3* S/C apartment (in Los Cristianos, Tenerife) 2> I need a place from the 11th till the 18th March 3> I ideally want to spend no more than £140 (for 2 people) and I would prefer to stay in Playa de las America (rather than Los…