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Passport renewal
Hello. Does anyone know how quickly I can get my 12 year old daughter passport renewed? And where in Scotland? Need it urgently
Experience on Kids Club or SplashWorld holiday planning
Hi all. We started thinking of planning for our son's 10 years old holiday "party". We are looking for an "all inclusive" within a Kids Club or SplashWorld, anywhere....(kind of Spain, Cyprus, Greece). Checked FirstChoice's site, and there are a few satisfying our budget(£2.5K max..we are right on middle of season - 15 of…
Extra charges
I booked a holiday online had a total cost and paid my deposit. This morning I received an email asking for an extra £186 to take luggage. Please see email below:- where do I stand?? Good Afternoon, The extra Luggage charges are set by the airline. Thomas Cook dictate how we load their pricing onto the system as they want…
Mobile Phone Use in Australia OPTUS or 3?
Hi All, Travelling to Oz soon for a short stay and considering having a mobile phone whislt out there. Thinking of taking an unlocked sim free phone. Have heard that OPTUS provides good coverage at a reasonable price. Any thoughts? I have a contract with 3 and believe they provide cover, but always fearful of the roaming…
British Airways rip off
Hi Just wondered if anyone could offer a opinion or know anyway I can get a refund from British Airways as I feel I have been truly ripped off by them. I've never actually few with BA and to be honest I doubt I ever will again after being ripped off by them. I am flying out to the states next week. I am flying to Boston…
Anybody know how to get cheaper lounge pass @ Newark Airport United Club (Terminal C)
Anybody know how to get cheaper lounge pass @ Newark Airport United Club (Terminal C) Ideally for one trip, got a stopover, arrive 10:30pm and leave 08:58 so some creature comforts without going to a hotel would be cool at the right price :S Probably will be more than I want to spend but worth a search! So I thought I'd…
Thomas Cook Hell
If this is in the wrong thread part, I do apologise. I booked a holiday with 5 others in january to go to zante in greece. We asked for all inclusive food, flights, and trips out. Which the thomas cook branch promised us. The others dont seem to mind about the following money lost but i do. / I paid £600 in total for this…
Hull-Rotterdam-Hull ferry
Is there so called duty free shopping on the Hull-Rotterdam-Hull ferry i.e. cheap cigarettes and tobacco? Thanks.
NatWest Black changing its preferred travel agent from ...
good old Thomas Cook to Affinion International Travel Ltd. Now, Affinion is owned by an American company, so, if you want an all inclusive fortnight in Cuba you will have to look elsewhere, also, according to Wiki, their customer service might be a bit iffy, what on earth could have induced them? According to the Better…
Bargain Holidays
Check out prices for yourself before booking. I recently went on Ice Lolly and found a holiday to Torremolinos with 'Your Holidays'. I called them but found that the price they quoted had already increased and when rang back to book(1 hr later), was told that it had increased by a further £50 due to increase in flights.…
Car For Road Trip With Family
We are 6 members in the family and thinking to spend holiday with road trip around USA. What type of car will be more comfortable for us to rent ?. There are two women three men and 1 child in the family and as it is road trip so we will drive a lot. Please help me on this.
lnghams early bird offer CON
I booked with lnghams back in May 2013 for our skiing holiday in February 2014 with a so called early bird booking discount. The cost of the holiday now (November) if l book is well over £200 cheaper. Their reply to my emails is that they have no control over prices. The moral of this story is DON'T BOOK EARLY
Looking for a villa in the Caribbean.
Hi, I want to get away somewhere this February for a short break. 5-7 days somewhere in the Caribbean. I don't want anyone around apart from my group who I am going with :) I was looking at private villas, quite pricey but are they worth it in terms of privacy? Any sugestions of where to stay would be great too. I am…
tenerife
the other half and i are hoping to go abroard next year and after a few recommendations we have chosen costa adeje in tenerife sometime in june. we have decided on room only. so does anyone who has been here have any suggestions on where to stay? thankyou
Manchester Airport Advance Train Ticket
Hi, Just after a little information really. I booked a train ticket from Manchester airport for a return journey after my holiday. Unfortunately, I forgot about the Clock change and have just found out that the flight times have changed becase of the UK time change. The flight that was meant to arrive at 7.25am is not…
xmas family holiday for 5 - any ideas please?
Hi all.. We are looking to finally book our first family holiday abroad EVER :-) 2 adults and 3 kids - youngest is 7 and oldest 11. Looking to go away in xmas holidays but totally lost about where to go or what to book. Want to take kids to a warm place with beach so looking at egypt. Been advised to look at 5star all…
Northern Lights Travel Companies
Hi all I want to go see the Northern Lights in February and wanted recommendations of companies that organise any packages (flights, accommodation, trips etc). I have looked at Iceland Air, and have found these prices have increased drastically over the last few weeks (knew I should have booked before!!) Am considering…
Very cheap Virgin flights/Bravofly.com
I am a little concerned. Caught a deal yesterday via, I think it was Travelzoo. It was Virgin flights, via Delta Airlines, to New York, in May. The flights varied from £302 upwards, and were showing on all the regular search engines. I booked through Fly.com, which directed me to Bravofly.com. I now see that the fares are…
Where is this?
Any ideas? I cant decide if it's even genuine?
Dont use hayes & Jarvis to book your honeymoon!
Hi, Just thought id post this here as I needed to vent and warn people who are potentially going to use Hayes & Jarvis to book a special occasion or honeymoon or anything really. We booked a trip to Hawaii and New York for our honeymoon and spent a fair amount of money to achieve this. We went on the honeymoon in september…

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