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egypt, family room
Dear MSErs, if anybody knows which hotels offer rooms for 4 ( 2 adults 2 kids, 7yo and 9yo) , in a location where we can gently introduce kids to snorkeling/diving, with kids entertainment preferably as well. I spent a couple of hours today looking and most search sites don't give an option of searching for 4 persons stay…
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Porto Short Break
We were considering taking a 3 or 4 night break in Porto getting a cheap flight on EasyJet. We know it on the Douro River so can you take daily boat trips and is that all the year round or just in the summer. What else is there to see and do in Porto. Any advise will be appreciated.
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Passport turn around times?
Hi, Im travelling to Dubai on 27th March for the World Cup of Horse racing(a 40th birthday pressie from my brother!!!). Looked at my passport and to my horror it was close to expiry. Went down to the post office and used the check and send service on Monday morning to renew. Does anyone know how long the passport people…
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Waterparks
Hi All, I am thinking of writing a blog on waterparks. I was wondering if you will be able to help me. I would like to know what your favourite hotels with waterparks are? Thank you :)
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Travel agent has changed our NYC flight times,can they do this?
Booked a September break to NYC ( booked in Jan' ). Flight times were very important to us,wanted a late flight home to make the most of our last day, had an Email from Thomas cook saying our flight time home is now 4 hours earlier than booked...can they do this,do we have any cancellation rights with this,thanks,any…
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Sunsave dot com
I am looking for a cheap holiday and have come across Sunsave. Their holidays seem really cheap. Has anybody had dealings with them? Can they be reccomended?
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Priceline Name Your Own Price, bouncing to US site - HELP!
Hello, I have used Priceline's Name Your Own Price site many times. I type in priceline.co.uk it then takes me to booking.com, where the NYOP advertising is at the top. I click on that banner and it redirects me to the Priceline UK site. It's stopped doing this and it's redirecting me to the US site. I've contacted them…
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New York Flights
Hi Can someone point me in the right direction please? Looking for the flights to New York between the dates of Saturday 23rd August - 31st August, for 3 or 4 nights. Two adults and two kids 10 and 14. I would imagine we would have to do one stop. Anyone know where to start? Never been to america and used to the normal…
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Multi-stop travel insurance
Hi guys! We've got my honeymoon coming up in 7 weeks. Everything seemed to come quite naturally. We followed a lot of tips that we read about on MSE website and in the forum and we will have our ideal wedding and honeymoon for a great price and through using the tips and tricks will walk out the other side completely debt…
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Sykes Cottages help advice needed
I booked a holiday cottage with Sykes Cottages and selected [yes] to their travel insurance option. This was confirmed subsequently by an email from them advising as we had insurance we need to contact their insurer direct quoting a reference number. We planned to go with some friends and sadly one of their parents passed…
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Is it safe to take cooking oil on a plane?
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Fee free ATMs in Australia
I'll be using my halifax clarity card to withdraw cash through ATMs in Australia and wondered if there are any banks to aim for or specifically avoid so I don't get charged extra for using their machines. I know when I was in the Caribbean some banks charged fees around $2 for non customers whilst others didn't so was jus…
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Site for really late deals??
Anyone suggest a site to source really late holidays offers at the last minute - I can fly in the morning if necessary. Looking for mega deals.
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need some help peeps, on canceling a eygpt holiday due to husband having surgery
Hiya everyone im really hoping someone can advice me on what to do..... I am in a right pickle being my husband full time carer for past few years ive not had a break, so last year I booked a 10 day holiday to eygpt for me and the my 2 children.. at the time when I booked holiday I was arranging carer to look after husband…
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Paying for villa rental
Hi everyone, I have found a villa I would like to book for the Summer. I have agreed to pay 50% deposit (in euros) and 50% on arrival. The villa is owned by a lady and her sister rather than a big company. I found the villa on Owners Direct. I have read paying by credit card is the safest way to pay, but this is not an…
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American Airlines miles
Hi all! I'm sure this must have been touched upon before but I cannot find anything on it searching the forums. I have 27,500 mies sitting in my AAdvantage account, and I'm realistically never going to use them or fly with AA again. I've looked into mileage brokers (who supposedly give you cash for them), but they either…
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Timeshare Sop Ltd?
I'm posting this here as it may get missed on my other thread... It seems that someone at this organisation can help me get out of my timeshare through a solicitor. I apparently pay NO MONEY until I have confirmation that I am out and the fees are not totally unreasonable provided I actually can get out of this. Has anyone…
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How much for Florida
Hi All I would really like to go to Florida- have wanted to since I was a kid- my son is 10 now so have decided to start saving and i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions to how much a holiday like this would cost roughly? There is myself, my partner and our son. I am the only driver and am a little nervous at the…
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Brittany Ferries cancellled Minicruise
Hi All. Got a call from Brittany Ferries this morning, cancelling our booked minicruise from Portsmouth to Santander leaving on Friday 7th March. This is due to a problem with the ship & the replacement being too small to carry minicruise passengers. Of course they're refunding the ticket price, but where do I stand with…
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Honeymoon destinations
Hi everyone :) I am looking at writing a blog and I have a little question and was wondering if you could help me. I would like to know where you think the most romantic destination for a honeymoon would be? I look forward to your opinions :-)
