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Registering newborn for Irish passport from UK. Foreign Births Register - FBR
Hi All, Online info is confusing. I was born in England to parents from Northern Ireland. I have an Irish (and GB) passport since a few years. I want to register my newborn on the FBR. There is a concept of continuing hereditary citizenship *so long as* the parent is registered prior to birth of the child for each…
Family Hoilday
Hello All, My children are 13 & 15 and for various reason we as not had a holiday abroad- which would be a real treat for us in present circumstances. Budget is not huge- £2000- apparently that is not much! What and where would you recommend. I think taking ferry to Spain or France may get us more for our money, but as the…
Non-refundable hotel booking problems
I've just recently booked 8 days in Fairfield inn by marriot Anaheim hills, orange county. Unfortunaetly this is the wrong hotel as I've mixed it up with Fairfield inn by Marriott, Anaheim. Which is located next to Disney. I either want to try and convince the hotel to cancel the booking with a refund or possibly changing…
Travelup / Travel trolley
Has anyone got any experience of the above? Cheapest flights are with them. Don't want to book if likely to be issues, but don't really want to spend £200 more for exact same flight either!
Flying.... Thursday & Fridays snow
I’ve got a meeting in Europe on Friday.... will be staying on for leisure till Monday. Am flying from Luton early on Friday morning with EasyJet. Have quite literally only booked a seat on the plane ie no hold baggage, accommodation, car etc. What happens if I turn up on Friday morning and the flights been cancelled due to…
Out of the blue dropping out of a holiday
The other day I was just enjoying my day when my friend decided to message me saying she doesn’t want to go on holiday with me anymore. I was very shocked and hurt. We have both only paid the deposit of £200 each. She thought she may be able to get some of this back if we cancel. I said I would ask the agents but in the…
Hotels - Double and Twins
I've just been on a short break to Paris. I booked a double room via Expedia and thought it would actually be a double room. Found it to be 2 single beds at other ends of the room. Is this normal? When I booked, there was the option of a twin room (which I thought was 2 single beds) hence not having gone for it and then a…
ESTA be careful to use the correct website!
Just wanted to warm people to use check that they are using the proper official website. It is https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/esta.html It should only charge you $14 I got scammed by using this one: USA ESTA Processing Team info@usaesta.org https://www.usaesta.org I got charged $88 each for me and for my husband! Normally I…
Cancelling travel plans
HELP I am going away next Thurs was flyinging to floirda. Stopping with a friend for 5 weeks. He sent an email last night saying don't come. I have booked the flight the hotel and trains. What do j do. I am panicking now. He said he will refund me what I have spent but won't there be cancellation fees etc. Why hevleft me…
Will your travel insurer cover your holiday against Brexit flight disruption? - MSE News
Holidaymakers with travel insurance policies from at least seven major firms may not be covered for hotel, car hire and other costs if they have to cancel their trip because of Brexit-related flight disruption, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal. If you're worried, check your policy now - and if you do want cover for…
Baggage costs fiasco
Hi, I have booked 4 flights from Newcastle to Orlando in September and return. They are booked with Kayak and KLM is the operator. I cannot add checked luggage to my flights until I get to the airport which I believe is VERY expensive. KLM state this is because Delta is operating the last leg of the journey from Atlanta to…
Seat booking complaint
Hi, Not really a flight delay topic so apologies if on wrong forum. My family and i booked a flight with Jet 2. We booked seats so we and another party (separate booking) could sit together. This was crucial as the other party had kids with Learning difficulties who needed our help. Without notice, Jet2 changed our seats.…
New York hire car and back to NY
I’m fancying going to New York for a few days then getting a car and going upstate for a few days then back to NY again. Does this sound doable? I’ve no idea where to start on the car hire, like what sort of things I’d need to check, any sites worth looking at?
Malarone prices
I'm on the search for the cheapest malarone (or generic) prices. Malarone Boots £2.84 each Dr Fox (online) quotes £2.74 + £1-4 prescription fee + £2.90 delivery Asda £1.50 each Generic malarone Boots out of stock Dr Fox £1.22 each + £1-4 prescription fee + £2.90 delivery Anyone know any better prices? I'm happy to add to…
Zika Virus Question
Hi — My wife is 14 weeks pregnant and we're planning a Babymoon in April. We'd like to visit the US and were hoping to visit San Diego for a few days and fly back to London from there. However, although San Diego is classed as no risk area for Zika virus, the city borders directly with Tijuana in Mexico which is high risk.…
Travel money
Just wondering what people do as a Plan B with travel money? By default I take some cash to keep exchange fees down, but not too much, as I'd worry about losing it or having it nicked in an unfamiliar area. I used to keep travellers cheques as a backup, but it seems it's no longer worth doing so as it's hard to find…
Power of Attorney (Croatia)
Mods - please re-allocate to the most relevant forum area if required. I'd be really grateful for any suggestions/opinions on this issue. I need to urgently send an ordinary Power of Attorney for a Croatian national to act on my behalf with a Croatian government department on a specific sensitive family issue. I’ve been…
any suggestions
Hey money savers need your input and opinions So I went to my local travel agents today and picked up the year round sun and All Inclusive books and was looking forward choosing my first holiday since 2005 and to my horror there are no prices in the brochure what strange tatic is this? So I was wondering if anyone had any…
Family travel insurance
If I get an annual family travel insurance policy to cover myself, my wife, and son, is it likely to cover my wife if she goes on holiday without me and my son? Thanks.
Booking a Greek hotel directly - risky?
Hi all Looking to book a holiday in Crete and we've settled on a specific hotel that we'd like to stay at so we are looking to book flights and hotel separately. The hotel deal that we were looking at was on loveholidays.com which doesn't have the best of reviews. I've E-Mailed the hotel directly to ask for a price for a…

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