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Book holiday in pounds or euros?
Virtually identical walking holidays in a European country are offered by several companies. Some require a booking payment in GB pounds, some in Euros. Which should we go with?
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Holiday Advice
Holiday, I am a single 71-year-old male wishing to go on a holiday it can be in the UK or abroad a reasonable package holiday 7 to 10 days, preferably avoiding a single room supplement. Could I have some recommendations from you wonderful people? Thanks
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Money in Japan
Hoping to travel to japan for a few weeks and need to know what currencies, credit cards, etc., to take. Anyone lived there, been on holiday or has any info on using and taking funds, please. I understand that uk cc are not widely used. many thanks in advance.
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bookingsallgta.com
Has anyone booked on this site: bookingsallgta.com I have done and I think it might be a scam so just want to warn others just in case.
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Travel cards?
Going away in 3 weeks time for weekend in Spain, stag weekend. I was going to take cash, heard recently about something called travel cards, you top up an amount and use that instead like a debit card/prepayment card. Would the bars/pubs/restaurants accept them as payment?
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Relearning The French Language
Hello I am spending a lot of time in France and my French is very very rusty. I'm educated in French to GCSE level but that was 30 years ago! Can anyone recommend an easy cost effective way for me to restart my command of the language, app or online based ideally? Many thanks
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Greece, Paying for Holiday Accommodation in Cash?
We have just booked a weeks accommodation in Greece this summer. We saw the accommodation on several websites at various prices, but found the owners website which was slightly cheaper, so booked directly with them. (We are fairly sure that the site we paid, and the owners are genuine, as only a few moments after we sent…
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Where to go in April school holidays with kids
Hi, as per title looking for recommendations on where to go for a week in April half term. We have a 5 year old and 3 month old so looking for somewhere without excessive flight time. Not sure if anywhere we go, sea will warm enough but if weather is nice we can find a hotel with good pool.. Many thanks J
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Not received £60 back from booking.com
We had an offer of a £60 reward with booking.com, to be booked before a certain date using a code. When we checked out £60 was supposed to be credited back to our card. This hasn't happened. The offer came via a postcard through the post. There's no contact details on the postcard. I've tried going via Facebook but their…
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Hawaii holiday with cruise
My aunt would love to see Hawaii. She’s seen one with Daily Mailtravel. It’s three days at Waikiki Beach, 8 day cruise around the islands and 3 nights in Las Vegas on way home. It’s £3199pp. Is there any way of booking this yourself or is it cheaper as a package? Even a direct holiday to Hawaii with cruise would be good.…
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Package holiday prices slashed
We booked a holiday just after last Xmas, start of 2019. We've had a couple of changes already to the room and then the hotel was down graded, we were offered a different hotel in a different resort so can to that. When looking at today's prices it's now £600 cheaper for the same deal if booked today. The company have said…
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EU travel during brexit
I have booked to fly at to dublin from Manchester 8am 29 march(brexit day). My reuturn is 31 March. All with Ryanair. Does anybody have an idea where we stand if the return flights will go ahead? Flying out will be no problem but the flight back may be disrupted if there is a no deal. Also if my plans get cancelled, where…
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GalaHotels.com Attention
Never book with this site they are rogues. I booked two hotels in Cuba from 26/12/18 to 13/01/2019. He charged me 2800 euros. Upon arrival at the hotel I was told that the reservation was canceled. The site does not answer the phone or the complaints via the customer support links. I am filing a complaint. Here is a link…
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When to exchange travel money
I need to exchange my gbp to euro for March (2nd) shall I change now .. or closer to the time.. crystal balls out, but what do you think the pound is going to do closer to brexit?
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Holiday Insurance for "chronic disease"
Does anyone know where I can get cheap(ish) holiday insurance that won't cost an arm and a leg (cos let's face it they ain't much use!) when I have recently been diagnosed with MS? Holiday not booked yet, but freaking out that the insurance may be astronomical TIA
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Flight Changes - Consumer Rights
Hi folks, We had booked our Honeymoon to Dominican Republic in May, hotel and flights booked in one transaction with Expedia, and have recently been contacted by Expedia to advise that three of the four flights have changed, leaving us with an hour and a half to get through Atlanta airport and JFK airport to catch a…
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New passports now or wait for Brexit
What I need to know is do I get a new passport now or wait till after the break with Europe, If I wait,how long will it be, before I get a new British passport what’s the best advice ?
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Costa Rica - why is no one booking this holiday?
A friend and I have booked this holiday for the end of March 2019. We booked in October 2018. It seems a reasonably priced holiday, to us, for a long haul destination. However, on talking to the travel company recently it transpires that nobody else has booked this holiday at all yet apart from us and we were asked if we…
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EHIC Renewal
I'd just like to thank ehic-e111-card.org for reminding me my EHIC card needs renewing as I am travelling to Spain later in the year. However I won't be paying your £27 renewal fee as I can renew it myself for free. As I had forgotten it expires this year I am very grateful for the reminder but just wondered where they got…
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Affordable family holidays
What are peoples tips for finding/putting together an affordable/reasonably priced family holiday (school age child). Unfortunately, if we want a holiday this year I have to pay for it. A 2 week all inclusive on a greek Island in August isn't going to happen on my budget but there has to be other options out there. (I…
