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LA to San Fran
Hi,in October I'm planning to drive between the 2 cities,Ive been to both once before without a car,but looking for ideas/tips of places to visit nearby either(only thing planned is universal & getting on cruise in San Francisco on the sunday) and where on the way is it worth doing a nights stop between the two? I plan to…
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Cruise holiday options - NOT TUI!
Celebrating our silver wedding anniversary this year and we'd like to go on a cruise. In the past we've went with TUI and really enjoyed it, but they're now 'on the list' so we won't be going with them this year. We liked TUI because the boats weren't huge, and what you paid included everything and there were no added…
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Buying Florida Park Tickets from Travel Agents in the UK (Pros & Cons)
Hi all My Sisters family are going to Florida in summer and they have a quandary about buying tickets for the parks & attractions. They have been told many a different story by many a different person and are baffled now. I said I would ask a few friends (you lot)...It makes me sound popular... what their thoughts were.…
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Home security while away
As soon to be retirees, my wife and I are starting to plan an extended vacation. We've checked what we need to do with travel insurance and general home/contents cover extensions. Now we're wondering whether we need to beef up our (admittedly ageing) home alarm. Does anyone have any views/experience on home security…
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Thomas cook insurance
Following collapse of TC, the CAA have advised me over the phone that I will not be compensated for the £70 I paid for the single trip TC insurance I bought when paying my deposit for holiday due in June 2020. Has anyone had a similar response?
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TUI - switching to Amex from DD
Hi I know TUI don't take AMEX. But they do take PayPal - so I can pay via them using my amex card. The question is - does anyone know if it's possible to cancel the DD plan mid-paying off the holiday, and then pay the equivalent each month via Paypal, and if so are there any fees applied for cancelling the DD? I don't want…
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Ryanair different fares on same booking?
For life of me can't work out how to book 2 seats at different fares so we can share one hold suitcase? Or will I have to buy the seats separately?
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Aquired Wisdom or Old Wisdom? NYC Travel
First time in the Big Apple in June. It'll be a short break so will be based centrally (I know the smart money is to stay further out, but for a short break we prefer to be on top of things). Not yet booked flights or hotel (not doing AirBNB either) yet, BUT my question - the old adage of booking flights and hotels…
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Japan trip Any tips?
Planning trip to first Japan around 23rd May. Anyone got any tips? Atm looking at flights from Manchester. What are best airlines to use? The cost is about £1000 for premium economy or about £500-600 economy. Also there are 2 airports, are they both easy to transfer to centre of Tokyo?
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Staysure letter says we have to tell them if we attend GP for a cold!!!
Hi. We have annual worldwide travel insurance with Staysure and have each declared several pre-existing conditions. I was astounded to receive a letter from them today reminding us that we have to inform them if anything has changed. So far so good. But on the back of the letter there is a series of Q+As. one of which is:…
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Estas
I foolishly applied for an ESTA to visit the USA, using an unauthorised site. So, instead of paying $14, Ive paid $88 per person. The site looked quite credible and completely fooled my 78 year old brain!! However, the next day, I received a text from my credit card company, warning me that fraud had been attempted and…
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Cruising 2021
OH and I, along with another couple , close friends, are looking at going on a cruise next September, 2021. It will be their first cruise, we have been on quite a few. Looking at East Med, possibly P&O. My question is whether is will work out cheaper/ easier to have a suite for 4 people with two bedrooms, if thats is…
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Passport / Driving license renewal
I have a confession. My photocard driving license is around two years out of date. I have since moved house also. I also need to renew my passport, as I am going abroad in a few months. I believe that you can renew your passport online and that it is cheaper to do this? I also believe that you can only do this if your…
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Infant seat British Airways
We're looking at visiting family in San Diego in March, we would have our 7 month old with us. We would rather pay for him to have a seat we can put him on in his car seat but whenever I search for tickets, if you put an under 2 year old on it automatically sets it to an infant on lap. We've read that we should call the…
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Cockroaches in hotel acceptable?
My Saga holiday in a 4 star hotel in Tenerife was ruined by finding cockroaches in my room all the time and wondering where they were and what they were up to during the night (eg walking over my toothbrush) I complained to Saga but got a very disappointing reply suggesting Spanish cockroaches were a common occurrence in…
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best card to use in Sweden
Off to northern Sweden at end of month, just found out that the area I'm travelling in doesn't like cash! Whilst I have various UK bank and credit cards I'm wondering what is the best option for a card to use for many and numerous purchases like just a coffee in a shop or a beer in a bar where I'd normally use cash.…
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When free child places are not really free
We have recently booked a holiday and qualified for "free child" places in the group booking (5 adults and 2 children) for which we paid a total of £6315, but out of curiosity we checked the price to see if it had changed and found that the cost of the holiday with no free child places comes to £6461. Meaning for 2 "free…
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Shanghai tips?
Anyone been to Shanghai? Got a week booked beginning of Feb. Tips welcome on things to do, places to eat and maybe trip outside of the city (not too far). Staying near People's Square. TIA
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October Half Term Suggestions
Hi I am looking for a family holiday (2 Adults and 2 kids under 12) around October half term this year (from Oct 24th). Looking for exotic beach resorts and ideally would like go somewhere like Bali or the Maldives but these destinations are too far for a week. Anyone suggest anything closer for a week's holiday in…
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Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2020
Las Vegas unlike nearly every other holiday destination you may have visited. In Vegas the hotels ARE the attractions. Most have a huge casino attached, but if you think that's all there is to the place, you are sorely mistaken! Each hotel is very different, with its own theme and attractions. The good news is, is that…
