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UK holiday cancelled 3 times.
My wife, two school age kids and I live in central Scotland. Once a year we visit south Wales where I have family. We were booked directly with the owner of a property to go at Easter 2020 and paid by bank transfer. The first lockdown cancelled that holiday. The person we booked with kept our money and we re-booked for…
Stopped receiving confirmation of self lateral flow test by text!
Hi, ive been doing a lateral flow test at home for months in order to see my elderly Mum in a carehome! My tests have always been negative and i send the result via Gov.uk and have always received confirmation that theyve received my negative result by text to my mobile and e mail! But all of a sudden, since last sunday…
Going for Gold with BA in 2021
If anyone is thinking of booking a Holiday or Short Break Post May 17th (or pre if going to Jersey) almost risk free , I would seriously consider BA who have a Sale On. You pay a miniscule deposit of £60 or £120 (Business) and that's it until three weeks before your balance is due. If you change your mind up to that point…
Day 2 Lateral Flow Tests for Vaccinated Travellers
Vaccinated travellers entering England from abroad will be able to take a day two lateral flow test instead of a more expensive PCR test from Monday 24 October, in a move by the UK Government to make going abroad cheaper and easier ahead of October half-term. Read the full story here: 'Covid: Lateral flow tests to replace…
Chargeback on Holiday
I saw a similar post with similar title about TUI. I made a claim with a different holiday company last year after they cancelled and after huge personal effort got full refund end June 2020. I told them I had started chargeback with my credit card (CC), which is why perhaps they paid me. We received the deposit back about…
TUI Antigen test after 9pm on a sat for cruise in Caribbean
I've just received an email for upcoming cruise outlining all the tests we need... Only one in stuck on is the antigen to get on the ship? — The email states it must be taken after 9pm the night before and the certificate (this is the bit I'm unsure on), must be presented at check in along with the pcr for Barbados. So am…
STA Travel & ATOL
Hi, Wondering if anyone can answer this question for me: I had a booking with STA travel which was partly taken up until return in April. I am trying to claim for all bookings which were never started and have submitted a claim with ATOL, including my ATOL certificate which does cover me for the things I am trying to claim…
Spanish Locator Form - which type of Covid 19 certificate
Hi Can anybody help out with this? We are fully vaccinated UK citizens with the Covid App (and a hard copy of a letter from the NHS. There are 3 options on the LOcator form EU Digital Covid CertificateEquivalent digital Covid 19 certificate, recognised by the EU (there is a link to recognised countries, which says…
Randox Codes for Passenger Locator Form
Hi I have booked 2 sets of Day 2 Lateral Flow Tests, one for myself and one for another (older) couple who aren't confident with using online bookings. Ours went through fine. The other couple have now revealed that they have given me the wrong email address, which is why they haven't received a confirmation email. Randox…
Day 2 test didn't arrive and refund denied
Has anyone successfully received a refund for a failed day 2 Covid test delivery. I ordered weeks before travel and it's now day five after I returned. Assured Screening claim that once they issue a locator number there are no circumstances in which they give a refund. Surely this is against the law. I notice on the…
Refund?
Hi I was just wondering where sports fans stand if unvaccinated and vaccine passports came into place. If a fan holds a season ticket but is unvaccinated they wouldn't be able to enter the stadium so would they be able to apply for a refund and those who pay by direct debit would they be able to just cancel providing they…
PCR test - in Scotland for two days
My friend is coming over to Scotland from Germany for two days in November. Will she need a PCR test? We are staying in a holiday cottage and if she orders a pcr test it may arrive to an empty house and she will have returned to Germany. Can’t seem to find an answer anywhere so hope someone will be able to advise. Thanks
NHS TEST AND TRACE NOTIFICATIONS
My wife and I have had two recent trips to Spain by air. On both occasions we have duly completed all forms and tests .In September we had a positive contact notification without any specific detail and had to isolate. This has now happened a second time although due to rule changes we do not have to isolate. My suspicion…
Getting refund from Virgin Atlantic
We are having a lot of bother to get our refund on 2 tickets with Virgin Atlantic as we could not travel in March 21 due to COVID related causes. The worst is that Virgin Atlantic have no email contact for us to write directly to them and the Tel no available cuts out after waiting on it for a long time. Very desperate to…
AstraZeneca Indian batch
My initial vaccine that i was given was AstraZeneca but it was one of the Indian batches that was not approved by the European Medical Agency as reported in the news in July. Does anyone know if these three batches have since been approved so ok to travel abroad without any issues? I have not been able to get a straight…
Travel Insurance
We have booked a villa in Spain for next June and want to get some insurance cover. When I nooked on the villas website it didn't give me an option to buy cancellation cover and am now worried about what will happen if we are denied visiting Spain and not getting our money back. So my questions are: Does anyone know of a…
Not being paid for being forced to isolate.
Hi there, I used to be self-employed, but now under IR35 I am a zero hours contractor. I am from Scotland, and currently working in the South East of England as a technical specialist on an energy related project (I am trained and skilled in machining/milling services to the nuclear sector – a job that has taken me all…
When will Cyprus join Schengen?
Does anyone know when Cyprus will become a member of the Schengen countries? I am planning a 17 day holiday to Cyprus in March 2022 to avoid eating into my 90/180 days travel to other parts of europe. TIA
Travel agent holding on to my £800 refund from airline for cancelled flight
Hi, I’m wondering whether anyone can advise on the next step I should take to attempt to get back £809 that is owed to me from an online travel agent that I suspect has gone bust… In January 2020 I purchased flights for April 2020 through flightsbank.com. Because of the pandemic, the flights were cancelled by American…
Is it just countries that require covid tests when travelling?
Hi all, Perhaps an odd question, but I'm travelling to Croatia this weekend by Ryanair and Croatia doesn't require tests if you're double-jabbed, as I am. Am I right in thinking if the country doesn't require a test, the airline itself won't either? It seems odd to not have to get a test to fly full-stop, though obv if I…

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