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Return to UK Covid test
Hello, I was wondering if anyone can help. I’m going to travelling to Budapest from the UK for a weekend at the start of September. As well as a PCR test before I go (as per Hungary’s rules) and the Day 2 PCR test when I get back, I obviously also need to do a LFT within 72 hours of flying back to the UK. Given that I’m…
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UK Passenger Locator Form - Multiple addresses on return to UK
I'Ve searched extensively for answers to the following query about the UK passenger locator form but to no avail and I'm hoping someone may be able to advise. My partner and I are having some work carried out on the house for a few days in September and have decided to make ourselves scarce by taking a week's holiday in…
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Video vs Photo upload - Antigen take with you.
Can anyone confirm which companies are operating a Skype video and which operate photo upload evidence for return to UK tests. I want to order with a company which operates by photo - as I don't want to waste a day of my holiday tied to being in the hotel to meet a random appointment time nor suffer tech issues.…
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Delayed flight refund from March 2020 - Opodo
I had flights booked with Opodo for March 2020. I claimed a refund because of covid, but Opodo put me off and wouldn’t issue a refund. I contacted them many times and they never issued a refund. I claimed section 75 chargeback on my credit card used to book the flights. Once I did this, Opodo said they would pay if I…
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2nd vaccination keeps being cancelled
I had my 1st vaccination and booked 2nd at same time. Every week (on a Thursday) I get an email and text saying my 2nd vaccination has been cancelled and I need to rebook. I go on and rebook (same slot) and get the confirmation. Is this happening to anyone else, is it a known fault?
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Non refundable hotel booked Jan 2020, country will not allow people in from UK, how do I get refund
I booked a hotel in Amsterdam through Agoda in Jan 2020 to stay over Easter 2020. Due to COVID, we changed the dates to Sept 2020, which we couldn’t make due to the travel restrictions. The hotel won’t provide a refund, but advised that we can go to the hotel between now and 31 Dec 2021. At the moment, the Netherlands will…
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HOLIDAY FROM UK TO FRANCE AND BACK - HELP!!
Please can someone give me specific advice on how to get tested/receive timely results whilst in France for a Day 2 test, I'm not making sense of all the available information, do you get the test delivered to your holiday site? or do you get one to take with you? Hope someone can help please, thank you in advance
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Voucher Refund from Scandinavian Airlines
Last year my flights to Sweden were cancelled by SAS due to Corona Virus. I accepted a voucher, valid for a year. When the year was up I was invited to apply for a full refund (as per the terms of the voucher). I applied for my refund, submitting my bank details and I was told 3-5 days for the refund to be processed. It…
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EasyJet travel insurance refund
Does anyone know if I can I get a refund on EasyJet travel insurance? I booked flights to Portugal back in May, at the time of booking I added on their covid insurance as part of the booking (Collinson). EasyJet then cancelled all the flights with no explanation. I'm no longer going as the dates I want to travel are not…
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Has testing changed recently?
my partner has just been pinged by the app aying she was close to someone who tested positive for covid over the weekend (we were at a small music festival). Ive had about 4 PCR tests over the last year at a local drive thru site, and got the result back the next day by email and text. We cant find the location anymore, so…
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Wedding Cancellation
Hi my daughter was due to have her wedding reception on 20/03/20, unfortunately as the country was starting to lockdown that day, it was decided to postpone to September 2020, then March 2021 and now March 2022, as the previous postponements were still during lockdown. the venue has been paid in full, unfortunately my…
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Return travel to Uk
Hi Me and my partner are going to Slovakia on Saturday 5pm flight returning 5pm local time on Tuesday. Both fully vaccinated sorted the pre 72 hrs PCR test before arriving in Slovakia and the 2 day test for when returning to UK next week. Only thing im still to sort is the Lateral Flow Test to return to UK. Am i right in…
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Help needed - break in insurance cover
In Nov 2019 we booked a hotel & flight when covered by Holiday Risk. When the pandemic struck Easy Jet and the hotel moved our hol to Sept 2021. Also Holiday Risk stopped selling insurance. So last summer we went with Staysure. Now it looks like my health means we can't take the holiday. Do I have any chance of claiming…
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Travel to Italy testing UPDATED
Hi all, I am trying to debunk all the info for travelling to Italy at the moment but can't get my head around exactly what is required, hopefully someone on here has been in a similar situation. I'm from NI but we are flying to Rome from Dublin then travelling to Lake Como and flying home from Milan to Dublin and driving…
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Travelling to Europe for weekend
In couple of weeks myself and 2 others are planning flying to Denmark for 2 nights Friday to a Sunday. Denmark say we don’t need to have test to enter Denmark as we all double vaccinated. UK say we have to have a test to enter back in Uk. Could we do a test in Uk on Friday morning as this would be within 72 hours? Is…
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New Zealand holiday Feb/Mar 2022
The New Zealand border is currently closed to almost all arrivals, the government has made statements that they will not open until everyone in NZ is vaccinated and estimated to be complete by end of Q1 22 (i.e. March 2022) and is dependent on continued supply of vaccines. They have just announced the entire country will…
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SEISS 5th grant alert
My son is a self employed swimming instructor who only became self employed in September 2019. He couldn't work for most of 2020/21 tax year because swimming pools were the first thing to shut and the last thing to re-open. He claimed the 4th grant without any issues but when he went to claim the 5th one he got the…
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Applying for financial support while self isolating.
Hi, I wondered whether anyone could help with a brief idiot's guide as to how to apply for the £500 payment from your local authority if you're self isolating and on a low income? As far as I can ascertain I meet all the criteria but having filled out the forms online I've received an email back from my local council…
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Day 2 test after return to the UK from Amber country - any good ones? any evidence of a price cap?
We are going to Greece next week and returning to the UK early September. I need to book our day 2 tests for when we are back in the UK and generate the code for the Passenger Locator Form. There has been talk in the news of the prices of these tests being capped. However, when trawling through the recommended list on the…
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Issues with covid test from NWP (Nationwide Pathology) - faulty packaging and won't refund
Hi, I ordered a 2nd day test (turns out i didn't need it as I was coming from Ireland). It arrived but the swab wasn't sealed so wasn't sterile. It was due to a manufacturing defect and instead of it being sealed at both ends there's one big seal near one end only. I don't fancy jamming something that isn't sterile up my…
