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Do you use private browsing when searching for holiday deals online?
I'm keen to hear from anyone who uses incognito/private tabs to research holiday deals. 🏖️ * Do you find prices appear differently depending on whether you use incognito/private or not? * Do you find new discounts appear for you depending on whether you use incognito/private or not? * Do you have any successes you can…
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Flights, Currency & Car Hire Sticky
✈️ Forum threads on this topic: * Cheap travel money discussion area * Cheap car hire discussion area * Travel credit cards discussion area * Prepaid travel cards discussion area * Easyjet tricks discussion area 🚙 Useful content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Coronavirus travel rights * TravelMoneyMax - compare travel money…
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READ BEFORE POSTING: Coronavirus related posts
There is now a new Covid-19 Coronavirus travel board for all related posts. Please use that forum for all coronavirus related posts whether it be holiday, flight or hotel cancellation queries, questions about getting refunds or anything else travel related to the coronavirus. Your question may have already been answered,…
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Advice sought re: FlightCatchers.com
I am wondering whether anyone could help me with the below. I lost my grandfather late last year and he left some money to my partner and I to go to Thailand with some family. On 28th June my partner went onto FlightCatchers.com to book flights to Thailand. He attempted to book but received an email saying the booking was…
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Cheap Travel Money Discussion Area
This thread is specifically to discuss the Cheap Travel Money Guide Click reply to discuss
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Forced to buy insurance at Hertz desk
Hi, I've been fairly loyal to Hertz for hiring cars abroad over the last few years, not the cheapest but fairly hassle-free, but last week at Santiago de Compostela in Spain, we were told we had to pay an extra E150 for insurance. We said this has never happened before, and that we had separate excess insurance. He said…
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Credit Card declined - forced to pay for insurance when picking up hire car
Without wishing to name names as it might have been a complete coincidence but... Booked car hire online, paid full amount. This was 2 months ago and was the only use of the credit card in the last 3 months. A few days before we were going away I got a txt asking me to confirm or otherwise a transaction. Not knowing…
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Gatwick Airport Long Stay Car Parks
Since the pandemic parking costs at both Gatwick North and South Long Stay Car Parks has risen enormously. If travelling from London or the Midlands the car parks where you leave your car and get a courtesy bus in are some easy out many of which you have to actually pass the Airport turn off to drive to. By the time one…
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Car hire after flight cancellation
While on holiday, our return flight was cancelled due to a mechanical breakdown. We found a hotel for the night and then the next day were told that we would not be rescheduled to fly for several days and, due to scheduled runway repairs, would be leaving from a different airport 200 miles away. The next day we hired a car…
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Beware Manchester airport Meet & Greet price increase
We booked Terminal 1 M&G for 4 weeks in March for £219. Just tried booking for 4 weeks from Friday and they are quoting £366. That's an increase of 67% !!! There's crtainly a cost-of-living crisis but how can they possibly justify this?
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Moving between terminals at Manchester Airport (MIA)
Would appreciate some advice on what the current situation is like moving between MIA terminals ?, I know there is alot of building work going on. We have car parking booked for 8 days in terminal 2 multi story in two weeks time, but we've just noticed that our flight has been moved to terminal 1. We've tried changing our…
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Easyjet Tricks - guide discussion
Hi all, We've written a new Easyjet Tricks guide and would love your feedback. How did you find the info? Was it useful? Do you have any other tips you'd add? Thanks for your help! MSE Nick
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Packing for budget flight
I have a flight coming up that only allows 7 kg of luggage despite it being international and over 7 hours. Just now found that the RufusRoo vest which allowed one to pack and wear a considerable amount of additional weight, is no longer made and seems to have gone out of business. Can anyone recommend a substitute vest…
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Self-transfer flights Tallinn-Stockholm-Manchester (security? insurance?)
Hello all So, at last minute my partner decided to join me for a city break in Estonia. We couldn't get her the same flight back, so had to go for a flight that involves a self-transfer. 1 hour 45 minute layover. We won't have any checked baggage. I've done a self-transfer before, and it was absolutely fine, but wanted to…
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Recommendations for car hire in Faro airport
Hi all, I am looking to book care hire in September abroad for the first time collecting at Faro airport. I have been a bit overwhelmed trying to do this as using comparison sites such as Kayak, Travel supermarket etc which then take you to an intermediary site, i presume the broker, but your booking is then with a…
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Edreams/EasyJet refunds
Hi all, I’m hoping one of you lovely experts can help……. My husband booked a holiday for our family last January, sadly he died five months later. I contacted EasyJet and requested a refund which they processed to the card that made the booking, unfortunately the booking was passed to Edreams via Travel Fusion, so Edreams…
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Halifax Clarity or Chase Debit
We're off to Germany for a few days soon, which would be better for us to use to pay for things, our Halifax Clarity credit card, or Chase Debit card where we get 1% cashback? I screwed up booking the hotel on my John Lewis card and got stung for over £14 in currency conversion fees (the hotel charged our card in Euros).…
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Long term car hire Australia
Hi we are going to Australia for 3-4 months winter of 2024 and am looking for any advice on long term car hire - has anyone got any tips thanks
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Travel Money Max Flawed?
Why is it on Travel Money Max that "Currency Online Group Waterloo" always comes out on top but when you click on the "Get It" link which takes you to their site the rate is much lower?
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Buying Currency vs ATM and fees
Hi, I was wondering if somebody could please help me work out what would be the best option to buy dollars. I have two cards which allow me to withdraw cash for no charge or fees however it seems that most ATMs in Las Vegas will charge up to $10 per withdrawal. Would it therefore be cheaper to just buy/exchange to dollars…
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Vouchers not refund
Hello I hope someone out there in Forum land might be able to advise on this issue. My son is in Thailand and had arranged flights to Bogota. Phillippine Airlines have contacted him to say they are changing flights. This is a problem for his connections which he will miss. They have offered vouchers not a cash refund.…
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Overseas cash withdrawal on credit card impacting credit file
Hi. I’ve just used an RBS black credit card abroad for cash withdrawals, there’s 0 fees etc and I get 1% cashback, so it beats any of the recommended cards on MSE. You have to have a premier account to get one though so it’s not widely available, presume that’s why it’s not on here. However, my clearscore file is moaning…
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Vueling name change costs!
Looking for some thoughts or help. I have a booking to fly from Florence to London Gatwick on 3rd Oct and due to illness would like to change one of the 3 passengers names. When changing a name on the Vueling website, the first page shows that a name change will cost €50/passenger, which I am more than happy to pay. Once I…
