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Croatia Travel Money
Has anyone been to Croatia recently and have advice on the cheapest way to get Kunas? I’ve heard that the best rate is to just withdraw money from ATMs in the country - has anybody done this? Any advice would be welcome!!
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Iceland Car hire and your credit card - charge for replacement car
i was in Iceland recently and they have some unique rental rules due to their landscape. the standard excess was about £2000 but i was told there is no cover for:- 1. rolling the vehicle 2. damage caused whilst driving through a river there were a few others. i asked what happens if i rolled the vehicle and the response…
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Manchester Meet & Greet
Manchester airport seems to have changed its T2 parking since I parked my car there a couple of years ago. The only closely available service on the weeks I want to travel (Nov) is "official" T2 meet & greet. I had a terrible experience with a company offering meet & greet or leaving my keys a few years ago and its putting…
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Holiday in November
Going on holiday in November and need $Dollars to exchange when I get there. Should I buy dollars now or wait till November?
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Europcar Difficulty collecting Nectar Points
I regularly hire cars from Europcar who advertise that you can collect Nectar points with every hire. They even have promotions that offer 5x Nectar points from time to time. Problem is that points collection is hit and miss, if I receive them at all they dont match the amount spent and ive never received 5x the points…
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Couple of days Car hire in Majorca
Going to Majorca in September and thinking of hiring a car for a couple of days only. Cant hire in advance as I want to play it by ear and hire when it suits at the time. All I hear is terrible stories of getting ripped off by hire companies and it has happened to me. Few years ago I was in France and had a car from…
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UK resident - best/safest way spending in US
I will shorty be travelling from the UK spending 3 weeks in the US, visiting various states. Can anyone advise the best way to handle my spending money, i'm not keen on having it all exchanged as hard cash, so looking at the following option: $x small amount in hard cash and the rest on one of the following: -Revolut Card…
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Ryanair on strike on our return flight
Hi We fly out to Italy from Manchester on 15th August and return on 22nd Aug with Ryanair Ryanair have just announced strike action starting on 22nd Aug for 48 hours. I've never been in this situation before so looking for some advice on what to do. I've just looked at cancelling the return flight for a refund and booking…
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Where to break currency into lower denominations?
I ordered some travel money (Mexican Pesos) and the lowest note is 200. Before i fly, is there anywhere that offers to break down currency to lower denominations? We can't do it once in country as we are miles from civilisation and i trying to break it down for tips etc.
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Car hire firms including Europcar and Sixt make changes to the way they show charges - MSE News
Car hire firms including Europcar and Sixt have made changes to the way they display charges and other key information on their websites, in order to meet commitments made to the competition watchdog...Read the full story: 'Car hire firms including Europcar and Sixt make changes to the way they show charges' Click reply…
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ATMs in Bali - local knowledge
I'm going on holiday to an island off Bali where the (4) ATMs are well known to not always work so cannot be relied upon. Last time I took cash from my M&S credit card because I read Bali was a bit dodgy which might have been incorrect ???…
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Car Hire Problem - Beware Goldcar
I had a very bad experience renting a car from Goldcar in Gran Canaria in April. I pre-booked the vehicle and picked it up at the airport. The agent told me that they’d need to pre-charge me for a full tank of petrol. I said I didn’t want to pay in advance because I wasn’t even sure if I’d use a full tank. He said if I…
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Sixt Car Hire/Loss Damage Waiver/Car hire excess insurance
I have hired a car in california. the reservation email says that it includes the below: Loss Damage Waiver (including theft protection) with minimum deductible Loss Damage Waiver Supplemental Liability Insurance Loss Damage Waiver with an excess of 0.00 USD Theft Protection with an excess of 0.00 USD I am struggling to…
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ATMs in Bali
I'm going on holiday to an island off Bali where the (4) ATMs are well known to not always work so cannot be relied upon. Last time I took cash from my M&S credit card because I read Bali was a bit dodgy which might have been incorrect ??? It was 9% on the way out and 12% returning the change, which I though was pretty…
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Large Currency Exchange - HELP
Hello All, We have a wedding abroad in a month and I need to pay the vendors in cash! I need to exchanged £20k into Euros (you can only take £10k through customs so we will split that), Does anyone know where I can exchange a large amount of GBP into (physical cash) Euros?? Thanks!!!!
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Euro exchange at Post Office
Hi everyone, my holiday is over so I was wondering, can I take my unspent Euros to the Post Office and have them exchange to £GBP direct into my bank account or do I have to take cash? Thank you.
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Currency change, Yen to Euros
Hi there, does anyone know, aside from a bank, where I can change a large amount of Yen to Euros? about £10k worth thanks
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easyjet Flight Club
Anybody else had experience of easyjet’s Flight Club which is supposed to give personalised service to those lucky enough to be invited? I’ve had it for two years and tried it out last week when I realized an hour later I had booked online flights for one weekend earlier than I had intended. The prices for the weekend…
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Holiday Search Help
Hello Guys - (i'm looking for some help/advice/tips from the savvy holiday searchers please)...... I have a few days off at the end of July (we are restricted to these dates only due to work). So - we are looking to book a short holiday Leaving on Friday 23rd August and returning home Wednesday 28th August. A 5 night…
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Best place to buy travel money?
Hi all. I'm due to go on holiday at the end of August - with the pound currently dropping the way it is I'm inclined to think I might grab a couple of hundred Euros now. Where is the best place at the moment to buy your travel money? Regards
