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Beat My Quote! Travel Agents Thread
What’s this about? This is a special thread where you can ask all the Travel Agents and MoneySavers who frequent this board to beat a holiday quote you have and get personalised replies. The idea is to see if someone can beat a quote for a specific holiday; not just a general price. So you need an exact quote. E.g. "I've…
Travel Agent Code Of Conduct
MoneySavingExpert.com Travel Board Travel Agent Code of Conduct Many travel agents and advisers use this forum and voluntarily give up their time to help other MoneySavers. However as these are professional people who make their living out of deals; to ensure there’s no conflict of interest, I’ve drawn up the following…
Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning Stickies - Please check before posting
Official MSE fully researched guides: Holidays and Flights 50+ Overseas Holiday Tips Cheap Package Holidays Cheap Flights Cheap Hotels Travel Credit Cards Cheap Airport Parking Travel Money Maximiser From the Forum: Welcome to Overseas Holidays and Travel Planning Orlando/Disneyworld Thread Las Vegas guide and MSE thread…
UK Winter is killing me
I am 52 and the last two winters I have really suffered from the cold, to the extent that its a miserable time for me , I need to find a solution for next year. Where could I go that is warm, quiet and peaceful and live very cheaply and minimally for a month or two ?
4 vacations abroad in a year. Is it excessive?
Booked Turkey in April with my personal assistant, Booked a Shearings coach trip to Italy for May with a friend, also going to Morocco with same personal assistant in November. Going to Spend Christmas and new years in Sri Lanka in December. Is going on 4 holidays excessive.
Brittany Ferries coupons (merged)
Hi there, does anyone have any spare club voyage coupons for use with Brittany Ferries? thanks :)
Holidays
A couple of months ago I paid a deposit to travel to Egypt next August on holidays with TUI, flying from Newcastle International airport. It is now coming to light that TUI has cancelled all flights from Newcastle International airport to Egypt between May and September 2024. We are now being told that we will have to fly…
Price trends for flights going back years
Does anyone know if there is a online historic flight tracker so I can identify what the typical price trends are for particular times of the year. Ideally it would go back years. Prices seem to fluctuate even when coming up to busy times like Christmas. They don't just seem to go up steadily. I'm trying to book a flight…
How much to budget for a 'round the world' trip in 2023/4?
Hello everyone, I'm at that stage of my life where I just can't be bothered to work anymore and need to change direction. Call it a mini (or big) mid-life crisis. Luckily I don't have any commitments so I am looking to quit my job in the next 6 months or so and go travelling around the world. Question I had was: how much…
Booked with On The Beach
We booked a holiday to Rhodes for next Easter half term with On The Beach departing from Luton airport. A few day later we have had an email from On The Beach saying that the flight times had changed (for the better for us) so we accepted them A couple of days ago we got an email to say there had been a flight change again…
EU261 and Ryanair re-routing
Dear gurus, I'm struggling with Ryanair customer service and an issue with re-routing. My outbound flight was cancelled by Ryanair "cancelled due to commercial reasons" The email also stated "You are entitled to be re-routed to your final destination, under comparable transport conditions" Simple enough you would have…
Cruise help if parent is critically ill
Hello I booked a cruise in January for my boyfriends 30th birthday, we are due to go on 8th December everything has been paid for in full on a credit card. Unfortunately his fathers health has deteriorated really quickly the past week and Drs have been told they can only make him comfortable and for the family to start…
Easyjet online check in not working
As the heading, trying to log in to check in and the website just sends us back to the home page. Even the TA is having the same issue. Been happening since last week. Excuse is the websites busy (Easyjets CS excuse)
Travel card for Australia and Far East
In February I am travelling with my two adult daughters to Australia for a month, via Singapore on the way there and Hong Kong on the way back. I am looking for the best way to take money for all three places with a card whereby the three of us can use our pooled finances with a card for each of us. Am very confused.…
Travel Insurance for medical only
I wonder if anyone knows of an insurance company that can cover a couple in their 60's for up to 90 days. We only need medical cover (both very healthy) and repatriation for Europe. Not flying, no baggage and nothing pre-booked as travelling in our campervan which is fully covered. Insurance quotes very expensive and cover…
Wowcher trouble
Hi. A plea for some advice please. (I'm not sure if this is the right category of forum but as it was holiday related, I posted here. Admin Please move to correct forum if needed. Thanks) My wife and I recently bought a Wowcher short break which we paid on credit card. When the details of the redeemable ‘wowcher’ came…
Cheap Eurostar Tix
Does anyone know a way to get discounted Eurostar tickets? I am travelling to Paris on 4th January, returning on 7th.
Barclaycard Reward
I am getting conflicting messages about the cost of Barclaycard Reward use abroad. It seem to be touted in many places (including MSE) as free to use abroad for purchase and ATM cash, but when I log into my Barclaycard account and check (through HELP) it seems I would be charged 2.99% on each purchase/withdrawal. I have…
Travel Insurance - Medical Condition that occurs after Insurance booked
First time post - I am sure this question has been asked before, but can’t find a thread. We have booked a holiday and an annual travel policy. A medical condition has now occurred, after the policy was booked, but before our holiday. The doctors say we are able to travel, however the insurance company want a significant…
Any LeShuttle (Eurotunnel) Discounts?
I have an account, & they said on twitter members would receive Black Friday offers....but I've not seen anything.... Have there been any codes to use on crossings? Maybe the savings are just the partner ones they show at https://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/promotions. Was hoping they might give a little discount on their…
Iceland anyone.....
We have been in Iceland for over a week. We were concerned about the volcano prior to travel because of the UK press. In Iceland it barely makes the news and no one is talking about it or is worried about it. Certainly the Blue Lagoon is closed and very sad for the people in the affected town. Apart from that everything is…
Portugal Toll Penalty Notice - Is this legit?
Today I received a letter from a company called Euro Parking Collection saying I had to pay an unpaid Portugese toll fee of £54.93 from September 2021. Included on the letter was a picture of my number plate. I was in Portugal at that time, but from memory, all tolls were paid for, I checked on the website of Pagamento De…
Car Hire in Costa Rica 2023/2024
We’re off to Costa Rica in Jan 2024 and need to hire a car for two weeks, a 4x4 no doubt. Can anyone recommend a car rental company to use?

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