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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…
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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…
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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…
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Co-op Bank Everyday Extra account - raising travel insurance cover to £18 monthly
Effective 1st July 2025. They became a subsidiary of the Coventry Building Society on 1st January - the new owners are making changes obviously. To be realistic I'm not sure how they mananged to maintain the monthly fee at £15 for so many years. Still a good deal deal, especially as a joint account IMO, as the age limit…
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Issues with package holiday
Hey everyone, I am very new to this, and uncertain if there is anything that I can do other than make a complaint to the company I booked through following issues with a recent holiday that had multiple issues. I'd be grateful for any advice on the issue. In June 2025, me and my cousin booked a holiday through a well known…
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Visiting Florence, Saturday or Sunday
We are flying into Pisa for a few days, arriving on a Friday. We plan on visiting Florence by train and have the option of Saturday or Sunday. Sunday would be better from the point of view of recovering from travel, but would more shops etc be closed on a Sunday (in June)? Or am I right in thinking that either day would be…
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Greek Flight Cancelled due to industrial action
My flight to Rhodes was cancelled last week due to industrial action. I was texted less than 24 hours before the flight. It turned out to be too difficult to get a replacement flight and so we just decided not to go. I have since received a refund from Easyjet for me and my two daughters. I have looked into compensation…
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Nobody to sign passport photos, anyway out of it
I would like and really need a passport. Due to ill health I haven't been able to travel so haven't ever had an adult one (only child one was when I was on my mother's old passport) but I have a chance to go away this year. The thing is, I have nobody to sign my photos. I looked at it before and gave up as I had nobody but…
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First Holiday in a long time.....need some help please
In early May we are going on our first warm poolside holiday in a long time.... Five days at a 4* all inclusive place in Marrakech Please can someone help me with what I should take as we plan to lounge by the pool, do an odd excursion here and there and generally relax and have a few drinks... What clothes do I need ?…
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Motorhome trip in Canada
We are contemplating spending a month or so in Canada next year, with 2-3 weeks of that touring in a motorhome and the rest visiting family. Looking at Calgary / Banff / Jasper sort of area. I'm getting quotes for motorhomes that are cheaper than New Zealand, and even cheaper than at home. I'm wondering if I'm missing…
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Best time to book airport parking
Hi. I know with flights, the price fluctuates. Is this the same with airport parking?
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Tesco Clubcard Easyjet Holidays promo ; Loophole?
Tesco clubcard has a new partner, easyjet holidays As part of the launch promo, they are offering £100 of clubcard vouchers "back" if you book a holiday using clubcard vouchers Looking at the T&Cs, i can't see anything stopping someone from finding a holiday for say £120, using £60 worth of clubcard vouchers (doubled with…
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Package holidays as a solo traveller
I don't often book package holidays, but I'm trying to go to Greece for my birthday, which is next month (not over the Easter weekend itself, but in the awkward bit) and I've read that's usually cheaper as a package deal. Been looking for weeks and not finding much. Especially frustrated with sites that say they do solo…
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Etihad charged me £1600 at the desk to take 3 suitcases to Australia! How can I get my money back?
I recently booked a flight with Etihad through Expedia for my Australian wife and children to visit family in Australia for Easter (I didn't go because we couldn't afford it!). Upon arriving at the airport, I was hit with with a £1600 charge for 3 checked bags because I unknowingly booked one of Etihads new pricing tiers…
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Virgin Points, is it worth it?
I have just done a trip to Mumbai and Vietnam, and so far had a good experience with Virgin. They also partner with Vietnam airlines so you can transfer points. There were 9 people in the family so thinking of opening a family account to collect these points. I would prefer to break my journey in Mumbai (it works out a…
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Using a UK mobile phone in Ireland
I shall be visiting Ireland shortly for a few days, which will be my first overseas trip for many many years. I have a Lebara conract, which seems to show as being fully valid in Ireland. I am just checking that this is correct, as you used to hear horror stories about folk travelling to Europe and returning home to find…
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Booking flights through 3rd party?
I've been looking at flights for a trip later this year. I use google flights to search and then it gives options of who to book with. There is a big price difference from booking directly with airline and booking via 3rd party providers such as Booking.com, Flightnetwork, Goto Gate........Are these 3rd party providers…
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Hire car cross border charges
I recently hired a car from Belfast to drive to Donegal in the ROI for 8 days. According to the rental agreement the border crossing charge is £48 plus an unspecified foreign use charge. I rang the rental office in Belfast to get a total charge. I was told £72 (£9 per day). I rang the head office number to check this…
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Compensation for Holiday due to Hotel being substandard
Hi all, do you think i have a case! A well known tour operator offered me 1 night refund due to issues with a hotel abroad during our holiday! i then complained to the hotel chain and managed to get a 2 night refund from them payable through the tour operator as per there stipulation, as they were our booking agent. they…
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BA stolen my Avios points !
I tried to pay for seat choice with Avios points for flights to Hong Kong and return from Singapore . I did this 4/1/25 . Tried 3 times for 4 seats and it failed to finalise the transaction so paid by cash . But they took out 277,800 Avios in error . I have repeatedly phoned them since then ( many hours ) and they always…
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Airline Cancelled flight and refuses to transfer us to an alternative carrier
I have scheduled flights booked but the airline has cancelled our flights and consolidated them with the same flights the following day for both outgoing and return. I've booked hotel and transfers independently and to cancel and rebook them is now much more expensive. I'd like to adhere to my original dates and there is…
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Travelling to Benidorm do I need an ETIAS
Hey guys In feb i went to spain with my UK passport no issues however Im due to go again in a couple of weeks and now been told I may need this ETIAS thing which im already very confused about can anyone help?
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Advice needed with holiday
Hi all, need some advice on what to do with package holiday that I have booked through Easyjet Holidays. We are a group of six people, three couples, and were due to go on holiday this coming Tuesday, Unfortunately two couples have had to cancel holiday due to ill heath. Can I ask what is the correct procedure to do?…
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