Overseas holidays & travel planning

Relatives landed TFS earlier today - facial scan only at biometric registration procedure. Anybody else experience this recently ? Technical issues at Tenerife airport ?

Trying to organize our 2026 summer holiday to Austria and buy holiday insurance. However this year I have a few isues I need to take into consideration. I have a number of relatives in their late 70's or 80's any of whom could pass away at any time. There is one uncle in particular who has a degenerative neurological…

Need to leave a van at the airport for 1 week later this year. There seem to be a few options of car parking firms there. Can anyone who has used one of them recommend one please. It needs to be one that does transport from the car park to airport. Thank you

As you're likely all aware, Gold Crest Holidays have gone into administration. Their website points to ABTA for getting money back, and ATBA strongly reccomend making a section 75 claim. So right now I'm doing that with HSBC, and already alarm bells are ringing that HSBC are going to fight it (they've noted the wrong day…

Thanks for all the help

Hi, Apologies if this answer is hidden anywhere (i'm unable to locate this). Basically, I'll be taking an overseas trip from 17th July to 16th August (however, the return flight is overnight and so lands on the morning of the 17th August). The trip is 31 days, however if I count the day I land home, it's 32 days. I'm…

Has anyone booked a cruise through this site? It offers discounted fares across a range of cruise lines. The offers are attractive but I'm wary. It's US based and I'm concerned about not having the usual safeguards -ABTA/ATOL etc. Another concern is making a payment to a US company. I did search this site and there was a…

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to hear from others who may have had similar issues with eDreams Prime. I recently discovered that I’ve been charged annually since 2023 for an eDreams Prime membership. I genuinely do not recall knowingly signing up to this subscription. When I logged into my eDreams account, the information…

On Friday 23rd January, my husband and myself both applied for new UK passports. We both sent our old passports back to the Passport Office by Royal Mail First Class Signed For, with proof of delivery (in separate envelopes with different tracking numbers). My application is going smoothly. They have confirmed that my old…

hi, my son has been travelling in Asia for 8 months and has decided he wants to stay another 6 months as he has now qualified as a scuba diving instructor. He took out an initial 8 month single trip policy with LV insurance who have been excellent- he has already claimed for a stolen phone and they paid up quickly. They…

We should be flying to Turkey in June 2026 to the same hotel we stayed at last year. A couple of weeks ago, TUI contacted us to say they were changing our return flight time from 4:55pm to 9:35am which I wasn't too concerned about as we just want to get home on our return day. However, on Friday, I had another email from…

My teen (15 years old) is off to Disney Land Paris with school in Feb for 4 days, they can take 75 euros in cash but have been told to take any more on card. So what is the best way to do this? She has a Lloyds current account but I dont think you can add Travel Smart on to it as it is a U19's account. We would probably…

My 18 year son and friends booked a holiday to Zante for June 2026. The bulk of the group booked earlier than my son and 3 friends who booked in October. They paid a deposit of £30. Two of my son’s group can’t afford it now and pulled out. However, as my son is the lead on the booking, he’s now liable for paying their…

I have been with Avanti for 2 years and was due to renew this week. I had blocked auto renewal because I wasn't ready to renew. Last year Avanti allowed me to renew without completing the medical form with pre existing conditions all over again. This year I needed to make a couple of minor amendments to the conditions…

I have booked my first saga holiday with insurance. I rang to inform them I had a potential new condition having been referred to a consultant for a foot injury. They said the insurance would be cancelled if there was no diagnosis yet. Surely that’s what I took insurance out for - unexpected events? Is this right? 

Recently my husband and I were looking forward to a special trip to Thailand to celebrate my 50th birthday. My husband was working offshore and should have been home 5 days before our flight. Due to adverse weather conditions all helicopter flights were cancelled and he didn't arrive home until the day after our flight.…

Travelling from Liverpool to Fuerteventura for 8 days in May. I always park next to the airport with cheap parking/park smart. But over the last couple of years the costs have soared. It's around £100 no matter what discount code I use. I'm coming back at 2am so don't want to be parking on someone's drive in the area and i…

I'm looking for advice on getting a SIM or eSIM to use for around 30 days in New Zealand and Australia. I'm interested in local calls and texts and a small amount of data (say 1-2Gb). Anybody have any advice on the best service provider in terms of coverage? Thanks

Hello all, All 4 of us (2 adults and 1 child passport renewal and 1 child brand new passport) need new passports, and I was wondering what the cheapest or best option would be for the passport photos? I vaguely remember taking our own photos on my phone for our last passports, but this was over 10 years ago, and I know…

I want to flag something important about TravelFX that I think other users should be aware of before using them. I originally chose TravelFX because they appear on the TravelMoneyMax comparison tool and are shown as: That label was a major factor in my decision, as it suggests regulatory oversight and consumer protection.…