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Travel Insurance through an RBS packaged bank account
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.…
M&S dumps travel insurance
Received a letter this morning. M&S is stopping the travel insurance associated with it's mastercard credit card. There is currently a £30 monthly fee and no mention of this being reduced! I am sure that TI must have made up the bulk of their fees. I can't imagine that 'free' coffee vouchers cost them that much. One for…
Safe for lone 75 year old female in Orlando??
This is on behalf of my widowed sister, who travels annualy for 4 weeks to a Marriott in Orlando, on her own most years, with family occasionally. She is close with a few snowbirds who arrange timings together. Her 2 children (one of who has lived and worked in US since he left school (she's already planning a visit to him…
Sim for use in NZ and Aus for local calls and data
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
Travel Insurance
Martin Lewis states that customers should always take out travel insurance as soon as they book a holiday. I have booked a holiday for my wife my daughter and my grandchildren. Should it be me that books the insurance straight away as I have paid for it or should my daughter also book it for herself and my grandchildren?
Holiday airport transfers
Any recommendations on the airport transfer websites you are using? Quiet a few options on Google but never used most of them. MSE doesn't appear to have any articles about this. We are going to Rhodes if this makes any difference.many thanks
QM2 newbies
My partner and I have the good fortune to be looking forward to traveling on the Queen Mary 2 in the near future for three weeks. Neither of us has been on a cruise before. We fly to San Francisco, board the QM2 en route to New Zealand, arrive in NZ 20 days later and fly home after a 2-week stay in NZ. Of the 20 days, 4…
Child UK passport renewal
My son's UK passport expires in April so we're applying for a new one for him. The passport renewal website states: "To renew your child’s passport you’ll need: * your child’s old passport * any valid passports from a different country your child has - send either a colour photocopy of each page (including blank ones) or…
Beware of Admiral hiking insurance quote if using a discount code
We are Admiral customers and have been for many years and bought their travel insurance at the platinum level and I’ve never had a reason to use it i.e. claim. This year, I wanted to make a change for the last 3 months duration of the Policy & upgrade to worldwide, The quote given was ridiculous @£87 for 3 months so I…
Tools for checking flight prices
I am looking to travel to Suvarnabhumi airport (from London or any UK airport) in February.As I am not a frequent flyer and first trip to Thailand. What tools is good to use when checking out flight prices etc? As I am looking to book direct with an airline and I have read that EVA, next is Thai and Ethiad, maybe Cathy?
Visiting Naples
We are visiting Naples in August, for my big birthday. There will be 6 adults and 2 children aged 6 and 10 and are going for 10 days. We plan to visit Pompeii, Vesuvius and Rome. Any suggestions welcome about what to do, where to eat (we have a self catering apartment arranged) how to get the best out of our proposed…
50 Overseas Travel Tips - official forum discussion
Hi all, This thread's specifically for discussing the 50 Overseas Travel Tips checklist. Which have worked best for you, and do you have any extra travel tips 'n' tricks of your own that could help others save cash? If so, just click 'reply' to post, Thanks, MSE Rose
Booking.com - incompetent rip-off. Start of holiday spoilt.
Short-story. Booked hotel and car rental through them for 1 week in Tenerife. What a disaster unfolded! Can't see any value in booking through them. Will go direct to hotel/supplier in future after doing research on Booking.com site. Strongly recommend that you don't book through them; just use them for research and…
Travel Insurance Article Discussion
This thread is specifically to discuss the content of the updated Travel Insurance guide. To discuss or ask a question about this guide, click reply. Or read the old discussion thread.
Holiday insurance with bank
We have holiday insurance with our bank now. If I’ve been given the all clear after radiation for prostate cancer would I have to declare this.
Booking two holidays in different years
I hope someone can advise. i am about to book two holidays, one in 2026 and one in 2027, both to the US. I want travel insurance before booking and had wanted single trip due to the price. How can I do this to cover from booking when the second trip is not actually until summer 2027 but the booking date will be Jan 2026? I…
HotelsOne double booking
I will be as brief as I can. On NYE my stepson was in Amsterdam and asked me to book a hotel for that night. He was having trouble with connection. So I found the room he wanted at a cost of £375 with hotelsone. I filled out the details and clicked confirm. The page reported my payment/booking hadn’t completed. The page…
ESTA issues with paying
Has anyone filled out an ESTA, then found payment can’t be processed because of some glitch?
Pre-existing Travel Insurance Guide Discussion
Hi, We've written a new pre-existing travel insurance guide for the website and we'd love your feedback. How did you find the info? Was it useful? Do you have any other tips you would add? Thanks for your help, MSE Rebecca
eurostar january deal and mse code
So, really needed tickets for Paris, so I immediately jumped on this deal. Went through the process via my Trainpal as advised by mse and managed to get 2 x return tickets to Paris for £140 with an extra 10% off with the code. Checked my emails for the booking to print the tickets. no email. Went back on to Trainpal to…

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