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Getting travel insurance from outside UK when travelling to Australia next year
I have a dilemma. My friend and I live in the UK but will spend a few nights in Ireland before our journey. I decided to buy my tickets to fly out to Australia from Dublin return. This made most sense. Now I see that insurance only covers travel from UK! Can anyone help?
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Ryanair flight to Spain. Name is slightly different compared to what is on the passport.
Sister booked a flight. Her name is "Lisa-Marie" and that's what is on her passport. She booked under just "Lisa" as that's what she always goes by. £115 to change it. Do you reckon they'll even notice at the airport?
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Searching for hotel room concerning the room size
Hello! My wife and I are heading to London this December, and we’re looking for a reasonably priced hotel with a spacious room. Budget is a bit tight, but comfort is important to us. I’ve been using Expedia and Booking, but while I can filter by cost, I can’t seem to easily sort rooms by size. Clicking through all the…
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Thailand all-inclusive holiday in Koh Samui, Thailand for 3 weeks or Nepal and Bangladesh for 3 wee?
This will be for my 40th birthday in Nov 2025. The Thailand holiday will be more expensive as it’s a package holiday with Virgin holidays, so nice hotel and lovely beaches. The backpacking holiday will be more budget friendly, spending 10 days in Katmandu and Pokhara and 7 days in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the old city. then…
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Annual travel insurance but cancellation cover not high enough
I have annual family travel insurance via my employer which is very comprehensive. The cancellation cover is limited to £5000. We plan to travel on a big long haul holiday for which the cost will exceed that limit. I cannot change the level of my annual cover as that is a standard offered to all employees. Can I get…
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First time Jamaica
We've finally booked a week's holiday to Jamaica (Yay!) but wonder about the currency. Would we be better off taking Jamaican or US dollars? Or can we just rely on cards like here? Are card payments widely accepted? Recently we travelled to Denmark and didn't take or exchange any local currency, felt a bit strange but it…
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Do I accept EasyJet Offer?
Please bear with me, its a long one! My partner and I went on holiday with EasyJet to Tunisia at the beginning of September. When we arrived we discovered our room was a 4 min walk through a busy public medina / shopping area. Our room was isolated, the only room located here and was the sole room up a flight of stairs.…
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5 Day rail card New York
Looking for the best railcard. 3 Adults one over 65 for 5 days Looked on NY MTA seems quite a few different types of tickets Looking at the map fastest & cheapest to where we will be staying (Forest Hill) will be train from JFK. so use that We will then be going into central NY & using subway etc Central Park to Battery…
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Cape Verde illness and due to travel in 3 weeks
I would like some advice as i booked a holiday through TUI for the Santa Marie in cape Verde. I have just seen lots of articles in the newspapers saying about the number of people who are claiming against TUI for sickness who have visited this hotel (the latest claim for sickness is for August 2024). My partner has several…
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TUI Cannot supply the holiday I have booked but won’t refund me
We are due to fly in 2 weeks on a package holiday I booked with TUI about 3 weeks ago. Just after I booked I found out that the hotel was closing for its winter break a few days after our arrival date. I contacted TUI awhile initially denied this was the case but then eventually accepted I was right . I asked for a refund…
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EasyJet/Aviation ADR no response
Good evening, Could you please advise me with the following situation: I complaint to EasyJet for a cancelled flight and my claim was rejected. Then I registered my claim on the Aviation ADR portal in June 2024. The last update I received from them was on 1 July 2024 saying that the airline rejected my claim, and they…
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How to change address on passport / driving licence?
So My passport is in date and everything but I've got an older address on it. Is the only way to address this to reapply for a new passport perhaps? Does anyone know of a cheap way to change the address on my passport and my driving licence? I'd like them both to match
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ESTA query
Hi, just had to renew this. My gf lives in the states, i have an authiriaztion approved with a number. Do i just print that or the whole thing includind all my details
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Wizzair Flight Delay - fill out a long form for a sandwhich. Not entitled to financial compensation
Is it true or nonsense ? https://wizzair.com/en-gb/information-and-services/flight-status/delay-and-cancellation
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Lake Ohrid
I'm thinking of a short visit to Lake Ohrid next year It seems wizz once operated direct flights to Ohrid from London but these have stopped Tirana which has very cheap flights and Skopje are recommended travel options however Skopje hardly has any flights from London. I understand there are bus options but I'm wondering…
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Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2021
this thread is still under construction ... Las Vegas unlike nearly every other holiday destination you may have visited. This thread is in reference to https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6087584/las-vegas-guide-and-mse-thread-2020/p1/ where you find more useful information to Las Vegas.
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Damage claim - apartment in Spain
Hi I stayed at an apartment in Spain recently. The doors to the apartment were traditionally Spanish - metal on the outside and glass on the inside. On the last night I had to lean against the door slightly to double lock it and the glass cracked. When we checked out of the apartment the following day we mentioned it to…
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Airline has changed aircraft - what can I do?
Have booked tickets with Qatar for my husband, myself and our 3 year old. We were very specific about the flights, and chose based on the aeroplane taking us, as we do not like Boeing and only like airbus, especially with the news of deaths/injuries on Boeing due to the inability to withstand turbulence etc. I do not to…
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ESTA or not?
I have a friend coming to visit from the USA she is a citizen and has a passport. She was born here but left when she was nine so also has a GB passport and will use that to enter the country. If when she is here we book a cruise that goes to some USA places will she need to get an ESTA on her UK passport or use her USA…
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2 Days in Oslo suggestions & recommendations?
Hi. I have two days in Oslo booked for a party of 5 (2 adults, 3 kids (8-13)) during the first weekend of November. Does anyone have any great suggestions / recommendations of where to go, what to do, where to eat, etc? Apparently the timing of this trip is out of the main tourist season, so I there'll be less queues and I…
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