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Overseas holidays & travel planning

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Flight delay compensation

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Recover costs from credit card company for cancelled trip to Middle East
Nationwide says "If you are unable to get a refund or reschedule your trip, you may be able to make a claim for cancellation costs. You may also be able to recover costs from your credit card company if this is how you paid for your trip." That surprises me. Would I really get a credit card company rather than travel…
How common are flight changes? And how much, if any, of a refund can you be looking at?
Having only dealt with flights once before (which went smoothly) we don't have any experience in this area. We've booked up to go away in the second half of the year. Yesterday my wife got notification that the flight times have changed to the point that the break would become pointless. No explanation as to why. We were…
European Consumer Claims (ECC) Ltd
Anyone used this company to annul a timeshare contract? Seeking any experiences good and bad before I fully commit a substantial sum of money for legal help from them
Older person yearly travel ins
I have no idea what to buy - nor what I should look at re 'exclusions and not covered' can anyone help?
Easyjet flight diversion
Can anyone advise please. Flying from Arrecife, Lanzarote last night, originally due to take off at 6.45pm but due to various issues we took off at 8pm to land in Edinburgh around midnight. At 11pm the pilot announced that we couldn't land at Edinburgh because we were running late and the landing strip was being repaired…
Travel Insurance - 18 Year old Daughter Ill
Afternoon Folks. Me and the Other half have booked a holiday to Prague for Friday. We purchased travel Insurance last week. But as of this morning, we believe our Daughter 18 year old, With disabilities, has food poisoning. If we cancel the holiday, would the travel insurance cover us? Our Daughter was not on the planned…
TUI Complaint pre-holiday
I have been trying to make a complaint about a TUI store that misinformed us upon booking resulting in us being out of pocket by around £2-3k. I was trying to avoid making the complaint directly to the manager in the store as they are part of the complaint. I am getting conflicting information and have been told I need to…
Annual travel Insurance Renewal and cut off dates
I took out an Annual World Wide policy that expired 28/02/26. During the period when the policy was valid I booked a trip to Australia via Singapore and returning via Dubai. The trip sarts June 2026 and ends July 2026 I took out a new annual WW policy with a different company on 26th Feb 2026 starting 1st March 2026 Since…
Travel Insurance Advice
Im after some advice as Im at a dead end regarding my travel insurance, its a long story but will try and kep it really brief. Last year my family and I went to Spain on a family holiday, My youngest (4) got pneumonia while we were there and spent 5 days in a horrific private hospital plus we were forced to stay an…
FCDO Advice UAE, Qatar, Bahrain
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain.
hotel near gatwick/park and stay?
hi Live up North but flying from Gatwick with family down there in April. The flights been changed so will need a hotel on return before the drive home. Anyone any recommendations for either a park and stay, or parking, then nearby hotel to spend the night. I found one reasonable priced one but it had poor reviews and was…
Holiday accommodation nightmare
Good morning I have an ongoing situation regarding a holiday which was planned in January and am hoping someone can advise me of my rights and options. We are due to travel in 6 days. I booked flights abroad with Ryanair and holiday accommodation with Booking.com at the beginning of January. Each of these were paid in full…
Passport - sending off old passport
hi! I am renewing my passport and am required to send my expiring one. It says “Check the weight and pay the correct postage – consider using signed for delivery. ” but from what I’ve seen HM Passport office was a Freepost service? can I check how much I should pay to send my passport to them - will one stamp do? Or is it…
Multi destination holidays
Hi all, My OH and I had been hoping to have a multi destination holiday for an upcoming special anniversary. We had been planning on Indian ocean, then UAE for a few nights followed by a stop in Europe again for a few nights before flying home. Having seen deals that incorporate Indian ocean and UAE coming in around £3k…
Airline luggage delay claim issues - airline not playing ball
Looking for some advise... Flew with a budget airline to a European destination with luggage including a child's car seat and pushchair. After landing, no car seat or pushchair - there's a booth for the airlines appointed luggage agent at the airport, they claim they don't have it and to fill in a form online. Ask if we…
UK passport changes and implications for EU passport holders
Hi everyone, I am sure quite a few of you are aware of the upcoming changes for British dual nationals as per the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2d9yk2kpjo I would be grateful for some clarification on the following; I was born in the England have lived here all my life. I only have a French passport and have…
Exeter Airport Parking
Hi, newbie here. I am looking for a discount on parking at Exeter Airport. The attached recent images from the official airport website suggest parking for £5. The cheapest I can find for a week in April is £109.50
Travel insurance conundrum
Guidance needed! I need to purchase travel insurance and I think an annual policy is my best bet. However, for each trip, different family members will be travelling: couple/single adult/children/family. Does that matter for an annual policy? Thank you
Baggage charge
I booked a flight through sky scanner and used kiwi as the agent, they charged me £168.32 for checked in baggage, when I arrived at the airport to fly with Norse, the airline said the bags have not been added and I had to pay Norse direct again tor the bags each way. When I arrived home I applied for a refund as Kiwi did…
New Passport Rules
Hi I am flying from Spain to Northern Ireland with Jet2 in mid March 2026. I live in Northern Ireland but I have an Irish passport. After the new passport regulations come in later this month will I still be able to fly into Belfast on an Irish passport? Thanks

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