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EasyJet changing room type after paying for an upgrade, then demanding £200 extra to upgrade again?!
Hi everyone, wondering if anyone can help on this matter in terms of if this is even allowed! I booked a holiday in Jan 2024 for July 2025 through a travel agents, but the holiday and flights are with EasyJet. When booking, I paid roughly £300 extra to upgrade to a family suite, top floor with sea view. I received an email…
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Travel insurance for 17 year old for next year
We've got a big family holiday planned for next August, with my wife and I there for 14 nights, but other parts of the family staying with us for for shorter periods. My wife and I have a couples' annual travel insurance policy, so I'm trying to get single trip policies for my sons. One of them is currently 17, but will be…
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Benidorm for 2 ladies of a certain age!
Myself and my sister were thinking of going away for a week later in the year. We have been having an annual 'sisters' trip for the last few years but have decided to try to recapture our youth. Its years since either of us went abroad, my last hols were all in Vegas and its probably 25 years since either of us went to…
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Travel Insurance - journey from home to the airport is covered
HiI wish to know for overseas travel insurance, if the journey from home to the airport is typically covered.The scenario is my flight is due to depart from London in the afternoon, and I will be travelling by first train in the morning from Leeds to London. There is in excess of 4 hours available to reach from London to…
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Cruise booked via credit card. Cancelled
We booked a cruise and paid by credit cards, the night of the trip ended up in a&e 7 hours had to cancel trip. had travel insurance, hopefully they may pay most of the money, but someone mentioned credit card cash back?? If they don’t pay from insurance anyone have any ideas
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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…
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Passport end date
Sorry if this has been a question that many folk have asked before but I just wanted this clarified. My husband's passport was issued on 2nd September 2015 and expires on 20th June 2026. However, we know that the ten year rule means we cannot travel past 2nd September 2025. We have a holiday booked in early May and late…
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Child lost and expired passport
I applied for an adults passport and they sent me message saying to report my passport lost. So do I need to report the passport I had as a child lost? It expired about 20 years ago and I don't have it anymore. Will they also carry on with my application for my new passport once I report my old one lost.
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Package holiday prices
Morning all. This was prompted by me reading the TUi Group annual figures as reported this week. They report sales growth, profit growth. Then I read a report about holiday price inflation YoY. I am trying to wrap my head around the rocketing prices of package holidays that TUi are offering. A family of 4 and in store best…
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Crystal cancelled my holiday with 2 weeks notice
I’d booked a lovely ski holiday for new year. Last week Crystal rang to say they’d overbooked and the hotel wasn’t available. They did offer an alternative, but it didn’t have half the features of the original. The most important is the supervised kids club and play room because I’m travelling alone with my child. It was…
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Barclays Travel Pack Plus – Changes 14.2.25 Invites Cancellation of Policy?
December 2024 Barclays announces changes to its Travel Pack
Plus. We have used this for years, but some 9 pages of complicated
changes means we have cancelled our policy with immediate effect. This is possibly
what Barclays is aiming for? Joint pack holders no longer accepted- only 1 person (pack
holder) can give…
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Tui Holiday to mexico construction
Hi We have booked a package through TUI to Mexico and have never been told about construction works .After constantly ringing them they said it should be done by the 14th Dec which clearly it isn't. There is no pool ,there are big hoardings around the hotel lobby's and grounds because of major construction works .People…
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complaining about a holiday
We booked a holiday through our local travel agent with Premier Holidays. Our original hotel had all its guest moved out as the local river had burst its banks and flooded the hotel a week earlier. Premier Holidays told us that they didn't know about the flooding till we were flying as there tour operators hadn't advised…
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AirBNB - host seeking damages
Hello - not sure which forum best suits this query, but here goes... My wife travelled to Lisbon for a few days earlier this month with a friend and stayed in an apartment through AirBNB. The stay was fine and they were happy with the accommodation and location. They left the property in good condition including washing up…
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Where is the furthest you have ever travelled without using an airplane on the journey?
From Inverness to France
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New add on charges from Aviva
Hi, just having to change from UK insurance to Aviva for the Flex account insurance offer and have found some excessive charges for extended trips. Instead of one annual payment for extending the days throughout the year, circa £70 , Aviva now do it on a trip by trip basis on an almost single trip premium. They now want a…
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how to get information for travel insurance claim
Hi spent three weeks in hospital when on holiday abroad. I had excellent care and got home OK. My problem is settling a claim with the insurance company. Under the terms of the policy I paid for I should receive compensation for the nights of the holiday I missed due to hospital admission so that will be three nights. It…
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Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia for Winter 2025/26
Looking for some advice for people who have spent quite a bit of time there please. Nov - end Feb, any major weather problems in any of the areas ? Is it 45 days VOA if flying in to Vietnam ? Can it be extended by going to an office or the border, or better to apply for 90 days ? I want to stay 60-90max days, but dont know…
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Travel Insurance
Hi All Can anyone recommend a good travel insurance company that doesn't charge extortionate amounts for travel insurance preferably one that you have claimed with before. It appears that most companies wriggle out of paying up
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Motorhome/MPV/Van for europe trip ?
Next September we are taking a trip from the UK to southern Spain as a sort of family road trip. It will be 4 adults and 3 dogs. We will plan anything from 10 to 14 days with 5 of those in a Villa etc in Southern Spain. First there is the route. We could of course just go via France and Spain with one or 2 stops..job done…
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