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NYC Travel Checklist
Heading to NYC on Friday with the kids, paranoid I've forgot something, in terms of getting there. I have sorted: ESTA's Approved MPC App ready to submit when we arrive at JFK Passports all up to date Flying with BA, so have submitted all our details Check-In starts online tomorrow Anything else I may be missing?
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Glas - stanstead -athens
Hi I am looking at flying from Glasgow to stansted arriving at 8.20 am For a onward flight to Athens leaving at 9.35 am , I’ll just have hand luggage can I transfer through ok without having to go through customs again ? Do you think I can make it , I realise it is a bit tight
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Tampa hotel refund / hurricane
I've booked two hotels across a week's stay in Tampa in early November. These were booked on non-refundable offers. I'm considering not going on the trip, because the area is unlikely to be any kind of place for a holiday as Hurricane Helene and Milton clean up will no doubt still be ongoing. Assuming the hotels will be…
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Fishing holidays in Spain or France
My husband is disabled but his mate who takes him fishing is keen to go to France or Spain for a weeks fishing holiday, accommodation and food inclusive. Has anyone done this type of holiday and can advise on where is best to go. Presumably they would be able to hire fishing equipment on the site? Is it possible to fly…
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Portugal
Having only been abroad once in the last 20 years I went to Spain earlier this year I now have the holiday bug lol So Ive booked a last min holiday next month to Portugal to a place called Lisbon! Ive never been to Portugal has anyone been in mid October what will the weather be like? Can I still sunbathe? What clothes…
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Last minute.com cancellation charges
Hi we booked a family holiday last year to Crete Oct 23rd 2024 and paid £1200 deposit. My husbands business has since struggled and we couldn’t afford the remaining balance of £2.4k due Sept21st. Gave me the option to cancel online so I did on 19th Sept . Then I got an email saying I was liable to pay the rest as it was in…
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Cancel my Opodo subscription
Hi. I have been trying to cancel my Opodo prime subscription and everything I am being told to do is not working. I need to do this before it comes out again. I’m frustrated and angry that nothing is working. Help!!!
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New zealand customs fine - advice
Hi everyone My parents flew to new zealand and forgot they had packed 2 onions In their carry-on luggage - they were issued a fine of 400 NZD by customs and given option of pay now, pay in 14 days or appeal. They chose to appeal and did not hear back until now- they are back in India now. Does anyone know what will happen…
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Question about buying from Duty Free
Hello. We are going to Benidorm in just over a week, flying from Birmingham airport. We don’t really buy from Duty Free but someone has been doing some decorating work for us (he is a good friend) and as “part payment” for some of the work he’s done, he wants us to bring 200 each of Lambert & Butler cigarettes, (I believe…
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Canadian apartment cancellation
Hi We were due to stay for a week in a townhouse in Vancouver on 23 July 2024. This apartment was booked through Booking.com and 36 hours before we were due to fly out the booking was cancelled by the hosts due to 'maintenance work not being completed'. We were then promised that we would receive a full refund within 30…
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3 PAYG cards for Florida
I have been with 3 for several years, but was sad to se the Go Roam dropped on our Pay Monthly contracts for using in the USA a couple of years back. (Unless we pay for an expensive Go Roam Pass x3) Three of us travelling in a few weeks, and I am keen to explore the option of using PAYG sim cards for our upcoming stay.. If…
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Questions on where to go/what to do in Central Ireland for the weekend? Not Dublin please.
Hi all I work for a company who have offices in Dublin. I have been travelling to Ireland on and off for a couple of years but I only ever go to Dublin. My company are sending me to Dublin again this Thursday and then I have a few days to spend in Ireland. As lovely as Dublin is I want to do something different, go…
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Princess Cruises Cancellation Charges
At the Princess Cruises website it states that cancellation prior to 90 days before departure results only in a loss of your deposit. But having booked a cruise with them, the Booking Confirmation contradicts this by quoting a cancellation fee of 15% of the total charges effective immediately, even though it is more than…
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If Travel insurance covers traveller not holiday buyer…
If Travel insurance covers traveller not holiday buyer… …then what happens when a claim has to be made? How do the insured claim under a policy when they haven’t made the financial outlay and don’t have receipts etc? I have been - extremely painfully - on the other end of this, in which I naively assumed, since I’d…
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False advertising ??- Booking.com
I have recently booked a stay in a hotel in Kenya through Booking.Com - in the listing for the hotel it stated transfers to and from the hotel & airport along with a 1 day safari were included in the price - I thought it was a great deal and booked. Booking confirmation from Booking.Com clearly state both transfers and…
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Ryanair Schengen rules for Canadian passport holder - told needs 6 months validity
Hi, We're booked to fly out to Spain next week with Ryanair (4th October, Edinburgh to Barcelona). Flying back on Sunday 13th October. My wife is Canadian, her passport expires on 27 Feb 2025 - this will leave 4+ months of validity when we travel. (Also note it is only a 5 year passport). From researching months ago and…
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New Year in Benidorm
Thinking of going to Benidorm for New Year. Never been before at that time does anyone have any experience of this i.e. do you have to pay or get tickets for bars and is it very quiet once New Year come and gone? Thanks. M99
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Booking your own flight when yours is cancelled
The MSE page on cancelled flight rights says to not immediately book your own replacement flight if yours is cancelled. Talk to the airline first. Is this good advice? Say there are 200+ other people who need replacement flights and there aren't that many spare seats on other flights the same day. Everyone queues up to…
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Travel Agency Fraud - is there a case?
Hello, This may be a little long so apologies in advance. Back in 2023, we were looking to visit our home country and booked tickets through a travel agency that we found online. Unsure exactly how we found them. https://mytripuk.com/ We were booked and travelled, all fine (me, hubby, 6yr old daughter and infant). On the…
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Travel Insurance Help
Hi, in May this year I was hospitalised in Menorca with suspected appendicitis, now I’ve been hospitalised twice in the uk for the same thing in the end they can’t conclude what it was, I’m awaiting an appointment with general surgery to see if they are willing to remove my appendix just in case, but they say they can’t…
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