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Enterprise Car Rental - Insurance
Afternoon all, I am told that to travel to Europe with a rental car I need to also pay for an European insurance. The small print says payment via credit cards. I don’t have credit cards, cannot this be paid by debit card? Is the credit card thing mandatory? Thank you.
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TUI online check-in?
Hi. Has anyone flown from the UK to the EU recently with TUI? I am wondering when (if at all) it is possible to check-in online (TUI flight - booked with TUI). There is conflicting information. A post on this forum (from back in 2020) says it is not possible until 24 hours before your flight. However the TUI website says…
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Buying a airline ticket online
I am SP age now and am not sure how to purchase a airline ticket online somebody explain the process to me I know you need a debt / credit card to do it what i do not know is how you receive confirmation of your booking do you receive it by email or text or some other way ?
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Ryanair now validating passports via app
Some good news for a change. I’m US and every time I fly with Ryanair I have to present myself to either their kiosk or checkin desk to have my passport validated, in both directions. This is quite annoying as I have to printout a boarding card so can’t use the app, and even travelling hand luggage only still have to join…
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Massive Delay in BA Refund
On 6 March I tried to book a flight for a colleague (something I do regularly) directly with BA. At the final payment point, after I had inputted the credit card details, the page did not load and basically was in limbo. I waited for about 15 minutes and gave up and restarted the booking process. I was confident that would…
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What would the best route to drive : Calais to Nice
A friend is setting off on holiday soon, to the south of France, taking an old (but well cared for) campervan. There are motorways, but many, if not all have tolls. he doesn't really want to be driving near Paris, which is probably pretty hectic at the best of times, but with the Olympics soon, possibly even worse Which…
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USA visa for a foreign national
Hello my mother is looking to go to USA for a holiday. She lives in the UK and got her indefinite leave to remain from more than thirty years ago. She still holds a Bangladeshi passport and not a british passport although does have a UK residence card. How and where can she apply for a USA visa please? I had attempted…
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Saga Cancelled our travel insurance
I’m 64. I advised Saga that I’d recently undergone treatment for an Ocular Melanoma (90-95% success rate), but instead of possibly increasing the cost of our (my wife and I) yearly cover, they s completely cancelled it leaving us without cover and with holidays coming up. Worse than that as the cover is only 2 months old,…
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No show rules
Hi I have an urgent query. My family and I were going abroad to Malaysia with tickets booked under 1 booking. My passport has 3 months left so I was turned away at the airport. My family (4 people) continued with the flight Can I just then book a single ticket and meet my family in Malaysia and then we can all return on…
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easyJet app and printed boarding cards
Ive flown easyJet a few times now and although I have the app on my phone, I havent yet used the app for boarding cards which I print on paper. My question is this - ive checked in online on the laptop for a flight in August, added passport details etc and printed boarding cards on my printer - all OK If I go to the app on…
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Stena Line Harwich-Hook of Holland 2025 discounts?
Hi all, Wondered if anyone knew of any discount codes that I'd be able to use for booking a family trip across on the Harwich-Hook of Holland overnight Stena Line ferry next summer at all? Tried SUMMER24 but it doesn't appear to work and wondered if anyone could help out at all please? :) Thanks!
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How to contact TUI about complaint?
Won't go in to too many details. * Spent £1,000 on an excursion for 5 people in Mexico. * Coach didn't turn up for us. Hours of phone calls later, and agreed to get taxi and be reimbursed. * They dealt with it as a complaint, and sent out an email with link to claim £45 reimbursement. * Due to being caught up in Hurricane…
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Travel Reward Schemes and Air Miles Credit Cards Worth It?
We are currently looking at booking a trip to Japan and the tickets for premium economy will cost around £2000 each for two of us. We have a choice of flying BA or other company. I have a back problem so would love to fly business sometime in the future. Are any of the air travel rewards-based credit cards worth…
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ESTA WOES
Any one tried recently to apply for ESTA for USA It took 5 hours + on Sunday to apply for 2 ESTA and today have only managed to get one application in which kept saying come back later server down and ended saying it would take 72 hours to confirm payment details and when attempting the final application it just goes so…
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last minute.com BA flight cancelled
We’ve booked a flight and hotel package with LM.com and have just found out our outbound flight with BA has been cancelled. We’ve called three times and had a web chat, but still no alternative flights offered. Holiday is 2.5 weeks away. Has this happened to anyone else, and what was the outcome? Thx
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Denied Boarding - 10 year issue date Brexit Rule
Hi Money Saving Experts, This is a long shot, but I was denied boarding on a Ryan Air flight due to the 10 year rule from issue date. I still had 5 months left (until December) so my passport honoured the 3 month rule for EU travel, but this new rule since Brexit was one I was completely unfamiliar with. I was 10 years and…
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Package holiday compensation
Hi, i booked a package holiday with TUI and prior to boarding at 6.00am flight, we were informed that there was a problem with the plane and the flight would be delayed. After a 12 hour delay TUI managed to get another plane and we eventually departed at 18.00. TUI have informed me that i can claim back compensation for…
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Canadaians living in UK passport issues?
Hi, My husband was born in Canada to British parents, and has lived in UK for 60 years. He got a Canadian passport in 2022 as it was necessary to hold one to enter Canada. His UK passport is now expired. This year we are visiting Greece, and he wants to use his Canadian passport if he can. Are there any Canadians living in…
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Camping chairs and EasyJet
Anybody know if you can take folding camping chairs on EasyJet flights? Would they count as extra hold bags/sporting equipment? The sort that fold up into a rectangle approx. one metre long and carried over shoulder. Just wondering if we might be better off purchasing them at our destination rather than paying high luggage…
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Holidaying/cruising solo - any tips/bargains etc
Hi I am opening this thread for any other forum members that regularly take holiday/cruise by themselves. I 'mostly' holiday solo through choice and I love it . However, I am getting increasingly cheesed off with the extortionate prices most holiday and cruise companies charge for 1 person travelling. It seems to be worse…
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