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Best hotel rewards scheme now Hotels.com has closed free nights
I’ve been using the Hotels.com reward scheme for years and found it great. The new scheme is nowhere near as good in my opinion. My nights have been converted for less value and the new reward values for hotel bookings are very low. Anyone found any good alternatives? Not a fan of Hilton or Marriott. Really liked the…
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Geneva airport Swiss / French sector car hire question
Morning all, going skiing to France as I have for the last couple of years and am currently pricing up car hire for the week. The last 3 years I have hired the car in the Swiss sector for ease of use, as, compared to the one time roughly 7 years ago when I hired in the French sector it was a lot of fuss. Mainly: additional…
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Travel Insurance, landing in different country to destination
I have a weeks golf holiday in Spain, but I fly to portugal and transfer into spain, for the travel insurance it asks country, what do I do as I want to ensure my golf clubs are insured on the plane?
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Anniversary trip - destination ideas
Hi all, I will also use tripadvisor but was hoping to get a more general view at this point. For a notable wedding anniversary in a couple of years time, my Hubby has suggested we do something special and look for a holiday in the Indian ocean. We would be travelling early July. We are happy to combine destinations, my…
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Is there any hope of getting some of my money back?
We booked a day trip through a Turkish Tour operator. In the leaflet, it said admission was included, and the agent didn't say anything to the contrary when we booked. On the coach going to the destination, the guide tells us that it is quicker to buy the admission tickets through him, rather than queue up. Everyone on the…
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Should I ask for more compensation
Hi. After my young daughter was blue lighted to A&E whilst on holiday abroad (because the restaurant incorrectly labelled a cake as being peanut safe despite knowing it wasnt), the well known package holiday provider initially offered us a £400 voucher after I complained. They have since upped this to £600 cash. My…
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TUI Holiday Cancellation - Does this make sense?
Is this right?We (family of 4) are due to go on holiday with my mum and older brother. We dont normally do package holidays but with my Mum being elderly and my borther autisic we went all exclusive with TUI. Sadly my brother has been in hospial and they are advising he doesnt fly. We have put support in for him and…
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Spending Abroad
Hi Need some advice, we go abroad for a month in the winter as I cannot stand the cold (disabled). Our port of call is Lanzarote (home from home, been that many times know it like the back of my hand) I normally use a multicurrency travel card that I top up whenever I need to, the recent one being Fairfx, which was very…
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Birmingham airport - car/parking or train? Getting in a muddle!
I have not been on a flight for many, many years and am getting myself in a bit of a muddle with logistics! I am flying from Birmingham with my son at 6am next week, so I presume I need to be there by 4am, and being 2.5 hours away I decided to book a hotel the night before. The parking looked horrendous prices at first…
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Travelodeal
I have found a deal with Travelodeal, (advertised by Travelzoo who I use) but online people say don't touch them. They have shared credit card details and taken money from a current account apparently, amongst other things. I've tried to put the same deal together myself, but cannot come anywhere near it at all! I won't…
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90 DAY RULE IN FRANCE
I am thinking of getting a holiday place in France but struggling to get my head around the 90 day rule?? Is it one lot of 90 days for the whole year?? Hope someone can help explain plainly, thank you :)
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Club la Costa - Timeshare/Holiday Club - compensation claim
We have been contacted (cold call) by a company called ECC (European Consumer Claims) who are offering to try and obtain compensation from Club La Costa (CLC) as we walked away from CLC a few years ago, but we would have to pay £X,000 up front, which they say we would get back if the case was won. This could take up to a…
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Holiday inspiration
I'm looking at doing a couple of European city breaks next year, but I cannot decide on where. The choice is vast with the regular places as well as hidden gems. Are there any websites or something similar where I can go for inspiration? Looking at 3/4 days, solo female traveller.
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Grandad's Parents Names
Hello, I am applying for my Grandads Birth certificate, in order to apply for an Irish Passport, I have his death certificate but there are only his details and my fathers, so on the application form it is asking for his mother's birth name and his father's birth name, otherwise I cannot apply for the document, the details…
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Eurostar Paris 2024 Cancellation - Compensation issues
This is my first post here so hopefully this is the right place to post this. Basically I booked a short trip to Paris on Thursday 25th July for the Olympics and was caught up in the railway line attack which caused the cancellation of a number of Eurostar trains. We travelled to London from Leeds with LNER on the morning…
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Will travel insurance cover cancellation claim for pregnancy if only one parent stays home (Dad)?
I have a holiday booked but am undergoing a lot of fertility issues (three back-to-back losses) over the last seven months. I am pending specialist help for the issues we are facing. We have an abroad wedding booked for October 25 and I (female) will be in the wedding party as a bridesmaid. My dilemma lies with the…
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Cancelled Holiday due to a Faint
Hi all, I did write about this on wrong forum so have re-inserted here. Basically my daughter fainted pre take off and Jet2 wouldn't allow her go fly so my wife, 2 children and I had to disembark from the plane which has now through various circumstances led us to lose our holidays. In addition, we had purchased travel…
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easyJet 'No show' letter
Hope someone can help with this. I found a thread from 2018 but the link no longer valid. DH and I were due to fly with EasyJet but due to a last minute medical emergency we didn't so were 'no shows' for the outward and return journeys. Travel Insurance want evidence in the form of a 'no show letter' but how do I contact…
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Accident in private villa
After help, will try to keep this brief. We went away with my parents, both in 70's, mum is walking disabled but needs wheelchair for any distance. We rented a villa with a downstairs bedroom and bathroom (we previously rented next door so new villa was right for my mum's needs) One 2nd day mum fell getting out of shower…
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BA Holidays
Hi, I am looking to book a flight to greece via BA, booking a BA holiday is cheaper than booking the just flight, can I book the holiday and not use the hotel as staying with friends in a Villa
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