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Cancelling booking made via Times Newspaper
Hi, Helping my parents find the best way forward to cancelling a planned trip to Vienna to see a concert. All booked as a “package” via the The Times Holidays. My dad has been advised to not travel by a doctor so they planned to claim this via travel insurance, but yesterday received changes of flight times of 6 hours…
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Normandy and war graves.
I'm now in my 70s and would like to visit Normandy and the war graves. I'm not comfortable driving these days so I would have to go via train and euro star, or fly if there are flights to that region from UK. I live in Greater Manchester, are there any web sites with info on how to get there. Has anyone on here been and…
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Travel insurance for pre-existing conditions
Trying to help parents to arrange travel insurance for an upcoming holiday. Finding the whol process so difficult to ensure I do not miss any info. NHS app doesn't seem to list everything (e.g, I kmnow they've had antibiotics that are not showing on app). GP surgery want payment for anything more than a patient summery (I…
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Cancelling a Booking.Com Hotel to book direct?
Hi I have booked a hotel apartment for Sept - October this year in Australia . I book through Booking.com. Booking direct is so much cheaper. What are your thoughts about cancelling and rebooking directly with the hotel? The problem is - I can't book one direct with the hotel first, and then cancel my Booking.com, as there…
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Manchester airport parking recommendations
Hi :) Does anyone have any recommendations please for Manchester airport parking T1/3? Holiday extras seems the cheapest option for official car parks - does anyone have good or bad experiences with them for parking there? thanks!
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Algarve-Portugal
Hi everyone, I'm travellling to Portugal in 2 weeks ant i wanted to book a boat tour of the Benagil cave and nearby caves and dolphin seeing. Could anyone recommend me where i could book this on a relaible and cost efficent website. Thank you. Also would you recommend booking on bookingdotcom beacuse i have seen some…
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Expect delays and cancellations to/from Gatwick today (26/07/2026)
The airport has issues with water supplies to the airfield. Toilets can't flush, no water to sinks, restaurants having to close, aircraft not able to uplift water. Apparently they are now stopping people from going airside. Expect delays and cancellations later. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdew2dnxlzzo What a mess.
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Turkey passport requirements
Hi All, trip booked to Turkey leaving on 20 September 2026, returning 27 September 2026. Turkey govt website says passports must have an expiry date of 150 days left on them from the date of arrival. One of our group has a passport which expires in September 2027 but the issue date is January 2017. Would this still be…
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E-sim for USA including calls
I’m aware there are a lot of e-sims on the market for USA, but the majority do not include calls. I would like calls included to be able to use my phone for restaurant bookings and in case we need to call the car hire company for any reason etc. I know a lot of people use WhatsApp but I have spoken to Alamo and they don’t…
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Ideas for scenic/lovely places to stay in IRELAND (South/South West/West etc)
Hi All We love visiting Ireland in our campervan (particularly watching Irish Horse Racing), and again, we are travelling over for the Galway Festival in July 2026. But, before Galway Races we are visiting 2 other courses. Our Itinerary looks like this: Friday 24 July: Arrive by Ferry from UK and drive to Cork Races - STAY…
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Tips for surviving long haul flights, please
Morning all Just looking for tips to survive a long haul flight. The most time we've spent in the air up to now was a 3 hour flight to Malta, but we're off to Australia in a couple of months to visit rellies, and we're going from Manchester via Doha to Adelaide. The first leg is seven hours, then a 3 hour stop off at Doha…
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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
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Timeshare
would love to know any success stories where Timeshare’s that are in perpetuity have been relinquished
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Help With Credit Card Schemes
Can someone assist with the credit card schemes out there? We've been using an American Express CC for the past few years (originally Gold but now the free Blue one), gaining points, which we planned to convert to Avios points. A family member is all in with Virgin and seems to get to the US fairly cheaply with their…
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virgin flying points
Hi all, I was just wondering on how to use my virgin flying points because I have quite a few but don't know the best way to use them. I also heard you can convert them into Hilton points if so can someone educate me whereas I can use the points for. Thank you.
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One leg of our flight is cancelled, but radio silence from Love Holidays
We're (2 adults, 2 children) are off to Bali for a 2 week holiday in a month's time, flights are with Qatar (with a BA flight number) Gatwick - Doha - Bali. Booked as a flight / hotel / transfer package with Love Holidays in January, with a 40% deposit paid via credit card and the balance due in 2 weeks. In addition we…
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Under 18's travel insurance when adult already covered
Hi all I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I'm travelling to Spain with my three children (aged 17, 14 and 12) next week. I already have my own travel insurance in place, but it's a specialist policy due to my health conditions. I'm having real difficulty finding travel insurance for the children only.…
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Travel insurance and cancellation
Can anybody recommend a travel insurance that covers for a travelling companions Father being taken ill - he is currently very fit and healthy and we are not related at all but I had my fingers burnt a few years ago when sadly her Mother was taken ill and we had to cancel the holiday and my insurance would not pay as that…
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Travel Insurance
Couldn't tell which section to post this in so apologies if incorrect. We booked a holiday yesterday for September this year. When I have gone to sort out the Insurance today, I am struggling to find a company as I am currently under medical investigation by my doctor/hospital and I won't get the results of my tests for…
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EES - Athens
Anyone have any experience on how the Greek systems are coping with the new EES system? We are flying into Athens in September and hope that we do not have a repeat of the three-hour delay we had in Barcelona recently.
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