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Texas road trip
We are going on a one way cruise from southampton to Galveston in October we are thinking of doing a 2 or 3 week road trip after we get off. Has anybody on here done this if so have you ant tips on places to go and things to do and car hire ?
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Agoda booking - incorrect room
We paid for a 4 poster double bed in a hotel recently through Agoda for 2 nights. However, when we reached the hotel, they had booked us into a comfort double (over £100 difference in price). The hotel showed me the confirmation they received from Agoda and I showed them our booking on email and App, so the problem clearly…
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using phone for travelling in India
hi, i am wondering what is the best, and most cost effective way to use phone when travelling in India, for around 1 month. i have seen some options as follows: a) get a Lebara PAYG Sim card. but issue with this is having to have a new number, registering it etc. and if it will actually work when out there. b) get an…
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Planning a holiday to Japan, advice please.
Good evening I'm looking for some advice please I'm planning to holiday to Japan for next year. I will be going with my wife for 2 weeks, probably in June. I understand and speak Japanese to a fairly high level but have bever travelled there before, this is my dream holiday. My questions are regarding base camps and bullet…
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Help with being a nervous flyer
Hi all, Not sure if this post is in the right place but if not then please move it. I'm a nervous flyer and we are trying to book a holiday abroad but I wanted to know if anyone could suggest anything (sensible) I could do to try and alleviate my anxiety about it. I've already tried hypnotherapy twice with different people…
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Passport Query - 3 months left - different airlines
Hi, we are looking to book a last minute holiday returning by 10th April. Our passports expire 31st July (so ok for the 3 month from date of return as canaries, and passports are not more that 10 years in length). I have read different things about different airlines and their own policies (as gov guidance is 6 months but…
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Hotel Cancelled, what to do about flights?
Hi All, After some advice. I have booked a holiday to Rome through Expeda.co.uk and the hotel has just cancelled my booking however my flights are still booked. I am thinking about cancelling my flights because it was a package deal and therefiore cheaper, but Expedia are telling me to contact the airline directly and I'm…
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Amend one letter on a named person on a booking
Hi, Can anyone help please. I booked a holiday with a on line travel agent. I travel in 6 months time and have just noticed that one of the people I'm travelling with has had the last letter of their first name spelt incorrectly. The on line travel agent is stating I need to pay an additional £284 to change this. I've…
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ESTA Application - Emergency contact numbers
I've got through to adding my emergency contact details but every single UK phone number I have entered I get this: errors.1088 error.telephonenumber.invalid I've got the UK +44 in the dropdown box and taken out the first 0, added it back in; tried both sons phone numbers and my husbands but nothing works. I can't proceed.…
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Holiday deal tips
Hi all, My wife and I are looking to go away in may for our wedding anniversary Is it too late to book anything now and if not then what are the best websites to look at for deals and good prices? Any help would be appreciated Kind regards Mark
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UK261 / EU262 delayed flight compensation questions
Hi all. So I took a flight with a European airline last year, UK to EU to Brazil, and back. They failed to notify me that they had cancelled the flight back, and so had moved me to a flight departing eight hours earlier. Anyway, having missed that flight, I put in a claim. They refused to pay, so I started legal…
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Love Holiday's charge for changing a person
Hi, I recently booked a holiday with Love Holidays and paid in full for 4 people, one person can't make it so I am taking my niece instead, Love Holidays advertise that we need to pay around £25 to change a person but have just come back with a cost of nearly £700 to change it, this is not the airline fee, it is their…
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Friend caught shoplifting in Sharm el Sheikh..
He got caught for stealing cigarettes from a shop, They are accusing him because he had over 2000 cigs of the same brand in his hotel room he stole them all. He's in police custody, He's very scared. What sentence will be imposed on hm for stealing. He's only 20. His family are very worried. He has convictions in the UK…
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Long haul evening flight with BA
Flying home from Dominican Republic to Gatwick at 8.30 in the evening. Can anyone tell me whether you will just receive a snack after take off or a full meal as it's so late in the evening please? Thanks
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Car rental licence issue
So, we fly abroad on 30th March (EU). We just got married and my wifes licence expires on the 1st April. We planned to rent a car whilst out there, but due to the needed name change, it can only be done via post and can take up to 4 weeks for the licence to come back. Which is obviously cutting it very fine. Just wondering…
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Passport complaints
I applied for a replacement lost passport for my 16year old grandson July 23 and paid to fast track it £175. My grandson got a letter to say he had to attend the London office which he did with his parents 15th August the day my mum died. He then had to do a phone interview September which he did. He then got another…
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SMALL GROUP TRIPS
Hi, Im 71 and vegetarian. I have a yearning to visit Morocco and feel the best/safest way is to join one of these small group trips. I live in Edinburgh and have looked at quite a few but would love a recommendation for the best travel company, taking into account dietary considerations, Also what time of year is best, and…
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Package travel regulations - loss of enjoyment
We recently had a luxury honeymoon package holiday (part package, part staying with family, part self-booked, all flights were part of the package). The package part contained flights, accom + tours. During the holiday the following went wrong: Hotel didn't have our booking, car breakdown, two cancelled flights one of…
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Travel insurance through bank account
Some years ago I had hassle trying to arrange travel insurance through my bank account. I'd had a comparatively minor medical procedure and they refused to insure me for 'at least a year'. Stupidly I decided not to bother with them again. Fairly recently I had notification that the bank had changed their insurance provider…
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KLM bereavement rebooking & complaint - advice please
I booked a return flight Lisbon-Minneapolis (via Boston) on 3-8
March 2024. My grandmother passed away during my trip and I had to return to
Lisbon. I called KLM customer service to report my bereavement and request a
flight change, in order to allow me to attend her funeral. I rang the number on the KLM UK website and the…
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