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Can I claim on my travel insurance?
I'm due to go on holiday in 2 weeks with my partner. My partner booked the joint holiday but we have separate travel insurance as we don't live together. yesterday my partners mum was taken to hospital and she's been diagnosed with a brain tumour. Obviously we don't know how bad yet but as her health only changed in the…
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Which river cruise company?
We've never been on a river cruise and are interested in a River Danube trip. I've briefly looked at two companies, Riviera and Saga as we have friends who've used both. I'd be grateful for any recommendations.
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help needed for a problem with jet2
last month my son and his girlfriend went on there first holiday, they went to Rhodes, Had a great 5 day break and headed to the airport a couple hours early just to be sure (being the first holiday with no experience) He was due to depart at 10.55pm. the flight arrived over Rhodes due to land and other planes were taking…
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Advice on BA fares to Chile in November – book now or wait?
Hi all, Looking at flights to Chile this November – ideally Heathrow to Santiago around 6th Nov, returning on the 23rd. There are internal flights on both ends of the long-haul, so I’m looking at options that account for that. BA economy fares are currently around £1,100. I know BA pricing isn’t particularly dynamic…
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What counts as a "significant change".
Hi all I have a holiday booked with easyJet with two interconnecting rooms so that my teenage son has some privacy. The hotel has been changed and only 1 room offered. I contacted easyJet and they told me that I can amend the holiday to an alternative but am liable for any difference in cost, I can accept the change, or I…
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Question over changes to hotel, now receiving poor reviews
We booked at the end of April with TUI to a family run hotel in Greece which had lovely reviews. The family run nature attracted us given the quality of the food and the service. Today we've discovered reviews from the last few weeks where people have found the family sold up to the hotel next door (back in February) and…
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Airplane snacks / food
I have never been a fan of airplane food - the quality nor the price. Anybody got any good tips or suggestions what to take?
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European football match tickets
Hi there. I'm after some advice from anyone with knowledge/experience about the best/cheapest way to get tickets for top European clubs like Barcelona, Real Madrid, PSG etc. My son has just finished his GCSEs and I'd love to treat him to something like this in the coming season. Thank you.
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Bristol Airport Car Parking
Having been on many trips to Scotland for work I am used to paying around £40 for a days parking at Bristol Airport Multistorey around a week before the trip. We are now going on our first holiday abroad in around 6 years and have booked a weeks holiday from Bristol Airport in 2026. Having looked at prices, they are…
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Airbnb last minute cancellation
We've just come back from our holiday travelling around Italy. One of the Airbnb's (a managed property) told us when we were en route travelling to the house (about two hours before check in) that the booking was cancelled, despite us completing all our check in/tourist tax etc., We got a full refund, but the only place we…
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Holiday Insurance
My husband and I have holiday insurance through our bank. We are going on holiday with our son and wife. We have paid for all the flights and accommodation and my son and his wife have handed over their share of the cost. If my son and his wife have to cancel how do they proof to the insurance company that they paid their…
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Does travel insurance cover visiting additional countries
A friend of mine was talking to me on the phone this evening about a 3 week holiday he was planning next year to Germany onto Spain and then Italy and then back to Germany and now at the back of my mind I have a vague memory of a money columnist in some newspaper reporting an issue of someone not being covered for their…
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Travel Insurance query following a new pre-existing medical condition
I have a cruise holiday coming up from the UK, but have recently had a new medical condition diagnosed (and experienced). That being sciatica nerve impingement likely from a herniated disk. I have informed my single trip insurer who have told me, thank you, but that changes our cover. I can either: * go on Holiday but they…
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CHINA SOUTHERN FLIGHT DELAY 17 JUNE 2025: 520 pounds compensation owed
We suffered a 22-hour delay to our flight from London to Guangzhou. Reason was Technical Problem/Mechanical Problem. Please see the photo of what China Southern posted at the Airport. My ticket was actually purchased through Expedia by my Tour Company (a UK Company). Two questions: 1. Yesterday I sent an e-mail to that…
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Wizzair flights to Budapest for next December (2025)
Hi my wife and I would like to do a city break to Budapest from Liverpool in early December. We went there in 2019 and very much enjoyed it. Wizzair does flights from Lpool To B'pest but has no flights up on the website yet for early December? Can anyone help me.? Could it be that the flights haven't been released yet and…
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Travel Insurance claim query
If I have to cancel the holiday I was going on with my husband due to my taking ill and doctor advising against travel, will it pay for the full cost of holiday or just half (since it’s only me that is ill). Tui have said they won’t give refund or credit and to claim from insurance.
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Online Passport renewal - impressed with the speed
From start to finish, it was five days.........so I'm impressed with the speed. I applied online on Tuesday 27th May. I used the photo booth (Tesco) to obtain the photographs and code. I posted my current passport to HM Passport on the same day. On Thursday 28th HM Passport texted to advise they'd received my old passport.…
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Mobile Broadband travelling to Europe
Hi, has anyone got any recommendations for mobile broadband please? We currently have a dongle thing from Vodafone but it never seems to work in Europe even after phoning them twice & resetting it etc. We need something that can be used in Europe for the kids ipads as we are driving, so they will need something. We are…
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Flight showing different number on Flightradar24
Being sad I like to track the flight we will be travelling on in the weeks prior to our departure date. Over then last couple of weeks I have not been able to track our flights TOM48 and TOM49, the flight numbers didn't exist in any search, I have since discovered that Flightradar24 is tracking these flights under the…
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European car breakdown cover - what do you do?
Hi all. We're going on a holiday to Europe by car. We've got the fleet covered by the RAC here at home. The RAC offer EU cover for your date specified trip or an upgrade throughout the year options. I just would like to know from others what do you do or is there another way. I've used the search function and there are…