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Santorini / Jet2
* The quote itself is: £2023 * Who the quote is from: Jet2holidays * Is there a booking Fee: no * The tour operator/Airline/Hotel: Jet2 / Jet2 / The Artemis Perissa * Departure airport: Manchester Arrival airport: Santorini JTR * The holiday dates: 07 September 2023 – 21 September 2023 * The number of people traveling: 2…
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Re: Ncp airport. Can you pay for early time and arrive later?
I want to pay from 9am and arrive at 10:30 latest if traffic issues. Ncp aren't clear if I can do this. Also I've paid until 3:30am flight return, if I return earlier is it ok. It's not valet just using my own keys so no staff needed other than barrier
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Travel insurance question
Hi Has anyone ever come across the following problem please? Booked part a world cruise joining in Singapore. The cruise company did not offer booking flights so everyone had to make their own arrangements. What would happen if the cruise was cancelled with full refund but passengers are left with Flight and pre boarding…
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Air Traffic Control Failure - Rights?
Hello All - does anybody have any advice for travellers who are out of pocket due to the NATS system failure where the holiday accommodation was booked separately to the flights (i.e.: a non package holiday) We had our flights cancelled (Stanstead to Kefalonia) by Jet2 after being delayed for 7 hours as we were boarding…
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Camp site refusing to refund when my son couldn't get there
Hello, I'm looking for some advice please. my son made a last minute booking to a campsite on a little island off Brittany for himself and his two kids. he has a Peugeot van (Transit size). the island is accessible via a ferry. A day or so before he was due to go he found out that in peak season they restrict vehicles on…
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USA 2024
With Donald Trump facing several court appearances next year and knowing the crazy way his supporters react I’m wondering if next year may not be the best time to visit the USA. Anyone else thought about this?
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Fast Track with Ryanair - The Process?
We have paid for Fast Track with Ryanair but as this is our first time don't know what the procedure is when we get to the airport. I have also seen mention of a separate "Fast Track Voucher" from other airports which we have not got for Birmingham Airport, we just printed off our boarding passes the same as we always do.…
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Can I still use my current passport whilst applying for a new one, if it is still valid?
My current passport end date is 16th June 2024 so I know that I can use it (I believe) up until 16th January 2024. I am out of the country for the third week of October 2023, and then am hoping to go away from 24th to 29th December 2023. I then may need to go away at the start of February 2024. So I am thinking about the…
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Moved hotels at own expense due to wildfires - can I reclaim?
Myself and a friend were staying in Puerto de la Cruz during the recent wildfires. Whilst we were not directly impacted by the wildfires themselves, there was smoke in the air and ash all around the grounds of the hotel by the Saturday. We enquired about the possibility of moving to a different hotel further south, however…
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Tips on transferring large amount overseas
We'v left the UK and are selling our house. I was just wondering if anybody has any tips on the best way to move the proceeds of that overseas? We've transferred some smaller amounts using brokers like TorFX so far as the bank's rates but was wondering if there is a (safe) way to get a better deal on larger amounts.
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Loss of deposit on a sold villa
Help! We booked 2 villas in Cyprus online on 05/06/2021 to stay 25/05/2022 to 05/06/2022 and paid a £1100 deposit. It took us an awfully long time to find the villas because of the number of people, 11, the age range, 0 to 62 and we needed to be in or near Larnaca for a wedding. Even booking a year in advance, most of the…
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Heathrow parking
Watching Martin last night, he spoke about arranging airport parking through a comparison site. I never knew this was possible, any recommendations on what sites/companies to use? and is this sort of thing secure? I don't want to arrive at Heathrow at 4am in the morning, only to be told there is no booking.
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holiday prices
Hi new to the forum .I was looking at holiday prices ,found some But flying from the uk from the airport close to me is £1818 pounds more than one futher away and that is with the same holiday company. How can they justify the price difference . heathrow airport price is £1550.all in and from Glasgow international £3368.…
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Anyone use this All Inclusive trick? Worth it?
I seen a trick on YouTube where if you are arriving at your all inclusive resort late in evening would be to book a cheap hotel near airport overnight then travel to your all inclusive the following morning. I guess the theory behind it is your not getting the benefits from the all inclusive first day you arrive so it…
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Last minute getaway in September - avoiding wildfires?
I'll jump right in here and say of course you can't predict wildfires or arson. Want to book a week away in September, Greece/Turkey/Cyprus looks nicest and seems to have better weather but also seem to be the hardest hit with wildfires. Mostly just looking for advice on if you'd dodge those areas or if the lower temps in…
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Sending your old passport back when you renew your passport
I just used an ordinary 1st class stamp ( not large letter ) on an old padded envelope, and put it in the pillar box in my local Tesco's and got confirmation of its arrival at the Passport Office three days later - easy peasy - no need for tracked or any other expensive means of sending.
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Passport renewal - success story
Thought I would put this here as an indicator of passport renewal time-scales as of August 2023 in case people are concerned how long it may take. UK passport holder, last one expired 2002. Did an online renewal application 3rd August, sent my old passport off on 7th August, new passport received 16th August and old…
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ESTA Expiring On Cruise?
We're trying out our first cruise from Florida this year. Our ESTAs are valid till the 14th Nov 2023. We fly out 5th of Nov 2023. It's a repositioned cruise where we fly back from Barbados. We're scheduled to leave the States on the12th Nov 2023 for the Caribbean. I wanted to check there was no need to extend or reapply…
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Urgent Advice for a tricky holiday compensation
I am after some advice please Returned from a lovely holiday in Sorrento, the actual departure from Naples airport was disastrous to say the least, basically we were flying back to Manchester, with Jet2, There was a bit of a delay at the departure gates due to fly back at 12.15, it was 13.30 when we were advised that due…
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Travel insurance not covered when non travelling family member became ill
We have travel insurance with NatWest bank. Had it for years never claimed. we booked a holiday to Greece in October 2022. Fast forward to May 2023 and my mother was categorised as end of life on 18 May 23 so we cancelled our holiday which was due to fly out on 25th May 23. My mother had been under a consultant for years…
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