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Lisbon Car rental advice
Hi, looking for any recommendations and advice on booking a 7 day car hire with one additional driver from Lisbon airport. I’ve tried following the advice on the MSE link. What advice would you recommend for dealing with toll roads?
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Cheapest airport parking Manchester
Can anyone tell me the cheapest parking for man, the cheapest I've got is coming up nearly 100 pounds!! It's only for a week 18th June til 26 june
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Strikes and impact!!
Just wonder where we stand with our holiday. We have found out that both our journey out and return will be impacted by staff strikes at Heathrow. Now, for us we’ve saved and spent a lot of money on a trip to USA - Florida and we are now extremely worried about the impacts this will have, especially with 3 children with…
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Air Tag trackers in airplane Hold luggage
Please help sort out the confusion of small lithium batteries being used on aircraft suitcase cases used in any tracking devices , can these devices legally be used on flights to track your valuables and cases ?
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Passport validity panic!
Issue date 24th September 2013 Expiry date January 2024 Going to tenerife 13th June Leaving 23rd june I booked this months ago read the rules thought I was fine, once I've looked into it further after seeing a tui post yesterday there is alot of information saying different things like the passport has to be 9.9months from…
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Booking flight with unknown return date
My son is going to be travelling to the US in August for a year abroad as part of his degree. He is not planning to come home for Christmas as we have family in the states that he is planning to visit, so he won't be flying home until probably June/July 2024. I was just wondering about the cheapest way to manage the flight…
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Birmingham Airport Parking 10% Off Code
USE CODE: JUNE10BHX The offer is valid for entry dates between Saturday 1st July and Thursday 31 August 2023 inclusive. This offer is valid for new bookings only made until 23:59 on Tuesday 20th June 2023. This offer is only valid for stays of 3 or more days. The booking is fully refundable, cancellable and amendable, up…
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Transpennine Express Airport advance train ticket from Manchester Airport
For general information, if anyone was interested. I was just about to buy one of these tickets as the blurb on the airport and trainline website infers that if you are delayed and miss your train, you can get the next TPE (& connection) for up to 3 hours so long as you get your ticket validated at the airport. On the TPE…
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Known traveller number
Just booked flights to US with KLM and they're looking for our known traveller number. Not heard of it before and travelled to the US in January this year ( with British Airways) and wasn't asked for one. Is this a new thing. Googling it is confusing me even more. Thank you
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What is your favourite travel insurance provider?
During my last holiday abroad my son became very ill with pneumonia, this resulted in my partner and him staying behind for almost 3 weeks. Fortunately he made a full recovery and my partner had family nearby who could put them up for a couple of weeks while he got cleared to fly. This was the first time I'd ever had to…
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Travel insurance for December 2024
I’m planning to take a safari over Christmas 2024 but want to book the accommodation now. However, I can’t find any insurance companies that will allow me to take out a policy so far out. Any suggestions what I can do, apart from waiting until December?
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Booking.com hotel refund help/advice needed!
My sister is having a real problem with booking.com and a hotel in Rome refusing to refund her. Timeline is as follows: 1) using booking.com, she requests hotel booking on 9 July with late check in (10pm). Listing shows late check in charges, payable on arrival. 2) hotel accepts booking so she pays in full3) hotel then…
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Border Control
Hi I have an Irish Passport and my wife has a British Passport. We are flying to Greece in a couple of days time (from Edinburgh) and I was wondering if she could join me in the EU queue both when we arrive in Athens and when we return to Edinburgh? Otherwise I'll just have to wait for her as I'll be through Border Control…
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What happens if I miss a connection flight.
I have to book to go to Portland, Oregon in a couple of weeks. Fly manchester to Amsterdam and then Portland. Coming back the flight arrives into Amsterdam 50 minutes before the Manchester flight leaves. I've no experience of connecting flights so wondering what happens if I missed the connecting flight. Also is luggage…
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Brinimg UK bought duty free back into UK.
Bought a few bottles of spirits in the UK duty free whilst travelling to the US, now realising that they wont get finished, so will be bringing them back home. They are still in the sealed bags they came in. Do we put them in hand luggage or baggage but open the bags and put them in seperate suitcases? Thanks
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Urgent advice - AirBnb host asking for HUGE deposit
Hi all... My Daughter is off to Madrid for a month on Friday as part of her Masters degree. She's found and paid (950E) for the month's accommodation through AirBnB. Today the host has asked to talk through WhatsApp , not AirBnB , and has said make sure you bring the deposit with you ..... What deposit? he want's 950E IN…
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Still Waiting for British Airways Compensation after 6 Months
So I had two flights booked in early December 2022 where I flew from Newark to London Heathrow then London Heathrow to Manchester (EWR > LHR > MAN). Due to a clear technical fault (megaphone wasn't working) the flight was delayed departure by over an hour. This meant that I missed my connection and had to wait 8 hours at…
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Travel insurance needed for medical care only
Hello I am looking for advice on travel insurance. I have general travel insurance including with my AMEX card (I purchased the flights using the card). Unfortunately the policy does not include cover for existing medical conditions. Are there any companies who will issue insurance for medical care only? TIA.
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Passport got washed in washing machine
I washed my son backpack although I checked the pockets there was a hidden pocket with his money belt and passport in it and it got washed. The fact that it was in a money belt the pages are only humid. His personal details are not damaged and his contact details written in biro are not smudged. I think the pages will…
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Cost of 10 night DIY, land-based trip to Galapagos
My wife and I have just finished a visit to the Galapagos Islands (May 2023). I thought it might be helpful for others to detail the cost of this trip in case anyone is considering doing something similar. We stayed 10 nights in total, 6 on Santa Cruz island and 4 on Isabela island. You can see the Galapagos either…
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