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Madrid 3 star hotel
Please, any recommendations? Up to reasonable distance from centre, near a metro station and restaurants. No need for English-speaking staff. Thanks for suggestions
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Urgent help needed for Virgin Atlantic Covid vaccine verification.
Virgin Atlantic asked us to send photos of our Covid 19 proof of vaccine in advance of our flights on Saturday to Seattle. We sent photos of our NHS official passes saying we are fully vaccinated (Oxford Astra Zeneca and Pfizer). However these have been rejected. Virgin Atlantic impossible to get hold of. Anyone else has…
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dubai trip
Been vaccinated and had booster in UK. However, I understand Dubai airport still do random PCR testing, has anyone been recently and willing to share experience. Thank you
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Travelling to Spain. Please advise re covid status
Hi my partner has booked for us to travel to hos parents next month. My 2nd jab will have been more than 270 days ago so I believe I had the option of getting a booster 14 days or more or to do a pcr. I've now contracted covid so can't have the booster for at least 4 weeks which doesn't work out for our travel. Please can…
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Europe by train London=>Paris=>Carcassonne=>Barcelona
As I am unable to fly due to severe travel sickness, we have stuck to British holidays since the children (now 13 and 16) were born. The eldest is now growing up fast and we feel we need to do at least one overseas holiday with her before holidays with her boyfriend supersede family holidays. We have friends that we can…
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Working Holiday Visa travel insurance
Hi all. I plan on going to Australia in early October for some months on a working holiday visa. I have looked at a number of companies who do backpacking insurance only to later find out they won't cover you if you don't plan on only doing white collar work or just won't cover work abroad at all. What working holiday visa…
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name has been changed on booking without consent
Friend was due to go on holiday with 3 others, but due to a fall out will now not go. Has paid for holiday in full. Has been trying to find someone to take the place, but in the meantime the lead booker has changed the name of friend to someone else without their consent or payment. Anything friend can do?
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Passport application online or PO?
I’m about to renew my passport and wonder which method to use. I know the cost is more at the PO but presumeanly then there will be no issue with the photo (last time they sent me away to get it done again by the shop). I’m also a bit worried about sending my passport back separately if I apply online as my recent…
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Cruises
I have found a cruise i want, apart from asking each travel agent what the best price they can get for it is their something like skyscanner for cruises? also where is the best place to book?
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Golf Holiday
Hi seven friends and myself are due to fly next Thursday to Turkey for a golf holiday .Tuesday evening we had a meeting to sort out the last few issues but unfortunately when my friend Andrew got home there was a Ambulance parked outside his house with his wife in it. She had acute pain in her liver, the next day she had a…
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Australian visa delays
Hello my mum has flights booked for early September and applied for a tourist (600) visa 19th June. She was told she need a medical which she had and they sent her paperback to the visa office on the 15th July. The paperwork and clearance is showing on her immi account. Her travel agent has suggested that she should rebook…
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Loveholidays problems
Can anyone help? Booked a holiday through loveholidays, private transfer from chania to our resort was given wrong flight info so we had to get a taxi. Got to the hotel to find our room wasn’t available for another 2 days so we were given another room which was far less cost. Also loveholidays couldn’t give us original…
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Passport confusion
I am really confused with the new passport rules. My current passport was issued 23.05.16 and expires 23.06.26, does this mean that I have to get a new passport for travel to Greece as technically it has a span of 10 years and 1 month?
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Park at Heathrow but fly from Gatwick?
I'm just checking that there isn't some weird rule against this. I'll be flying from Gatwick soon, to go on holiday. But I'll be flying back to Heathrow at the end, not Gatwick. So, is it OK for me to park the car at Heathrow, then get a transfer bus to Gatwick to fly out. Then, on return, collect the car after landing at…
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Stranded by travel agent...HELP!
I recently took a package holiday with railbookers (travel agent) for train travel across parts of the USA inc stops in certain cities. It all went fine till we got to chicago to catch the 48hr zephyr train to san francisco. When we got to the amtrak station we were advised the train was only going as far as denver…
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Once in a LifeTime trip - Round the World Business Class 4 people!
I know - not necessarily money saving but if I can get this right I could well save £££! We are looking to travel for 3 weeks London to Australia via the Far East. June 23. Would prefer to stay for a few days in say Japan and on the way back somewhere like Bangkok. Flexible though. The other alternative is going via the…
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How long to replace a missing UK passport these days?
I can't find my passport. I've looked everywhere and we're going away exactly a week from today. I'm not sure whether to spend the next five days still looking or if I should apply for a replacement immediately. Has anyone applied for a replacement passport recently and how long did it take?
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Working holiday - package or not?
Hi, I am planning on an extended working holiday in Australia soon and am unsure whether it would be best to book a flight independent of any accommodation or to book a short hotel stay in order to qualify as a package and therefore, obtain ATOL protection. I will not require more than 3 to 4 days in a hotel once I arrive…
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Chargeback issue between On The Beach (OTB) and Ryanair
Based in England. Booked a trip to Tenerife in September with Lastminute.com. Paid in full with credit card. Was able to log into the Ryanair booking and pay to reserve seats on the 9th August. Logging in last week Ryanair advised that there is an outstanding balance of £592. Lastminute said "dont worry about it" but after…
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Travelling with spouse and her EU passport
So... I hold a british passport and my spouse holds an Irish passport. As I understand it EU nationals have a right to travel with their family and that enables me as a British passport holder to go through EU passport lanes with her as an Irish passport holder when we are travelling to the EU. Has anyone tried this with…
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