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Overseas holidays & travel planning

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Travel insurance
A group of 3 friends are going on holiday and the flights have been booked together, and paid for using one of the friends relative's credit card. The relative is not going on the holiday and has collected each person's flight cost. My question is, are the costs of the flights covered on the travel insurance taken out by…
Cape Verde 22nd May 2023
I’ve been quoted £1369.84 for 7 nights for two adults AI at the Riu Karamboa, Boa Vista in Cape Verde from Manchester with TUI. Transfers and 20kg luggage included. Standard twin room. Can anyone beat this price please? No extras or upgrades included.
Unexpected Extra Hand Luggage Addition Cost
Hi Martin & MSE Team, I purchased a 3 day holiday to Portugal back in December 2022 through onthebeach.com. I fly September 2023. At the time of my purchase a standard hand luggage size bag was included only in my booking. This was because I didn’t want hold luggage included as the cost was not worth it for my short trip…
Credit on credit card
I'm going to New Zealand for 5 weeks. I have a credit card that doesn't charge fees for overseas transactions, which is great but I'm just a little worried that with a hefty car hire deposit, I won't have enough credit on the card for day-to-day spending. Is it possible to load the card up in advance with a credit balance…
Problems using credit cards on Bookin.com
When booking accommodation in Europe on Booking.com I'd prefer to use my Halifax Mastercard credit card as it avoids transaction charges. Although Halifax confirm there is no problem with my card Booking.com won't confirm my booking with this card. I've just acquired a Barclarard Visa but have the same problem with that.…
Hotel Booking cancelled
Hi, I had a hotel booked in LA at the end of march for a week through Agoda. I booked the hotel with the balance due at the end of March. Agoda emailed me last night to say the hotel have been in touch to say they cannot accommodate my booking, and my booking is cancelled The hotel is still being advertised on Agoda and…
Travelling with music equipment - How do I declare it?
We're having our wedding reception in Spain in the summer. It was originally booked for 2020, but Covid meant we got married here, but we're still going ahead with this, since we have family in Spain & South America who are coming. Since I and most of my friends are professional musicians, we're gonna do the music…
Jet2 changing holiday date is expensive!
Has anyone else experienced changing the date of their jet2 holiday and it goes from approximately 5k to 10k? I was changing from oct to July so knew it would be more expensive. The issue is that when looking at new holidays online (exactly the same holiday) they were about 7k but to change my holiday it was 5k. Original…
First family cruise
Hello everyone. I’ve been doing some reading on the forum here about cruises. It is to be our 10th wedding anni next year and we are toying with the idea of a cruise - our first one. We have two kids who will be 6 and 1 at the time of travel. My first question is what company would people recommend (I know that a very open…
Help! Heathrow parking
I got distracted (lost my job), so didn't get my airport parking booked, and it now looks super expensive! Can anyone help me find a decent price for parking at Heathrow Terminal 3 from Sat 11th to Friday 17th, please?
Advice regarding lost stuitcase
Hi, hopefully someone can offer advice. I travelled to Hurghada with Tui on 16th December, they lost my suitcase, I was given a PIR number. I tried to claim via my own travel insurence but they require a confirmation from TUI that the suitcase is deemed lost, I contacted tui secondary tracing team and they said they can't…
Ferry code / Club Voyage
Hello!Would anyone be willing to share their Brittany Ferries Club Voyage membership number with me please so I can travel as their guest with the 10% reduction? Hoping to book Plymouth to Santander crossing. Thanks
Can I recoup holiday costs
British Airways cancelled my holiday last week, I have had a full refund of the holiday still waiting for seat refunds. I am still out of pocket ie can’t get my prepaid car parking refunded, I paid for visas and I lost money having to get my foreign currency converted back to sterling. Is there any way to recoup this?
Eurowings compensation
Hi Would love some help! To cut a long story short, eurowings delayed our flights last year and we missed our connection, we had to pay for another flight to get to our end destination. Thanks to this website I used Resolver and the German air regulator SOP have said that Eurowings owe me 450 euros compensation... But they…
Demand for payment due to wrongly allocated voucher
I cancelled a holiday in early 2022 and the company mistakenly issued a credit voucher twice. I got a refund on one voucher and wrote to the company to point out their mistake. 6 weeks later I had heard nothing and used the voucher towards a holiday I took 7 months after booking, which was 3 months ago. My voucher and…
Can siblings get family travel insurance if one of them is 18+ ?
My wife and I have travel cover through company healthcare but we need cover for our children who are 19 and 17. The travel insurance websites usually say that their family cover covers 1 or 2 adults and upto 3 or 4 children. What I can't find out is if my eldest (aged 19) can take out a family policy with the child being…
Passport renewal glasses problem
Hi Need to renew my passport but I'm having problems uploading my photo due to my complex prescription (it's seeing my thick lenses as reflection). I'm happy to upload a photo without them on but just wondering if this may cause me a problem because I'm wearing them on the old passport. Would be interested to know if…
EasyJet check in time allowance
I'm flying from Glasgow to Gatwick tomorrow with easyJet and wondering how long before take off I need to be at airport?? I know international flight is usually 3hrs
Cancellation cover
For a holiday of a life time in South America I need cancellation level of £15000! I can only find Staysure who have given me a huge quote. Can anyone suggest any other companies I could try?
Wizz air summer flight release dates
Hello Anyone with any idea when summer flights are released? Nothing on website and phones useless Thanks

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