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E-visa for India
Hi there and many thanks for reading. Just booked an escorted tour to India for September through Mercury Holidays and looking to sort the visas out in the next week. Has anyone done this recently and how was it? We arrive and depart in Delhi and will be there for a fortnight. Mercury have emailed through a company they…
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Anyone hired an electric BBQ for south of France camping?
Hi All. We're heading to France next week (Domaine la Yole, near Beziers on the Med) staying in a holiday home type place and had planned to BBQ and sit outside most nights. However the campsite bans any gas or charcoal BBQs and only electric are allowed. I've checked with the site and they don't rent out electric ones.…
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Agency not honouring paid holiday (Flight Centre)
Hi all, I welcome your input on whether I have any consumer or other rights to redress? Situation:* Holiday (Flights and hotels) arranged, quoted by their agent and confirmed in person * They then sent a payment link, against which I made full payment * They then sent a Receipt * They then sent a itinerary that said each…
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Adults only Tenerife all-inc hotel recommendations
Hi all, We [ me and my OH ] are off to Tenerife at the end of November / start of December. The flights are booked, and paid for, and we are now scouring the various booking websites for the hotel option. We are not to fussed about where on the island we stay - it's definitely a kind of "chill out by the pool / spa" break…
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Better Protected: Credit Card or Direct Debit
Looking to book a holiday for next year and with TUI there a number of payment options of which there are two in particular we are looking at depending on the protection. The first one is credit card - if we were to pay the deposit of £50 per person, which for 4 people would be £200; with a credit card we would be…
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Travel compensation help please
Hi Please could anyone help with the following issues we have just experienced, I am a little stuck where to go. 1. Ryanair notified us on 9 May 23 that our flight was cancelled, departure date 4 June 23. There were no further flights that day from Birmingham to Malaga so we were forced to go from East Midlands. The train…
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Travel insurance and GCSEs
I could do with some help. Holiday booked for Japan. I travel on 15th June. Wife and son come out on 22nd June. Last GCSE exam for my son is 16th June. However, since booking we have been told there is the potential for exams to be pushed back for a variety of reasons, such as strikes, or the weather is too hot. In terms…
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Any recommendations for a 15 year old girl and her Auntie to go in Spain / Portugal??
Anyone got any recommendations for a 15 year old girl and her Auntie to go to in Spain or Portugal in June? Preferably somewhere busy, bit of shopping etc
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refund
Good morning booked a holiday for 2 to dubai via best at travel my friend has had to drop out due to family bereavement spoke to best at travel they cancelled one if the flights i spoke to emirates myself who stated a full refund as been passed to my travel agent best at travel have said i am not getting a refund is this…
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Card payments
Best way to pay for meals etc abroad without incurring charges. If you have an hsbc current acct would it be worth applying for a global acct
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Withdrawing cash in Portugal?
So there has been lots of discussion about high ATM fees in Spain. I shall be in Spain for a month, but will arrive at Faro airport in Portugal. Is there a cost-effective way to withdraw Euros there (or in town) before taking the bus to Spain? Or perhaps the banks in Portugal follow the lead set by their Spanish colleagues.
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Refund of apart. Deposit
Booked thru Booking.com an apartment in Benidorm for 3 elderly people. Left it immaculate and now trying to get deposit of €200 back. Apart says it’s Booking.com responsibility, but how do I contact them
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Can't buy travel insurance more than 1 year in advance
I've booked a holiday for end of July 2024. I've tried to buy travel insurance, as Martin Lewis says, buy it ASAB! But lots of websites are telling me that I can't buy insurance as my holiday is over a year away! So what protection do I have in the meantime if I have issues before end of July this year?
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On the beach - after booking, changes price
Is this normal ? I booked a holiday through OTB and got a call the next day saying that as the children are 15 & 12 years old, they need to put the price up by 600 pounds ! The deposit was not taken from my account (nearly 2000), so I know we are not then in contract. But, is this not false advertising ? They said to me…
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Airline Seating Allocations - single parent, 2 children
Just reaching out for some general advice (whilst understanding there probably won't be an absolute answer) I'm looking to go to New York with my kids (15 and 12) in October. Have found flights with Virgin Atlantic and BA which are more or less comparable price wise but both have a hefty add on to book seats in advance. I…
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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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