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STA Travel & ATOL
Hi, Wondering if anyone can answer this question for me: I had a booking with STA travel which was partly taken up until return in April. I am trying to claim for all bookings which were never started and have submitted a claim with ATOL, including my ATOL certificate which does cover me for the things I am trying to claim…
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Spanish Locator Form - which type of Covid 19 certificate
Hi Can anybody help out with this? We are fully vaccinated UK citizens with the Covid App (and a hard copy of a letter from the NHS. There are 3 options on the LOcator form EU Digital Covid CertificateEquivalent digital Covid 19 certificate, recognised by the EU (there is a link to recognised countries, which says…
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Randox Codes for Passenger Locator Form
Hi I have booked 2 sets of Day 2 Lateral Flow Tests, one for myself and one for another (older) couple who aren't confident with using online bookings. Ours went through fine. The other couple have now revealed that they have given me the wrong email address, which is why they haven't received a confirmation email. Randox…
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PCR test - in Scotland for two days
My friend is coming over to Scotland from Germany for two days in November. Will she need a PCR test? We are staying in a holiday cottage and if she orders a pcr test it may arrive to an empty house and she will have returned to Germany. Can’t seem to find an answer anywhere so hope someone will be able to advise. Thanks
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NHS TEST AND TRACE NOTIFICATIONS
My wife and I have had two recent trips to Spain by air. On both occasions we have duly completed all forms and tests .In September we had a positive contact notification without any specific detail and had to isolate. This has now happened a second time although due to rule changes we do not have to isolate. My suspicion…
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Getting refund from Virgin Atlantic
We are having a lot of bother to get our refund on 2 tickets with Virgin Atlantic as we could not travel in March 21 due to COVID related causes. The worst is that Virgin Atlantic have no email contact for us to write directly to them and the Tel no available cuts out after waiting on it for a long time. Very desperate to…
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AstraZeneca Indian batch
My initial vaccine that i was given was AstraZeneca but it was one of the Indian batches that was not approved by the European Medical Agency as reported in the news in July. Does anyone know if these three batches have since been approved so ok to travel abroad without any issues? I have not been able to get a straight…
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Travel Insurance
We have booked a villa in Spain for next June and want to get some insurance cover. When I nooked on the villas website it didn't give me an option to buy cancellation cover and am now worried about what will happen if we are denied visiting Spain and not getting our money back. So my questions are: Does anyone know of a…
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When will Cyprus join Schengen?
Does anyone know when Cyprus will become a member of the Schengen countries? I am planning a 17 day holiday to Cyprus in March 2022 to avoid eating into my 90/180 days travel to other parts of europe. TIA
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Travel agent holding on to my £800 refund from airline for cancelled flight
Hi, I’m wondering whether anyone can advise on the next step I should take to attempt to get back £809 that is owed to me from an online travel agent that I suspect has gone bust… In January 2020 I purchased flights for April 2020 through flightsbank.com. Because of the pandemic, the flights were cancelled by American…
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Is it just countries that require covid tests when travelling?
Hi all, Perhaps an odd question, but I'm travelling to Croatia this weekend by Ryanair and Croatia doesn't require tests if you're double-jabbed, as I am. Am I right in thinking if the country doesn't require a test, the airline itself won't either? It seems odd to not have to get a test to fly full-stop, though obv if I…
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Day 2 PCR Test
I've just paid £86 for two day 2 PCR tests, (we are arriving Friday 22 and have presmued we were not eligible for the new lateral flow test) It's somewhat galling to read that many people who fly regularly have just used the same code to submit on their locator form and even have passed the code to friends and family to…
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Teletext Holiday
I am so pleased to see they are finally being taken to court. I was told I would receive a full refund in June 2020 and teletext even took an additional £1.00 from my account to ensure they refunded to the correct account! Their customer services are disgraceful and the only way to get through to customer services on the…
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Will it happen….Covid vaccine required to travel anywhere
Have been reading about cruise companies requiring passengers to have the Covid vaccine, no exceptions. Is there a good chance all travel will go this way I wonder? Seems like blackmail to me. Personally, I am double jabbed but my teenage son (who has had Covid already) is wary about having it. It’s his choice but is it…
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Do 10 year olds need QR code to enter Spain?
..I completed the Health Control forms this morning, due to fly out to Lanzarote tomorrow, but I could not enter any data for my 10 year old, pop up saying he was not applicable.When we received the QR codes for the rest of us in the email it says:'Children under 12 years of age must present the QR, but are not required to…
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COVID Chaos & Rip Off!
Please can someone help, my daughter is on a quick holiday to the Czech Republic, she is fully vaccinated, and returning to the UK on the 22nd October to Bristol Airport. It seems the CHEAPEST test she can order (just for 2 days when the law changes AGAIN!) is over £60...... can anyone point me in the direction of…
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LFT test day two return to UK 8th November
This is my first time on this website so please be kind.......I am travelling back from a green list country on 8th November and understand I need a LFT reference for a test arranged on 10th November - anyone know of a cheap one I can organise please? I have my own NHS home kit ones but believe these can't be used? Sorry…
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Disney tickets insurance
We are currently looking for travel insurance that covers our holiday to Disney in Orlando. We want it to cover us if we were to get Covid beforehand and had to cancel. I can get this insurance but need something that would also cover our Disney tickets that we booked direct when we booked the Disney hotel. Does anyone…
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Plf digital version OK?
Do you need to print out the passenger locator form for the UK or is it enough to have it on your phone. I'm staying with friends who have a temperamental printer.
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72 hour pre-departure test to USA
The statement from the BBC says 'under new rules announced by the White House, vaccinated people who have had a negative test in the 72 hours before travelling will be allowed to enter.' Can anyone help with the type of 'test' required and where can I get one?
