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UK holidays, days out & entertainments

Want to find a MoneySaving way to enjoy a trip to a theme park or a short break in the UK?

Weston Super Mare Parking
We are going to stop here on the way to Devon and wondered if anyone could recommend the best car park for coming off the motorway. I know it will be pretty busy in July, so wanted to plan my route ahead. many thanks
North Wales, fun days out with a five year old ideas?
Hi We're going to North Wales (anglesey area) next month and wondered if anyone has any ideas of fun days out/ cool places to visit etc etc. Sadly we are going Monday to Friday as because its not the school holiday, some of the theme parks are only open at weekends
alton towers
After leaving them you probably won't need hand sanitiser any more
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Days out.
Hi, I've been searching for any discounts for days out in Edinburgh, Stirling or Glasgow with a disabled persons railcard. I receive lower rate mobility allowance and was convinced a carer could support me at reduced prices? For example Edinburgh Zoo. Any help/advice would be hugely appreciated. Thanks.
Where's the best place to sell British Grand Prix tickets
HI, I bought Grand Prix tickets for 2020 which were transferred to this year, but we can't go due to sickness. Where's the best place to sell them? I can't find any being sold on Ebay or similar. Thanks
Agoda accepted BPG Claim & then rejected!! Where do I stand?
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Seabrooks 2-4-1 vouchers. (visiting Alton Towers for 2 days)
Just grabbed a couple for 2-4-1 vouchers for Alton Towers, so it worked out £106 for 4 people for one day. We want to do 2 days, usually its £10 pp extra for the second day. The site doesn't allow this, and you have to pay a full ticket x4 (with online discount) £106 1 day £46 x 4 = £184 1 day. = £290 for 2 days or £224…
Travelodge Wifi
In February I booked wifi as part of a Travelodge booking for June, and when I booked in today, found that the wifi voucher expired in April. Virgin wifi that operate the service stated that I needed to read all of the T&Cs to find this limitation. The only service limitation mentioned at booking is that the service is…
M&S SPARKS CUSTOMERS TO RECEIVE 50% OFF AT OVER 130 ENGLISH HERITAGE
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Travelodge UK 5 nights for 4 offer in London
Travelodge UK 5 nights for 4 offer in London:
Carfest North Camping
Hello, Hope someone can help. We have a family ticket for carfest north that includes one parking ticket. I had been planning to take 2 cars as we have children and various camping equipment etc and the children keep eating so the fiesta is a bit of a tight squeeze. I can't see anything on the website that either says if…
Warner Leisure Hotels
I'm hoping someone on this forum can help me. I am a regular visitor to Warner Leisure Hotels and have always enjoyed them, until now. There has always been a problem with their customer service centre (they never seem to know what they're doing). However after a recent visit which was dreadful, I have been trying to make…
UK TRAVEL INSURANCE
I am going away for week with my husband (and family) in the UK and I am looking to buy travel insurance. We both have several pre-existing medical conditions, being 70 and 68 years old. My family have cover with their bank account. With the NHS,is there any reason to declare these as it triples the cost?Thanks
London explorer pass / go city London
Hi all fist post here so sorry if it's in the wrong thread. We purchased some explorer passes last year before the first lock down to visit London, we planed on going to London in the April of 2020 but as the country was locked down we could not go. At this point we was out of there 90 day money back guarantee so had to…
Holiday cottage price dropped since booking
I booked a holiday cottage from the Independent Cottages website and paid a deposit. The price the owner quoted by email matched the price on the website for the week I booked.The balance is due soon. I looked at the website again today and the price per week for that peak period has now dropped quite a lot. It doesn't say…
UK cruise insurance querie
My partner and I have booked a 4 night P and O mini cruise that sails around the UK.through a local travel agents. There are no stopping points. you stay on the ship all the time, and it docks in the sea for a day before coming back home. Travel insurance quoted by the TA was 42£, which w agreed and paid. Now they have…
Friends and family tickets for Alton Towers?
Hi all, I’ve got an Alton Towers 2020 season pass, which was automatically renewed to 30th June this year due to Covid. It seems that it is now impossible (it was never simple in the first place) to book friends and family tickets with this pass- I used to be able to invite up to 4 friends for £15 each as part of the deal…
Great stay in Liverpool despite ****** host nightmare
(I’ll start with the end of the story: we managed to stay in the spare room in someone’s house and had a really pleasant stay in Liverpool). We recently needed to visit a very elderly relative for family reasons. The ****** host, Hugo said he’d contact us with check in details & the exact address on the morning of our…

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