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Premier Inn (book and cancel)
Looking at booking three nights mid-October and prices seem to be going up on a daily basis, albeit only by about £10-15 in total, so not the end of the world. This might be the consequence of demand, so perhaps best to leave my booking until October and hope prices will have dropped? Alternatively would it be prudent to…
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Any hotel (chains) offering all-inclusive short breaks this autumn?
Hoping to get away with OH after a very trying August/September, complete with medical problems. Ideally looking for all-inclusive i.e. plus evening meal.
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Student Beans / Blackpool Tower
In October we're going to Blackpool so I've been looking for discounts codes for Blackpool tower but the only one's I've found are through student beans so if my daughter purchased tickets for 4 of us to use would we be able to claim the money back if we were refused entry at the attraction. When you go on the Blackpool…
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Returning home early following a fire.
I recently took my children on a last minute holiday to a holiday park, unfortunately on Sunday there was a fire in the main building, nobody was hurt so that's a blessing. At this time the weather also took a turn for the worse so I took the decision to return home 4 days early as no facilities were available on site and…
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Cheaper ways to join the National Trust - from overseas NT?
I have seen a few older posts that suggest joining an overseas National Trust - unfortunately many of the loopholes such as joining the NZ Trust seems to have closed now. Just wondered has anyone joined the Barbados NT recently - the application seems a bit unusual - you don't pay online but have to do a bank transfer. Has…
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Booking.com Assistance
I recently booked a two day break through booking.com, hotel in UK. When we left the hotel have us an invoice to pay for the meals drinks etc - it also showed a deduction for the price of the room which we had paid via booking.com. However this was just over 50% less than what we actually paid! I have queried this through…
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What on earth has happened to Rhyl?
Spent last week in North Wales and had fabulous weather and some lovely places to visit. But what on earth has happened to Rhyl. I remember wonderful family holidays there as a child and when my kids were born we continued to go there occasionally. Went last week and the place is terrible, dirty, dilapidated and in a real…
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Good restaurants in China Town, London
Basically, I'm heading off to watch The Faulty Towers play on Saturday. Now I'm looking for a bite to eat for lunch before the show. As the Apolo Theatre is right night China Town, can anyone recommend any good places to eat in the area?
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Alton Towers dissapointment!
Hello! We went to Alton Towers last Wednesday and it was shocking! The app said 15 mins for Oblivion, it actually ended up being 90 mins. The queue for Rita was worse, 2 hours. Got to the front, the ride was shut down as someone got their phone out (not AT fault but they let the girls off laughing instead of ejecting them…
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Insurance when renting a car
Hi all, i have rented a car online a few times here in the UK and sometimes overseas. Always with insurance. When you go to pick up the car they insist to insure the car with them for lots of reasons which makes me always a bit confused because I tend to think that the insurance I got when booking online should be enough.…
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Stena Line: kids free to N.Ireland- now ends August 31st
Sail into summer with a ‘kids go free’ special offer! We’ve got a scorcher of a deal to get your family’s summer holiday sorted! Book before 7 June and kids go FREE on all our routes to Ireland Just use offer code: KIDS and book before 7 June. This offer is valid for travel anytime from 1 June 2024 to 5 January 2025,…
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Hotels.com rewards / one-key cash / Vrbo
hi I am a long standing hotels.com user - use it for booking work travel which I then expense. I've enjoyed their reward scheme whereby for every 10 work nights away i 'earned' 1 free night which i used for family and fun. Great scheme but unfortunately came to an end and been replaced with 'one-key cash' which is nowhere…
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Merlin Passes - Short Notice availability for prebooking in August during the summer holidays?
Hi, I'm thinking of buying a Gold Merlin pass next August so I can use it for the latter half of the summer holidays next year and the early part of the summer holidays the year after. How likely would we be able to book any theme parks for the back end of the summer holidays with only a week or twos notice, but run the…
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2 day get away in the UK for our year anniversary, next week, that also accommodates a baby?
I know II'm leaving it short notice! But plans have changed and we can travel next week. Anyone have any recommendations, around 3 hours drive from London (due to baby)? Not looking to spend more than £500 for 2 nights stay. Would prefer a beach break, but country break would also be nice, just a change from the London…
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Hotel with step in showers -York, recommendations please
Hi all. Could someone suggest somewhere in York with free parking for a blue badge holder and with step in showers. Thanks
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Sun codes for Warwick Castle
Hi, can anyone post the codes from the Sun newspaper for the Warwick Castle tickets that starts today, Sat 3rd August please? I can get to the shops some days but not everyday so I would be grateful if someone can share the ones they have. Thanks
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Holidays without a Car
Husband was diagnosed with COPD in March 2023. He had further tests today and his oxygen saturation levels, pulse and blood pressure were all normal. His inhalers have improved his situation and his consultant expects this to continue, albeit slowly. So it was a big shock when the consultant told him that he won't be…
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Holiday in Isle of Wight
Looking for some suggestions for really nice hotel or accommodation for 3 or 4 nights in the Isle of Wight end of september for our 32nd wedding anniversary. Also a really nice seaside restaurant as my wife would like a really nice meal overlooking the sea or maybe harbour ? thanks
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TICKETMASTER HELP!
Has anyone ever had a refund off Ticketmaster? I had Transmt tickets for the Sunday 14 July 2024, they did not show any bar code and I was refused entry after paying £200 for 2 tickets, it was their fault as they were not activated. When I eventually had contact back from them at 8pm, the ticket bar code was working when I…
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Coach Travel
We are both in our 60s with slight mobility issues. Never done coach travel before but fancy a all in tour of any part of southern Ireland except Dublin. Have heard some coach tours can be quiet trashy so wondering if anyone can suggest any nice hassle free company's to check out. we are North East based but could travel…