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How do I get a refund from bookings.com?
Hey Forumites, so I booked a property in Cardiff 23rd June 2023 for the 25th - 27th June 2024. I tried to contact the property a couple of days before our visit to see if we could arrive slightly earlier as we were going to a gig. I had no reply from text, email and phone went to answer phone. Alarm bells started ringing.…
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Alton Towers Tickets
How do I get cheap tickets? Ive never been always wanted to go but can never afford to
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Financial disparity in relationship
Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice. There’s a big difference in priorities between my partner and me. She tends to live in the present and spends whatever we have, while I focus on the long term. Between us, we had over £16,000 worth of credit debt at the start of the year. Through hard work, I’ve managed to reduce…
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Secret escapes - unreasonable?
Hello In March I accidentally booked a non refundable booking to a hotel for one night (for the middle of June) and emailed them within minutes saying the booking was an accident asking to cancel! I booked a tent for 8 people and is just my husband and baby travelling and I’m pregnant - definitely not the accommodation I…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Friends cancelled our reunion at short notice - should they pay for my hotel?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... Last year, a group of friends I'd lost touch with arranged a get-together with me. We decided to do it again this year, agreed the dates and location, and said we'd book our own accommodation. Three weeks before, however, they pulled out - this left me extremely sad for the…
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Wembley Escape post concert
Hi Dudes I am going to watch AC/DC at Wembley on the 7th July (sunday)....... Ideally I want to get to Kings Cross station so I can get a train home north.... What is the best and quickest way to get back to KX? And will I likely be there in a reasonable time? Alternatively where could I stay (in London) away from Wembley…
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Butlins Lowest Price Guarantee - Not what it seems
Butlins have a Lowest Price Guarantee. So if you see the holiday you booked cheaper they will refund the difference. (You have to get a new quote, save it and email them) It's possible to do this as late as the morning your break is due to start. So always check. BUT they have emailed me to say they cannot give refunds for…
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Money Moral Dilemma: How much should I pay towards the holiday home I've rented with two couples?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... We've rented a house that has three double bedrooms, with the couples taking a room each, and me taking the third. The couple that booked it have suggested we split the cost three ways as there are three bedrooms, which means me paying a third of the total, and the others a…
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Can anyone advise on the nearest, pre-bookable car park to the Etihad stadium Manchester
We are going to a concert at the new Co-op Live stadium in Manchester which has been built next to the Etihad stadium and has no car parking of its own. We will need 2 cars and will have 2 disabled people, one in a wheelchair with us. Unfortunately the concert is also on a match day so getting close by and finding parking…
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Ticketmaster Resale
I can't go to an event for various reasons so I contacted Ticketmaster to put our tickets up for resale. Today I got an email saying the tickets had been sold, and was given a link to follow. This link took me to a third-party site (Adyen) which is requesting all sorts of personal information - date of birth, bank details,…
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Air B&B host requesting deposit outside of air b and b system
hi, would appreciate peoples experiences. Long story short booked a may half term stay at an air b and b for me and family. Paid for the rental at the air b and b price through air b and b no problems. Listing did advise host would want extra fee for hot tub and security deposit a week before stay which is fine we have…
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Advice on what to do please
I booked hotel accommodation through booking.com. The hotel says they have not received the booking and have no alternative accommodation available. Booking.com says they are not to blame. Both won’t back down so currently I have no holiday and have lost my payment…….
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Heaven/Skegness
I am looking at holiday for 4 days at the Heaven Headway skegness static carvan site formerly known as Richmonds. This is the first time I will be booking a holiday like this usually I just go for a day trip. Has anybody used the facility before what kind of experience was it? I have read that parking can be a problem…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I pay less after friends gave me a worse room at our New Year's getaway?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... Some friends and I booked to stay in a nice house over New Year's, with me the only single person going. At the last minute, another couple joined us, and it was decided that they'd get my double room overlooking a lake as they're a couple, and I'd sleep on the sofa bed in…
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Haven Presthaven Sands - Diamond Lodge
Hi all, Anyone recently stayed in a Diamond lodge in Presthaven Sands? I desperately want to know what they look like inside but the images on their website are just a pick of the best bunch from around the UK. I have stayed on a Gold caravan there and they were quite spacious with great kitchen and fittings. Wondering if…
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hotel central london recommends please
Recommendations for a hotel within about 20mins taxi travel from Westminster requested. This will be for a graduation celebration stay early June for a couple of nights ( parents and post graduation ceremony) for up to six people ( 3 rooms). Expecting this to not be cheap (!!) but want somewhere where we can relax rather…
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Hoseasons / Awaze demanding payment for a holiday
My wife booked us provisional dates for a cottage break last year with Hoseasons and paid a non-refundable £25 reservation fee, which we both recall was to ensure no one else could book those dates. The condition of this was that we would need to confirm the booking and pay a deposit on or before 10 weeks before the dates…
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Any nice quaint villages or towns to visit within 30 miles of Filey.
We went to Filey last year for 4 days and loved the area. Went to Bridlington, Whitby and Scarborough. We are due to go again and it seems the weather is not in our favour so rather than just visit the same places again I wondered if there are any nice, interesting little towns to mooch round. Somewhere a bit picturesque…
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Booking.com - impossible phone tontact
Hi, I made a booking with booking.com in February. They took my payment but have never given me proof that I booked or a confirmation number. I have been trying to resolve this for the last six weeks. when you email customer services you Immediately get a reply from an AI. telling you they are here to help you. Please…
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Essex To Bamburgh!
Hey everyone, As UK holidaymakers used to going 'down' - towards Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, we're having a change pretty soon and going 'up'.. quite a bit up, to Bamburgh, which I didn't appreciate is actually pretty close to Scotland. A favourite of ours on the way to these sort of places are really nice 'field kitchens'…