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UK holidays, days out & entertainments

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English Heritage
Would anyone happen yo have an email address for the CEO of English Heritage please . Thank you in advance
Booking.com and Sykes Cottages
I'd like some advice on this situation please. I booked an apartment via Booking.com in Lyme Regis for June which stated it had a parking space. I had a confirmation email from Sykes (who own/manage the property confirming the booking with a description of the property saying it had a parking space and this was repeated…
Cottages.com refund?
Hi all, Some friends from the US were planning to visit over Easter so I booked a holiday apartment through cottages.com in their home town in Yorkshire so we could meet up. Unfortunately I have just found out that they have been unable to make it due to illness. This is one day before our stay. I suspect the answer is 0%,…
Alton Towers - Sun Superdays (Sun Saver)
We done this months subscription for "The Sun", to get those free Alton Towers tickets. We have the tickets printed now, and went onto cancel our subscription so it doesn't renew next month. It is saying if I cancel my subscription, I will get refunded my £6.99 monthly fee as I have cancelled within 14 days. I know my…
Easter weekend away - Hull
I have booked and paid (no cancellation or refund) for an easter weekend away through booking.com at an apartment in Hull. Since looking at my booking, the apartment is no longer doing bookings via booking.com and has a single review stating that on arrival the booking was cancelled. I have now noticed there are several…
Merlin Annual Pass - Any Point to the Discovery Pass?
I'm thinking about the Annual Pass. It seems many dates are not valid for the Discovery pass, so I am almost wondering what the point of it is. Does anyone have an annual pass? Which one and why did you choose that? Is it really worth it? From the calculations, I'd have to visit somewhere four times in a year to make the…
Booking.com
We recently booked a hotel in Sheffield through booking.com On arrival the hotel was derelict. Booking.com are not paying us back and do not communicate with us. We would like to go through the small claims court but do not have a UK postal address. Any ideas? This seems to us that booking.com has committed fraud?
Luxury, pet friendly beach stay
To celebrate my husband's 50th birthday next year, I want to plan a week's stay with our two children ages 19 and 14. If anyone has any recommendations I'd appreciate them. I have an ideal list of things I'd like if possible: * Ideally in England / Wales. (Would love Scotland but too far to drive) * max budget around £1500…
When's the most cost-effective time to book your break
I'm booking a train journey and hotel stay. Intend to spend as little as possible. Pricewise, is it best to do it well in advance or leave it until the last minute?
Travelodge hotels
Travelodge hotels seem to very expensive recently,are their any ways of reducing the cost of staying at Travelodge using some sort of voucher scheme? Thank you.
Risking booking a UK break more than 3 months ahead (before train tickets are released)?
I don't drive and wouldn't want to drive long distances even if I had a car. I am cautious about booking a walking holiday more than 3 months ahead because the train companies don't release the tickets. I could find that there are engineering works/line closures on my chosen dates and so I can't get there. Do others take…
Golden Coast woolacombe
Has anyone every stayed at the Golden Coast woolacombe ? We usually stay at woolacombe bay holiday park but this is coming in nearly half the price. Any opinions would be great
Amending a Travelodge booking
I've booked a "flexible" room at Travelodge for two nights, now only need one night but when I try to ammend it tells me there are no rooms available for me to amend the booking. I also tried to cancel early check in and it asked me to pay extra. The Ts and Cs say amendments may be made as long as not changing hotel or…
Hotel, say 2 adults instead adult 1 child?
Looking to book a hotel room 1 adult and 1 child (12) Found 1 Did 1 aduilt and 1 child = £149 Changed it to 2 adults = £77 The room changed from family room to a standard room. Is it ok to book as 2 adults instead? I am happy on the floor, child can have bed.
How long to walk to the York Barbican from Layerthorpe Travelodge
As above, does anyone know how long it takes to walk from the Layerthorpe Travelodge to the York Barbican please. Ive looked at the route planners but obviously they show the driving routes which are probably not the way you would walk. thanks.
Travelling to London
Hi. Travelling to London for a few days from north east. We have previously travelled to north London parked the car and travelled by train into London but can’t remember which station we went to. I know it was only a few miles from Watford station which is where we were originally going to but was advised by members on…
Chester for a few days
Looking to fill the days as much as possible though will only be there for two full days. The zoo is on the list where we'll be doing https://www.chesterzoo.org/lanterns-and-light/ Nothing else as yet is booked up. We don't mind walking at all if that helps. What should we be looking at first over other things in your…
Legoland Resort - Cancellation Policy
hello all We want to book Lego land hotel for a night for my sons birthday, however, we noticed that we can't move or cancel the booking within three days of the arrival date. This includes if you buy the cancelation insurance. I was wondering if others had come across this? In the unlikely event of us having to cancel it,…
Registered address of a holiday business
Can anyone help me ? I’m trying to find the home address of a registered business . Refusing through booking.com to give a refund which they agreed to . Leaving a dirty noisy holiday cottage . Now ignoring messages and calls from the company and me ! I’m thinking of going to small claims courts . I have contact numbers…
Booking.com complaint help
Wondering if anyone can help? I have recently used booking.com for a trip away with friends. The value was only about £150 for the booking, but in the week building up to travelling, I tried to contact the property using the contact details provided by booking.com and it was a dead line. Smelling a bit of a rat, I then…

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