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Covid 19 travel disruption - Phuket honeymoon

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o_johnston
o_johnston Posts: 41 Forumite
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edited 19 May at 4:53PM in Coronavirus Board
Hello, hopefully someone can give some helpful advice.
As Phuket looks extremely unlikely to reopen to tourists before december 2020 (our honeymoon booking), I'm trying to cancel and get money refunded where possible. The problem is, there are lots of different bookings included. Itinerary below:
Return flights Belfast to Gatwick - Easyjet £150 (they don't offer cash refund)
Return Tui flights Gatwick to Phuket - £1800 (they seem to offer a cash refund minus €120 per flight per passenger, so €480 won't be refunded).
Hotel booking with Agoda - £700 (only offering Agoda cash, not actual money and agoda cash needs to be used within 6 months)
Hotel booking with hotels.com - £595 plus Tesco vouchers (can be cancelled but I'm not sure about getting the Tesco vouchers back)
Premier Inn Gatwick - £50 (not sure if possible to cancel - no option on the booking).

If possible I would just book the same dates for dec 2021, but since they're not available right now, I just want money refunded where possible.
Hopefully someone can advise or help.
Thanks so much!

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  • Caz3121
    Caz3121 Posts: 15,834 Forumite
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    Probably too early to do anything yet without losing money
    Keep an eye out closer to the time for any flight cancellations and the FCO advice and check your travel insurance policy to see whether it would cover anything if the FCO advice is still in place a month before travel
  • Westin
    Westin Posts: 6,320 Forumite
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    Oh the joy of a complex DIY holiday. Well done for gathering the options but as you can see a minefield and nothing simple in getting a full refund.

    Like Caz3121 I would be inclined to hang fire and wait this one out.  Just double check your understanding of the TUI flight refund. Not sure much to be gained by jumping the gun at the moment.


  • Thanks, I'll hold off until November even though it's all but certain Phuket won't be letting anyone in from the UK.
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