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Beat My Quote! Travel Agents Thread
What’s this about? This is a special thread where you can ask all the Travel Agents and MoneySavers who frequent this board to beat a holiday quote you have and get personalised replies. The idea is to see if someone can beat a quote for a specific holiday; not just a general price. So you need an exact quote. E.g. "I've…
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Travel Agent Code Of Conduct
MoneySavingExpert.com Travel Board Travel Agent Code of Conduct Many travel agents and advisers use this forum and voluntarily give up their time to help other MoneySavers. However as these are professional people who make their living out of deals; to ensure there’s no conflict of interest, I’ve drawn up the following…
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Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning Stickies - Please check before posting
Official MSE fully researched guides: Holidays and Flights 50+ Overseas Holiday Tips Cheap Package Holidays Cheap Flights Cheap Hotels Travel Credit Cards Cheap Airport Parking Travel Money Maximiser From the Forum: Welcome to Overseas Holidays and Travel Planning Orlando/Disneyworld Thread Las Vegas guide and MSE thread…
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Re-routing compensation
Due to an unscheduled landing caused by a medical emergency, our plane arrived late in Paris, meaning we missed our onward connecting flight to Dublin. As there was no availability on other direct flights that day, we were re-routed via Amsterdam, changing from Air France to KLM. This entailed a 6hr wait in Paris followed…
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Does anyone know where to find the API on the Ryanair app?
Does anyone know where to find the API on the Ryanair app? After booking and paying for my flights on Ryanair, they then decided to change the terms and that I can only fly if I use the Ryan mobile app. I have installed the mobile app and it has scant information about my flights. I have just read that I must complete the…
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UK Air Passenger Duty kept on holiday cancellation
I was due to go on holiday with a firm called Distant Journeys but my wife injured herself so we had to cancel some weeks beforehand. I had to pay 100% of the cost of the holiday including the Air passenger Duty (APD) despite not flying. On claiming travel insurance, I could not claim the APD element and was told to…
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Loveholidays: Statutory Termination (Reg 11) for 9 pax – Refusal to provide alternatives and current
Hi everyone, I am looking for some insight or to see if anyone else is currently battling loveholidays over a similar breach of the Package Travel Regulations 2018. I have a party of nine passengers across two bookings ([Some text removed by Forum Team]) with a departure date of 28 April. The Situation So Far: • The Flight…
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Applying for new passport but old passport lost in transit.
On Friday 23rd January, my husband and myself both applied for new UK passports. We both sent our old passports back to the Passport Office by Royal Mail First Class Signed For, with proof of delivery (in separate envelopes with different tracking numbers). My application is going smoothly. They have confirmed that my old…
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Holiday insurance for multi-family group
hi everyone I’m almost at the point of booking a package holiday for a group which is comprised of three households, as follows: - 2 adults (one with declared conditions) -2 adults 2 children (with several declared conditions) -1 adult 2 children I’m booking it all as a package (flights luggage hotel) for around the £7k…
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Help me choose travel insurance
We received our renewal notice for annual travel insurance today from Staysure and the premium has leapt up from £333 to £450 and that's supposed to include a £129 loyalty reduction. We've not made any claims and everything is the same except for being 1 year older. Looking at the mse recommendations, I checked out LV…
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EES (Entry/Exit System) for most EU countries
EES is due to be implemented in the not too distant future, official start date Sunday 12th October. If/when anybody has experienced the biometric data recording procedures on or after that date it would be appreciated if it could be shared hereabouts. It applies to all EU member countries except Ireland and Cyprus, plus…
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Nobody to sign passport photos, anyway out of it
I would like and really need a passport. Due to ill health I haven't been able to travel so haven't ever had an adult one (only child one was when I was on my mother's old passport) but I have a chance to go away this year. The thing is, I have nobody to sign my photos. I looked at it before and gave up as I had nobody but…
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Dubai with Emirates Holidays Late June 26
Looking for advice and wondering if anyone else is in the same boat. I booked a package holiday with Emirates Holidays back in February — flights with Emirates and 4 nights in Dubai, late June. The balance was due early April. With the FCDO advising against travel and no end date in sight, I called Emirates Holidays on…
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Holiday cancellation due to jet fuel shortage - covered by insurance?
With the balance due in the next two weeks for our Jet2 package holiday; if there was a cancellation due to a Jet fuel shortage (only 6 weeks supply in Europe being reported on TV), what protection do people have if the holiday is cancelled for this Reason? Would it be considered due to an act of war in terms of insurance?
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EES and Missed Flights
Having read about the Easyjet passengers who were left stranded at Milan Linate airport because of delays at passport control, being blamed on the new EES system, I got to thinking about liability The reports said that easyjet weren't liable to get them home as they hadn't presented themselves to the gate on time and…
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Package holiday cancellation - claiming back cancellation fees
Hi all. My wife and I were due to go to Greece at the end of June for our holiday but she has spent the last week in hospital with sepsis (she's on the mend now) We booked the holiday last year through Jet2Holidays. Their cancellation fees are 30% of holiday cost if cancelled within 69-57 days of holiday departure date. We…
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Travelling to Dubrovnik, help needed with booking
Hi, We're looking to travel to Dubrovnik for 5 days in June. We're flexible on any date in June. We want to fly from Bristol to Dubrovnik and - ideally - stay at Rixos Premium Dubrovnik. Im overwhelmed by the options available. Either the flights are 10+ hours, or they leave Bristol at 6am (which means Id need to leave the…
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Jet Fuel Shortages & Travel Insurance
I don’t think there’s another post about this specific to my question, but please forgive first time poster. I have a trip booked in the summer with flights, accommodation and car hire all booked individually. Looking at the current oil situation, the projections suggest that there will be a jet fuel shortage in the months…
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Travel Insurance - Known events before final balance paid
I have contacted my Travel insurance to check i have cover for an upcoming trip if I needed to cancel. They have said that because it’s a known event at time of final payment I wouldn’t be covered if I chose to go. policy states that : We will not cover There is no cover in relation to any event, incident or circumstances…
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Annual travel insurance ending before holiday starts
I have annual holiday insurance and have booked a holiday that will start after that insurance ends. Do I need to renew the insurance or buy another policy in case I need to cancel the holiday or make a claim after the current insurance ends or will that insurance cover me, as it was in place when I booked the holiday.
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Voyage Prive
Not sure if this is a cry for help or just a warning! We have a trip to Thailand Package holiday Booked with Voyage Prive, flights with Emirates via Dubai, Due to leave 07th April. I have been contacting this company for three weeks trying to get them to agree to change the flights or cancel the holiday and refund.I have…
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Booking.com and legalities
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly00jnnxypo So after reading this and getting a message to say my pin had changed for my booking, and then another saying ot had changed again after they realised they'd been hacked….so what are the legalities if we get broken into while we are away (As the hackers will know the dates)
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Air fuel surcharges
Next week we are due to pay for our holiday later in the year. Are we likely to be hit by fuel surcharges from tour operators or are we protected?
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