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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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Airport duty free - attractive prices
I've just discovered that World Duty Free UK shops offer good deals if you reserve online ahead for collection - and you can pay when picking up your order. Snared 1 litre of Tanqueray Gin for upcoming trip - £15.59, plus 10% discount for using the click and collect procedure = £14.03 bottom line price. Jet2 want £21…
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Usefulness of Reviews
The reviews posted on hotel and travel booking sites, also social media, are often used by prospective travellers, and those who come here for advice on problems they've encountered are often asked whether they checked such reviews before booking. I was just listening to a brief but revealing survey of the review industry…
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Any interailers?
Hi Anyone on here into inter-railing? We are thinking of taken our 13 and 16 year old inter-railing in Europe this summer but we don't know where to begin.....other than maybe fly to Berlin to start with and go to auschwitz....probably 10 days.....spend a day or two at each locat.... Any tips or advice? is it even…
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Advice required required a new health problem
Hi, I am in a bit of a quandary here To explain, I booked a holiday last year to Lanzarote and health wise everything was ok when I booked However in the last month I have discovered after I had an x-ray that I have osteoarthritis in my hips and lower back. Now I've phoned my holiday insurance (nationwide)to tell them…
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Accident in an airport!
I was travelling home from a Spanish airport. I unfortunately slipped in someone's sick and broke my wrist. Currently in a cast waiting to see if I need an operation. Some people have told me to apply for compensation with the travel agent (package holiday) just looking for some advice. I'm in a lot of pain. I am a carer…
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Travel insurance
Need travel insurance. Hays travel charge £30 anywhere cheaper and as good?
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Travel insurance - awaiting hosp referral
Hi all I am due to travel to Usa soon and looking to get travel insurance. I have visited my gp in Dec 2023 for a medical issue which I am currently facing. It’s extremely subtle and doesn’t impact me day to day. My gp didn’t think the issue was anything major but has made a referral at my request to my local hospital for…
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Tokyo E-Sim
Hi there. I’m looking for advise on phone usage when travelling to Tokyo. EE don’t have any plans available so I’ll need to get an e-sim but even after reading guides, I’m still unsure how it works. The plan I’ve seen is data only. 50GB for £50 which is OK. Once I’ve activated it I understand data will work as normal ie…
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Holiday whilst on sick
Hi, I’ve been on the sick for 6 months due to several breaks in my leg and pelvis, my leg is fully healed but require another operation, I have been told I’m not able to go back to work until I’ve had this operation. My partner has booked a surprise get away to Spain for 5 nights next week. How do I go about telling my…
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Digital Passport Photos
On my last (postal) passport renewal I sent in physical photos that I had printed by ASDA photo 6 up on 6" x 4" matt prints (cut out 2 of them and sent those, kept the other sheets in case I needed a photo). Worked out pretty cost effective and they were accepted. I took them with a digital camera and stuck a poster on the…
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Last minute. Com
Hi please can anyone help? Booked a package holiday with this company 5 weeks ago. House we booked wasn’t available/ when I spoke to house owner she said she only wanted 2 week bookings but the website had let us book a week. 5 weeks later and I still don’t have a new house / every house they select is not available. They…
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International
Driving Permits (IDPs) now required for renting a car abroad
Apparently you now need an IDP to rent a car in several countries, including New Zealand (where we are planning a trip). I have no issues with this but why can you not get the IDP online! You have to go to a PayPoint Store and as I have discovered from the web site there aren't many of these around. The nearest one to me…
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Water restrictions Spain
Hi, We are off to the Costa del Sol in August for 10 nights. Staying in a villa. Booked with Airbnb. Travelling with three young children. Since we have booked, water restrictions have come in due to droughts. One of the rules is no filling/topping up of private pools. We can cope with water being rationed to certain types…
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Looking4Parking - Contact Issues
Does anyone have phone number for Looking4Parking customer services. I can't find anything on their site. Their customer support email response is well over 24 hours and has sent me round in circles. I am trying to amend my car details as I've changed car since making the booking. The link on the confirmation email to…
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Passport countersign
I don't know who to ask to get my first adult passport countersigned because my GP won't do it and nether does the pharmacist I've gone through the list on the government website and I don't know anyone with them sort of jobs I have a family friend who I've known 4 years who is willing to actually sign but he's a window…
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Emergency medical travel claim:repayment of non sterling transaction fee?
Hi everyone. My husband, 2 children and sister and brother in law are currently in thailand. Unfortunately, on Tuesday my husband suffered a heart attack, requiring angioplasty and stent in a local hospital. I had to pay a 200,000bhat deposit before they would even treat him, and a further 75000bhat on discharge. Insurance…
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Travel insurance - multi country trip - can I save by split ticketing the countries?
Hi Here is my plan Fly to NY on May 17th. Fly to Peru direct from NY on May 21st Return to UK July 30th Insurance for the whole trip is £650. Seems expensive so I thought to do this: - USA for 4 days so I planned to buy a seperate insurance - £40 - For the rest of the trip I pay something like £350 I'm conscious that the…
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Airport Security
Recently on a flight to the Canaries, Security took a electronic tablet out of my bag, possibly for examination, then failed to put it back in the bag. I did not realise the item had been taken. So I put in a lost property request, and they found it. They are charging me £25 for the priviledge of depriving me of my tablet…
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Insurance won't pay when left with no flight
OK. So I was left in South America by a European airline that was not able to put us on another flight for A WEEK! They refused to rebook us on another airline and I had to get back. So I booked another flight for 36 hours later assuming insurance (worldwide, well known company) would cover at least the difference. They…
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Air Canada ticket name change.
Hi, my friend and I are supposed to be travelling on Air Canada Flex tickets later this year but now my friend has a health issue and GP will confirm if needed. My friend was acting as my ‘carer’ and we’re booked as me needing special assistance (I know it’s the airports that arrange the special assistance on the ground) I…