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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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When to book a cruise?
We're thinking of booking a cruise in February next year. We've never been on one before and wondered when/how is the best time to book. Are travel agents best or is it best to go the cruise line? How long in advance should we book?
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Agoda booking - incorrect room
We paid for a 4 poster double bed in a hotel recently through Agoda for 2 nights. However, when we reached the hotel, they had booked us into a comfort double (over £100 difference in price). The hotel showed me the confirmation they received from Agoda and I showed them our booking on email and App, so the problem clearly…
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GHIC usage advice
Hi, I'm posting this on behalf of my mum. Any advice from anyone who's had any experience with using their GHIC card, or knows anything about doing so, would be appreciated: I am a UK resident who goes often to Paris, France. If I unexpectedly get taken to a hospital for some medical issue & have to receive inpatient…
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A month in the sun winter 2025
My husband promised me when he retired, we could have a month in the sun, Trouble is looking on Jet2 etc it’s more expensive than I thought it would be 😩 So what’s the best way to book? Happy to go self catering, looking at Costa Blanca or Costa del Sol or maybe Canaries, flying from Manchester no set dates.
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using phone for travelling in India
hi, i am wondering what is the best, and most cost effective way to use phone when travelling in India, for around 1 month. i have seen some options as follows: a) get a Lebara PAYG Sim card. but issue with this is having to have a new number, registering it etc. and if it will actually work when out there. b) get an…
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Texas road trip
We are going on a one way cruise from southampton to Galveston in October we are thinking of doing a 2 or 3 week road trip after we get off. Has anybody on here done this if so have you ant tips on places to go and things to do and car hire ?
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Planning a holiday to Japan, advice please.
Good evening I'm looking for some advice please I'm planning to holiday to Japan for next year. I will be going with my wife for 2 weeks, probably in June. I understand and speak Japanese to a fairly high level but have bever travelled there before, this is my dream holiday. My questions are regarding base camps and bullet…
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Help with being a nervous flyer
Hi all, Not sure if this post is in the right place but if not then please move it. I'm a nervous flyer and we are trying to book a holiday abroad but I wanted to know if anyone could suggest anything (sensible) I could do to try and alleviate my anxiety about it. I've already tried hypnotherapy twice with different people…
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Best time to book for last minute deal
I am planning to go for easter break with family and looking to go out either 5th or 6th April. When is best last minute deal arrive from experience like 2 weeks before or wait even for last week ? We are not fussed where we go as long as there is a beach, hotel and all inclusive
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Brittany Ferries coupons (merged)
Hi there, does anyone have any spare club voyage coupons for use with Brittany Ferries? thanks :)
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Passport Query - 3 months left - different airlines
Hi, we are looking to book a last minute holiday returning by 10th April. Our passports expire 31st July (so ok for the 3 month from date of return as canaries, and passports are not more that 10 years in length). I have read different things about different airlines and their own policies (as gov guidance is 6 months but…
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Hotel Cancelled, what to do about flights?
Hi All, After some advice. I have booked a holiday to Rome through Expeda.co.uk and the hotel has just cancelled my booking however my flights are still booked. I am thinking about cancelling my flights because it was a package deal and therefiore cheaper, but Expedia are telling me to contact the airline directly and I'm…
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Insurance won't cover flights for cancelled cruise
Hi, I hope someone has some advice. We had a cruise booked with Virgin Voyages and we booked flights separately. Virgin have cancelled the cruise and we received 2/3 of the money for the flights back from the airlines however we are still a bit out of pocket. I have travel insurance and so I filled in all the details and…
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Amend one letter on a named person on a booking
Hi, Can anyone help please. I booked a holiday with a on line travel agent. I travel in 6 months time and have just noticed that one of the people I'm travelling with has had the last letter of their first name spelt incorrectly. The on line travel agent is stating I need to pay an additional £284 to change this. I've…
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ESTA Application - Emergency contact numbers
I've got through to adding my emergency contact details but every single UK phone number I have entered I get this: errors.1088 error.telephonenumber.invalid I've got the UK +44 in the dropdown box and taken out the first 0, added it back in; tried both sons phone numbers and my husbands but nothing works. I can't proceed.…
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Holiday deal tips
Hi all, My wife and I are looking to go away in may for our wedding anniversary Is it too late to book anything now and if not then what are the best websites to look at for deals and good prices? Any help would be appreciated Kind regards Mark
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UK261 / EU262 delayed flight compensation questions
Hi all. So I took a flight with a European airline last year, UK to EU to Brazil, and back. They failed to notify me that they had cancelled the flight back, and so had moved me to a flight departing eight hours earlier. Anyway, having missed that flight, I put in a claim. They refused to pay, so I started legal…
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Love Holiday's charge for changing a person
Hi, I recently booked a holiday with Love Holidays and paid in full for 4 people, one person can't make it so I am taking my niece instead, Love Holidays advertise that we need to pay around £25 to change a person but have just come back with a cost of nearly £700 to change it, this is not the airline fee, it is their…
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Friend caught shoplifting in Sharm el Sheikh..
He got caught for stealing cigarettes from a shop, They are accusing him because he had over 2000 cigs of the same brand in his hotel room he stole them all. He's in police custody, He's very scared. What sentence will be imposed on hm for stealing. He's only 20. His family are very worried. He has convictions in the UK…
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Long haul evening flight with BA
Flying home from Dominican Republic to Gatwick at 8.30 in the evening. Can anyone tell me whether you will just receive a snack after take off or a full meal as it's so late in the evening please? Thanks