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How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
And the opportunity to buy a bar of chocolate the size of a laptop…
Travel plans, abandoned holidays and refund advice
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MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Jesus that's probably more expensive than many flights
Sorry, it was a joke based upon how stupidly expensive everything from Whsmith.
Bus Honeygun
This week the score draws are plentiful
Don't know if this is the right thread, but anyone ever had any issues with scam bookings on Booking.com?
We're off to Copenhagen next month. Conscious of what an expensive place it is, we were looking for self-catering accomodation to avoid the cost of constantly eating out. Trawled Booking.com and found a great-looking place that had apparently just been listed, so no reviews yet (hmmm...), at a price that seemed a bit too good to be true. However, the company supplying the accomodation seemed very legit and their other places in Copenhagen had many excellent reviews.
We booked it, but I thought it all seemed unlikely, and after receiving a weirdly blunt message supposedly from the accomodation owning company ('Good afternoon. Give me your WhatsApp number'
), I started doing some digging and the property looked to still be available for half of the days we'd supposedly booked. I contacted them directly and they confirmed they had no booking. I've just seen that my equally blunt reply to the WhatsApp demand prompted an automatic response about a woman who had changed her name and email address. The name change did make me think it was a scam of some kind, although I'm not sure you'd go telling people your full name and new gmail address if that was your game. The accomodation owners had never heard of her.
I've cancelled the booking for free and contacted Booking.com directly, which I'm awaiting a reply for. No money has been taken and no dubious transactions in my account (the booking and weird message was over a week ago).
I have to say, I've used Booking.com for years and years with no bother whatsoever. I've never felt too comfortable about it, as I know they take quite a cut and can fix the market and prices, but I do a lot of travelling, especially in continental Europe, and it's just so much more convenient and simple.
Anyone else experienced this type of thing? As you can imagine, I'm pretty hacked off. We've now got less than three weeks to sort somewhere else. The phantom booking looked great and had really got Mrs and Miss [62]'s expectations up. As usual, my natural pessimism never allowed me to, which is probably a good thing as it could have been even worse if we'd just turned up to find nothing doing.
We're off to Copenhagen next month. Conscious of what an expensive place it is, we were looking for self-catering accomodation to avoid the cost of constantly eating out. Trawled Booking.com and found a great-looking place that had apparently just been listed, so no reviews yet (hmmm...), at a price that seemed a bit too good to be true. However, the company supplying the accomodation seemed very legit and their other places in Copenhagen had many excellent reviews.
We booked it, but I thought it all seemed unlikely, and after receiving a weirdly blunt message supposedly from the accomodation owning company ('Good afternoon. Give me your WhatsApp number'
), I started doing some digging and the property looked to still be available for half of the days we'd supposedly booked. I contacted them directly and they confirmed they had no booking. I've just seen that my equally blunt reply to the WhatsApp demand prompted an automatic response about a woman who had changed her name and email address. The name change did make me think it was a scam of some kind, although I'm not sure you'd go telling people your full name and new gmail address if that was your game. The accomodation owners had never heard of her.I've cancelled the booking for free and contacted Booking.com directly, which I'm awaiting a reply for. No money has been taken and no dubious transactions in my account (the booking and weird message was over a week ago).
I have to say, I've used Booking.com for years and years with no bother whatsoever. I've never felt too comfortable about it, as I know they take quite a cut and can fix the market and prices, but I do a lot of travelling, especially in continental Europe, and it's just so much more convenient and simple.
Anyone else experienced this type of thing? As you can imagine, I'm pretty hacked off. We've now got less than three weeks to sort somewhere else. The phantom booking looked great and had really got Mrs and Miss [62]'s expectations up. As usual, my natural pessimism never allowed me to, which is probably a good thing as it could have been even worse if we'd just turned up to find nothing doing.
hitmouse
music obfuscation technology
This seems to be the thread to ask, what would people currently recommend, testing-before-travel-wise? Is the best option to do one of those weird order online things where some pervert doctor watches you do a test in your bedroom, or to do it at the airport? Might have a look around my area and see what the local pharmacies are offering, but would be interested to hear from anyone else who's travelled outside the UK.
ETA: Reckon I'll probably just get it done at a local pharmacy?
ETA: Reckon I'll probably just get it done at a local pharmacy?
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Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Which country? I went to the US recently where you have to test the day before you fly. Did it in person, central London clinic (Concepto) for £15.
Glitter
Goddess of rock!
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Sorry got that wrong - £9.99
LFT not PCR though.
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hitmouse
music obfuscation technology
Yep, US too, that sounds like good value for central London, sounds like mine'll be in the £20-25 range. Also only just realising that antigen is the same thing as LFT, that makes sense but I just thought it was some new thing I'd not heard of before.
Cloo
Banana for scale
Well this Saturday, Gods willing, we will travel abroad for first time in two and a half years. To the last place we travelled to (Slovakia). I think i kind of went for it as first trip while we love going there, if, God forbid something happens, it's not as disappointing to lose out on as we can go back there easily anytime.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Six days into an eight day trip to Corfu. Wore masks on the plane (EasyJet) as did 90% of people even though they are not legally mandatory. Staff in shops and museums wearing masks but not In most restaurants. No requirement for customers to wear masks. All seems a bit pre Covid apart from a few old signs on social distancing.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
I've just booked for a quick trip to France and the UK...I'm a little nervous as I land at Heathrow T5 at 1330 and leave T2 at 1730, but on different tickets...and the papers seem to be full to airport chaos stories.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
I flew into T5 from Italy a couple of weeks ago and it was absolutely fine. We breezed through and was on my way home from the airport about 30 mins after landing and I had hold baggage to pick up. I think most of the problems seem to be very localised - Manchester airport seems to be particularly badly affected.
Cloo
Banana for scale
We've just basically lost our holiday this week due to a cancellation. We'll get air ticket refunds, but will want to claim compensation as well - any recommended people to use for this?
Fortunately we were just staying at my parents' place in Slovakia, other than one night in a hotel who have very kindly refunded us, which they didn't have to do at all. So no accommodation or car hire costs. But obviously we'd like compensation for the loss of the fucking holiday.
Fortunately we were just staying at my parents' place in Slovakia, other than one night in a hotel who have very kindly refunded us, which they didn't have to do at all. So no accommodation or car hire costs. But obviously we'd like compensation for the loss of the fucking holiday.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Seeing this thread reminded me that I needed to fill in the Tui claim, our flight was cancelled as we were waiting at the departure gate.
I filled in the form, and got this:
I filled in the form, and got this:
baldrick
hmmmmm
Money saving expert have s good guide on claiming refunds/compo
Cloo
Banana for scale
Thanks, just looked that up and it's exactly what we need. Wizz seem to have paid back one end of the journey to their credit account, which I can convert to cash, but not the other leg, so need to find out about that - I couldn't seem to click on the outward journey so I'm assuming that was credited when the cancellation was recorded, and I don't know if that's the one 'paid out' or the return journey I requested a refund for this morning.
Obviously, that's separate from the claim. Annoyingly Kosice sits just on the cusp of 1500km away, which is one of the thresholds for getting more compensation, so doubtless Wizz will try to claim the nearest interpretation of the difference.
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Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
It went through on the second try.
