The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week he explains how far from home we can go on day trips, lockdown flight refund rules and more. Q. I like cycling but enjoy different scenery. How far can I go on a day trip from home? Ken Warnock, via email. One … Read more
The travel firms that are least likely to have paid out full refunds for trips cancelled due to coronavirus have been revealed. A major survey asked travellers who had bookings cancelled by firms whether they had received a full refund. And in the results, which cover 64 companies, Lastminute.com, Teletext Holidays, Love Holidays and Ryanair … Read more
LoveHolidays is being forced to refund 44,000 customers more than £18million for trips cancelled during the pandemic, following an investigation by the competition watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said one of the UK’s biggest online travel agents has agreed to give out-of-pocket customers their money back in full by next March at the … Read more
Can you help get the money I paid for a cancelled Ryanair flight back before Christmas? The Holiday Guru resolves coronavirus-related travel issues By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 08:49 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 08:49 GMT, 9 December 2020 The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week, he offers … Read more
MPs have demanded the Government reveal how hard the UK economy will be hit when duty free shopping for foreign tourists is scrapped next month. Chancellor Rishi Sunak will end VAT refunds for international visitors to British shops from January 1, even as the high street is fighting for its survival after the Covid-19 crisis. … Read more
Package holiday firms have been accused of illegally withholding £1billion in refunds to families whose holidays were cancelled due to the pandemic. Around 9.4million people have lost a trip since coronavirus hit the UK – and the figure will rise again with a new lockdown and government ban on foreign holidays. However, many of the … Read more
Britons living under Tier Three lockdown will not get refunds for holidays and flights they were due to take – but could be allowed to switch dates at no extra cost. The restrictions earmarked for Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire and South Yorkshire ban all non-essential travel outside the affected region. In Wales, households are banned from … Read more
Holidaymakers are out of pocket by an average of nearly £1,800 because airlines and travel companies have refused to give refunds for cancellations. Consumer groups have seen a surge in people making claims against companies or credit card providers because of COVID-related cancelled trips. On average, consumers are out of pocket by £1,781 because airlines … Read more
UK holidaymakers claim British Airways’ refused to give them a refund for their cancelled flights to the US and instead handed them travel vouchers they never asked for. Gordon and Margaret Minto, from South Shields, said they emailed the airline asking for their money back after their trip was cancelled amid the coronavirus pandemic. The couple … Read more
Travel firms are wrong to deny parents refunds for cancelled school trips, watchdog rules By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 22:38 BST, 1 September 2020 A junior rugby team from Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, is battling for a £30,000 refund after its trip to Florida was … Read more