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  • Start date Feb 25, 2023
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Kneeza

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  • Jul 29, 2023
  • #281
pitts head said:
Second that just got back from Embleton.
Great Beaches.
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Bamburgh is fantastic, and Alnmouth too. So much to choose from.
 
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Fysnkysc

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 30, 2023
  • #282
Back in uk for a few weeks before heading back to good ol Canada that I spent about 3 weeks there so far , forgot to book a hotel here in cov so I’ve been sat around town for the past 7 hours, still another 6 to go before I can consider early check in .
 

SIR ERNIE

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #283
Currently in Crete. Such a great place, love the simplicity of Greek living. Incredible seafood.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #284
SIR ERNIE said:
Currently in Crete. Such a great place, love the simplicity of Greek living. Incredible seafood.
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Beautiful place to go. Where on the island are you?
 

Gynnsthetonic

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #285
SIR ERNIE said:
Currently in Crete. Such a great place, love the simplicity of Greek living. Incredible seafood.
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Going there myself on Saturday, Koutouloufari, can't wait. Like you say, the simplicity and amazing food
 
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SIR ERNIE

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #286
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Beautiful place to go. Where on the island are you?
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A couple of miles up the road from Elounda, a little village called Plaka. Just idyllic.
 
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Mild-Mannered Janitor

Kindest Bloke on CCFC / Maker of CCFC Dreams
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #287
Kizz said:
Back in uk for a few weeks before heading back to good ol Canada that I spent about 3 weeks there so far , forgot to book a hotel here in cov so I’ve been sat around town for the past 7 hours, still another 6 to go before I can consider early check in .
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Are you just a nomad travelling the world constantly?
 
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Fysnkysc

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #288
Mild-Mannered Janitor said:
Are you just a nomad travelling the world constantly?
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I work remotely, I can work where ever I want but I like traveling yea .
 
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DawlishSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #289
Just back from a week in Orihuela Costa, cracking weather
 
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Mild-Mannered Janitor

Kindest Bloke on CCFC / Maker of CCFC Dreams
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #290
Kizz said:
I work remotely, I can work where ever I want but I like traveling yea .
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Fair play and if you can then might as well enjoy the world whilst working
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #291
Kizz said:
I work remotely, I can work where ever I want but I like traveling yea .
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How is Merthyr?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #292
Gynnsthetonic said:
Going there myself on Saturday, Koutouloufari, can't wait. Like you say, the simplicity and amazing food
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We’ve been to Rethymno twice in the last few years, lovely town. The interior is even better if you’re willing to drive, the food gets better and cheaper.
 
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Gynnsthetonic

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #293
Brighton Sky Blue said:
We’ve been to Rethymno twice in the last few years, lovely town. The interior is even better if you’re willing to drive, the food gets better and cheaper.
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Yes been there too, Samaria Gorge, Lake Kounas, Rethymno is somewhere I want to go back to in the next few years. That's the good thing about Crete, it's not just a holiday resort but a living working island with so much to see and do
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #294
Gynnsthetonic said:
Yes been there too, Samaria Gorge, Lake Kounas, Rethymno is somewhere I want to go back to in the next few years. That's the good thing about Crete, it's not just a holiday resort but a living working island with so much to see and do
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The only thing putting us off future holidays there really is that wildfires now seem to be an annual occurrence in that part of the world.
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #295
Brighton Sky Blue said:
The only thing putting us off future holidays there really is that wildfires now seem to be an annual occurrence in that part of the world.
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Time it if you can .
 

Sky_Blue_Daz

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #296
Cruise has been brilliant , been to Dominican Republic , Turks and Caicos and today I’m in key west . Off to Miami tomorrow
 
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covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 8, 2023
  • #297
Booked a ticket using missus shortened name like an idiot.

Airline say go through travel agent
Travel agent saying airline said no
Airline say you can correct 3 characters (,luckily I need to add 3 characters)
Now travel agent going to request it again

Am I prob going to lose 1000 quid on this ticket you think?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 8, 2023
  • #298
covcity4life said:
Booked a ticket using missus shortened name like an idiot.

Airline say go through travel agent
Travel agent saying airline said no
Airline say you can correct 3 characters (,luckily I need to add 3 characters)
Now travel agent going to request it again

Am I prob going to lose 1000 quid on this ticket you think?
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Where are you going?
 

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 8, 2023
  • #299
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Where are you going?
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Qatar airways is the airline.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 8, 2023
  • #300
covcity4life said:
Qatar airways is the airline.
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Not used them before but from experience they’re most bothered about the passport number/expiry being accurate. Possibly different if you need a visa to go to your destination.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Aug 8, 2023
  • #301
covcity4life said:
Qatar airways is the airline.
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I'd probably start complaining to both parties and going on about how disappointed you are in the levels of service - if possible do it on Twitter or something like that, it makes them hurry up.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Aug 8, 2023
  • #302
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Not used them before but from experience they’re most bothered about the passport number/expiry being accurate. Possibly different if you need a visa to go to your destination.
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Names on passports not matching (other than middle name) will be an issue.
 

AOM

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 8, 2023
  • #303
covcity4life said:
Booked a ticket using missus shortened name like an idiot.

Airline say go through travel agent
Travel agent saying airline said no
Airline say you can correct 3 characters (,luckily I need to add 3 characters)
Now travel agent going to request it again

Am I prob going to lose 1000 quid on this ticket you think?
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I had this problem with EasyJet a year or so ago, used the shortened name rather than the full and it was more than 3 characters out.
Cost me £50 to change via their website, but the ticket was then updated automatically. No further issues
 

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 8, 2023
  • #304
I'm happy to pay a admin fee. That said QA said they will add 3 characters for free. But booking.com should know this and shouldn't be up to me to find this info out and tell them so not very confident in them.

I do need a visa too. Will do that in proper name of course.

If it went bad I would have to cancel and quickly rebook? No refund either. All cos of 3 characters missed off first name.

My fault but damn that's so harsh.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 8, 2023
  • #305
covcity4life said:
I'm happy to pay a admin fee. That said QA said they will add 3 characters for free. But booking.com should know this and shouldn't be up to me to find this info out and tell them so not very confident in them.

I do need a visa too. Will do that in proper name of course.

If it went bad I would have to cancel and quickly rebook? No refund either. All cos of 3 characters missed off first name.

My fault but damn that's so harsh.
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What are the conditions of your booking.com booking?
 

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 8, 2023
  • #306
Brighton Sky Blue said:
What are the conditions of your booking.com booking?
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No refunds.

They said name correction depends on airline

In theory this 3 character thing could save my bacon as QA do not allow name corrections however they do allow a 3 character change

Flights in December. Im giving them 5 months notice ffs
 

Mild-Mannered Janitor

Kindest Bloke on CCFC / Maker of CCFC Dreams
  • Aug 8, 2023
  • #307
covcity4life said:
No refunds.

They said name correction depends on airline

In theory this 3 character thing could save my bacon as QA do not allow name corrections however they do allow a 3 character change

Flights in December. Im giving them 5 months notice ffs
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How much is it to go to the registry office and change her name…….just thinking out the box…….and then change back when you get home but I guess passport will still differ unless you then go to Bhm to change

could be cheaper than £1k ticket
 
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Sky_Blue_Daz

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 14, 2023
  • #308
Just back from my cruise , key west , Charlestown and new York were amazing . Bit a particular highlight was seeing a launch from the Kennedy space centre
 
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ajsccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 14, 2023
  • #309
Lake Garda was ace, we worried about the weather (thunderstorms predicted for the first three days) and how our four year old would be on her first flight and proper holiday. It rained once overnight for about five minutes, and she took to the airport as if she's got frequent flyer miles, couldn't be more chuffed.

On the way back our transfer collected us only two and a bit hours before the flight time which I thought was dicey, then because they're upgrading Verona airport we had to go into a marquee to get our bags checked before another trek to then do the dropoff, then security and then passport control. Because of this we were frantically rushed through and only got sat down on the plane 5 mins before it took off. It was ridiculously stressful but on the other hand I've never been from door to door as quick in my life so can't complain too much

This was the day it was meant to be thundery

 
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fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 14, 2023
  • #310
ajsccfc said:
Lake Garda was ace, we worried about the weather (thunderstorms predicted for the first three days) and how our four year old would be on her first flight and proper holiday. It rained once overnight for about five minutes, and she took to the airport as if she's got frequent flyer miles, couldn't be more chuffed.

On the way back our transfer collected us only two and a bit hours before the flight time which I thought was dicey, then because they're upgrading Verona airport we had to go into a marquee to get our bags checked before another trek to then do the dropoff, then security and then passport control. Because of this we were frantically rushed through and only got sat down on the plane 5 mins before it took off. It was ridiculously stressful but on the other hand I've never been from door to door as quick in my life so can't complain too much

This was the day it was meant to be thundery

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Looks shit. Where are the deck chairs?
 
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ajsccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 14, 2023
  • #311
Not a single pub with Only Fools on the telly as well, waiting for my refund
 
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fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 14, 2023
  • #312
ajsccfc said:
Not a single pub with Only Fools on the telly as well, waiting for my refund
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It's not even a thing in Spain anymore, disappointingly
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 14, 2023
  • #313
Kizz said:
Back in uk for a few weeks before heading back to good ol Canada that I spent about 3 weeks there so far , forgot to book a hotel here in cov so I’ve been sat around town for the past 7 hours, still another 6 to go before I can consider early check in .
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Have you asked? I did this all the time for a London trip and half the time got in my room early.
 
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Fysnkysc

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 14, 2023
  • #314
shmmeee said:
Have you asked? I did this all the time for a London trip and half the time got in my room early.
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Yea i ended up getting in hotel at around 6pm the next day, as just downed a bunch of energy drinks and kept busy
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 17, 2023
  • #315
Looking to go somewhere in September for a week with the missus and I genuinely haven't got a clue. I would say I am very well travelled but for some reason finding somewhere to go just seems like a more annoying task than ever. I find something I am happy with and five minutes later change my mind. The costs are also staggering for even some of the cheaper countries too, which is a bit off-putting.

Was looking at Ibiza but it seems very bad value. Croatia and Montenegro the weather will be a bit suspect. Turkey (sorry Türkiye) looks good in some ways, particularly weather wise, but whilst we want to do both partying and beach on the trip, some of the resorts and hotels also look a bit shoddy. Mallorca, Italy, Greece probably off the list as been there a lot.

Somewhere pretty, hot, with some night life.

Come on SBT - help a man out.
 
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