Questions tagged [bookings]
The processes of making, modifying, checking, cancelling, and disputing reservations for accommodation, tickets, etc in advance.
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Is there a flight search engine that combines flights from different airlines?
Is there a search engine that considers "mix&match" flight combinations?
My current problem: I need to go from FRA to YLW (Frankfurt/Germany to Kelowna/Canada) on July 29th, and arrive no later ...
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E-Ticket vs Itinerary vs Booking Reference
What are the differences between these three?
Why do they send you three different identifying codes?
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Can you reserve a seat with a free child ticket for trains in the UK?
I'm trying to book train tickets from Edinburgh to London, we have a child who just turned 4. Whenever I go to reserve seats I'm given the option to reserve only 2 seats and not one for the child who ...
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Is there any advantage of using a travel agent in this day and age? [duplicate]
Now that you can get great offers and deals on hotels or flight/train tickets on multiple websites and apps, is there any added advantage of going through a travel agent. Do they have any cheaper ...
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How to get a layover longer than a few hours?
I want to visit some countries my flights transit through. I live in Pakistan and flights to America often transit through the UK or Europe. Flights to Europe mostly transit from Middle East. I assume ...
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What does the "Kiwi.com Guarantee" cover?
Kiwi.com sells different kinds of connecting flights:
"Connection protected by the carrier"
These are the same as on any online travel agency: they include the usual support of the airline as ...
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How does Booking.com enforce cancellation fees when booking without a credit card?
Booking.com lets you book accommodation without a credit card in some cases:
But what happens if I cancel my reservation or simply don't show up on the day of the booking? Would they send me a bill ...
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Getting into a fully booked hotel?
Perchance where I'm travelling to has really crappy availability in terms of vacancies for when I'm going. All of the hotels near the area are fully booked for the weekend. I called the front desk for ...
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Indian Trains Wait List - will I get a seat?
After the fiasco of registering an account to book train tickets online using my British VISA card, I finally got into a position of being able to book a ticket, but what it appears to be telling me ...
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Rebooking same hotel for cheaper price - ethical?
I've booked a standard room in a hotel with booking.com for early March a month in advance for the price of X. This booking is cancellation free until my arrival. Today I've noticed that the very same ...
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Is it a problem to book a hotel for X days but not be there for part of the booking?
I booked a flight to tokyo and it was kind of a package deal, and so there were 7 days included at a hotel with our flight. So we have 7 days booked at this hotel, however since we wanted to go to ...
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Buying an airplane ticket for someone without a last name/surname
What should you do when you are buying a ticket for someone with only one name (i.e. no family name, last name, or surname)? Some airlines tell you to use an honorific like "MR" or "MS&...
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Pricing and booking mixed-class fares, with economy & premium economy combined?
So I find myself flying mixed-class fares pretty often these days, with the long legs in Premium Economy and the short hauls in plain old Economy. Some sample trips flown or planned:
SYD-AKL-SFO (NZ)...
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How to tell if a travel site is legit?
Tonight I tried to book a long trip for 4 through justairticket.com.
I found they had the lowest prices by far - international. So I booked. Was happy. 10 mins later. Cell phone rings.
Brian (...
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Is it possible that the return ticket of a round-trip is counterfeit? [closed]
Is it possible to buy round-trip tickets to Jamaica where the return ticket is counterfeit?
My daughter-in-law says she's now stranded there. Is this possible?
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How do dummy tickets/itinerary service websites work?
I'll try to keep this short. I spent the last few hours looking up the nature of the so called dummy tickets, and I could not get a direct answer to one question I had. Is it just a document I pay for ...
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What’s the point of flight ticket cancellation charges?
Many airlines sell tickets with fare rules that include a “cancellation penalty” if the ticket were to be cancelled prior to departure. It seems to me that this mostly applies to the economy class ...
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How I find the BA-equivalent booking reference for an American Airlines-managed reservation?
Note: I do this regularly, so I am looking for a faster option than calling the airline on the phone - I'd like something I can do online.
I have booked a reservation with American Airlines on aa.com....
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Flight was rescheduled, now I can't make connection (flights have been booked together, same airline)
A couple of months ago I booked a flight from Managua (Nicaragua) via Houston, Texas to Munich (Germany) on United Airlines. The date of the flight is more than four weeks ahead.
Today I received an ...
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Sales tax rate for hotel in Washington DC
Is it normal to have a 14 % tax rate in a hotel in Washington DC ? If so, why this is not mentioned and/or included in the price directly on booking ?
PS: this is my first time in the USA.
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Is there a platform that would let me automatically buy a plane ticket given a certain set of conditions?
Let's say I want to fly from Prague to New York, with 1 stop or direct, on a route that takes less than 16 hours. I don't particularly care about the airline, the exact times, the exact airports in ...
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Booked a room 5 months ago, now hotel lowers the price, what can I do?
About 5 months ago, I booked a room in a hotel for my honeymoon (via the hotel website). During the booking process, I was notified that there were only 3 rooms left and that the price provided was ...
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Do all guests need an Airbnb account?
I'm renting an Airbnb appartment with my friends this summer. Do we all need an account or is one account for the person who will be paying sufficient? One of the steps in the booking process is ...
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Is there a guarantee that flightfox.com will be cheaper than other booking methods?
Recently, I tried to use flightfox, as I have read that they are much cheaper than other websites. Before proceeding with my booking however, I was faced by the fact that I had to pay a $49 fee before ...
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Hostel wants my Credit Card security code via email, is this legit?
Why would a hostel I book through HostelWorld want my credit card's security code (on the back)?
Are they going to use this to charge their own deposit and essentially mess around with bookings ...
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What exactly does "nights" means when you book? Is it number of night you are going to sleep, or simply days you are going to stay?
For example, suppose that I'm going to travel London and will arrive at 10am, 1st December. And will stay a week, means will leave 10am, 8th December. Technically it's 7 nights, but also 8 days. ...
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Is there an equivalent to "The Man in Seat Sixty-One" for bus travel?
Whenever I want to learn about train travel for a specific country or region I first go to the site The Man in seat sixty-one. It lists the major routes, railway companies and describes rolling stock ...
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Hotel booking sites with a calendar view, similar to flight search engines?
I was a great fan of Wotif.com's calendar view, where you could punch a place and a start date and it would show you prices and availability for all hotels, which you could then filter down by your ...
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How do I get a full refund when my Airbnb accommodation was inaccessible due to a hurricane?
I had booked an Airbnb unit with a host, but I was unable to physically access the unit due to power lines literally blocking the entire entrance/exit to the community. Turns out a hurricane two days ...
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Is it reasonable to do the Trans-Siberian/Mongolian without pre-booking all the train tickets?
I've come across various websites that suggest I should pre-book my tickets beforehand or I'll have some trouble. I was hoping to just get off at a town I'm interested in and stay as long/little as I ...
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