Holidays

Almost 140,000 holidaymakers have been hit by the collapse of online travel agency Lowcostholidays, with stories emerging of family trips, honeymoons and destination weddings thrown into chaos and some losing holidays worth £1,000s. Here's what you need to know about your rights and how to reclaim.

Some holidaymakers who've taken the new Supercard with them to spend overseas have found their personal identification numbers (PINs) don't work and their cards have been cancelled without warning, with replacements sent to their home address.

A security flaw in the Booking.com system has been identified by MoneySavingExpert.com, which allows imposters to change or cancel your hotel booking, or even leave a fake review.

Holidaymakers have lost out on hundreds of pounds after currency exchange company Ace-FX cancelled 1,000 orders made around the time of the EU referendum – but only notified those affected days later.

Parents hoping to take their children on term-time holidays have been dealt a blow after the Department for Education vowed to take its fight to ban them all the way to the Supreme Court.

Parents should be allowed to pull their children out of school during term time to take them on holiday, according to 79% of those who took part in a MoneySavingExpert.com poll – though most believe restrictions should apply.

If you've booked a trip to a country where the Zika virus is rife and are pregnant or travelling with someone who is, you should be able to get your money back or at least rearrange your trip. But policies differ by holiday company and insurer, MoneySavingExpert.com has found – and most other travellers are unlikely to be able to cancel their trip without losing money.

Millions of Tesco Mobile customers can avoid paying roaming charges for using data and for calls and texts while traveling in 31 European countries this summer.

British holidaymakers have been forced to cancel holidays, miss flights and pay for new passports after the US border agency mistakenly revoked a large number of travel authorisation documents ahead of a change in admission rules, MoneySavingExpert.com has learned.