Travel

A major new survey by MoneySavingExpert.com has revealed which travel firms are least likely to have paid out full refunds for trips cancelled due to coronavirus, with Lastminute.com, Teletext Holidays, Loveholidays and Ryanair among those rated worst. With many customers waiting over six months to get cash back, we're passing our findings to the Government and regulators and calling for urgent action.

Airlines will be investigated by the competition watchdog over whether they broke consumer law by failing to offer cash refunds to passengers who couldn't legally travel due to Government restrictions during the pandemic.

The price of train season tickets and many other rail fares in England will increase by more than inflation for the first time in eight years in 2021, with passengers facing a rise of up to 2.6% - and those in Wales face a similar jump. But the hikes have been delayed from January to March, so you've still two months to buy at 2020 prices. 

Update: 19 December, 7pm. While the information in this article was correct at time of writing (and still is for tier 3 areas), even tougher restrictions have since been put in place for much of the UK. Our Coronavirus Travel Rights guide will include the latest info as it is released by the Government (though as we wrote this update, some of those rules were still to be confirmed). Here's the original story... Millions of people across the UK have been left uncertain as to whether they're allowed to go on a foreign holiday, after more areas were plunged into England's top level of coronavirus restrictions today.

Travellers arriving in the UK from today can cut mandatory quarantine if they get a negative coronavirus test result from one of the Government's list of private Covid-19 test providers. But with prices ranging from £90 to almost £300 a test, here's a round-up of what you could end up paying.  

Around 44,000 Loveholidays customers whose trips were cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis are in line for refunds worth a combined £18 million after intervention from the competition watchdog.

UK holidaymakers could be banned from visiting EU countries next year as Brits may fall under non-EU travel restrictions - in place to help stop the spread of coronavirus - when the Brexit process is finalised. 

Millions of EU citizens who live in the UK will soon be able to apply for a new European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), which will give them access to free or discounted healthcare across Europe next year – but the situation for most Brits still remains unclear with less than a month to go until the end of the Brexit transition period.

Easyjet passengers will soon only be able to take a single small bag which fits under the seat in front of them into the cabin unless they pay extra, as the airline's slashing its hand luggage allowance.

Over 9,000 Lastminute.com holidaymakers will finally receive refunds for package trips that were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, after intervention from the competition watchdog.