Travel

Travellers arriving in England will soon be able to cut the 14-day mandatory quarantine period by more than half if they take a coronavirus test five days after coming into the country and get a negative result.

Rail passengers with cheap advance tickets have been left furious after being refused cash refunds despite being unable to travel because of the English coronavirus lockdown.

Refund credit notes issued up until 31 December 2020 for cancelled holidays will be protected by the ATOL scheme after it extended cover put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic - so if you accept one and the travel firm were to then go bust, you will get your money back. 

Nationwide is to reduce the level of cover its FlexPlus travel insurance offers for cancellation due to coronavirus, in a blow to holidaymakers with the popular packaged bank account. Under changes to FlexPlus cover that will apply to all trips booked from January, a new Foreign Office warning against travel will no longer be sufficient grounds for a cancellation payout.

The information watchdog has fined British Airways £20 million for failing to protect the personal and financial details of some of its customers during a data breach in 2018.

Travellers returning to the UK from Italy, San Marino and Vatican City will have to self-isolate for 14 days from 4am on Sunday 18 October. 

A new railcard giving military veterans a third off most train travel has gone on sale today.

Premier Inn has said it will consider refunding customers who are unable to stay in hotels due to local lockdown travel restrictions – days after MoneySavingExpert.com revealed some with less flexible bookings had been denied refunds.

A Government taskforce will consider how coronavirus testing could reduce the amount of time people need to quarantine for when returning to the UK from overseas.

Millions of railcard holders won't get any refund or extension to their cards as a result of the coronavirus lockdown, it's been confirmed – despite many being unable to use them for months while the Government advised against non-essential rail travel.