How To Avoid Holiday Headaches
Posted by Johnmackenzie in Air TravelPlanning a holiday? Here are some top tips on how to make your trip as pleasurable as possible:
1) Make sure you get two photocopies of your passport before you travel. Leave one with a friend or a relative and take the other with you on holiday, keeping the copy separate from the original.
2) Report a lost or stolen passport to the Identity & Passport Office as soon as you can so it can be cancelled. Contact the local police and report the passport to the nearest British Embassy, Consulate or High Commission, who can help you arrange a replacement.
3) Keep your passport with you at all times when travelling to your destination.
4) Photocopy your travel insurance details, tickets and travel itinerary before you travel and leave a copy with a friend or relative.
5) Make a note of any emergency numbers for lost or stolen credit cards and take this with you.
6) If you’re taking anything valuable or any electrical equipment, take photographs of it before you travel. If you need to make a claim, you will be able to provide accurate descriptions. Make sure you have the receipts also as many insurance companies request proof you owned the item in the first place.
7) If baggage does not always arrive at its destination, or it may be damaged or something might be missing. If this happens, the airline is liable under the Montreal Convention. But be aware that airlines impose maximum claim limits, regardless of what your luggage and contents are worth. You also have a set time limit to claim.
A bag is classed as delayed if it arrives within 21 days. If a bag has still not turned up after 21 days, it is classed as lost.
9) If you make a claim, an airline may ask for a list of items that were in the missing baggage, and possibly for original receipts. Be aware that any offer will be unlikely to match a claim in full because they will take into account depreciation. An airline’s maximum liability is 1,000 Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). This is a unit of currency that fluctuates. 1,000 SDRs is worth approximately
