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Coronavirus and travel: Can you get a refund and how do flight and travel credits and vouchers work?

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Although we are now banned from travelling out of Australia except for emergencies, many travellers now find ourselves on an unknown path through unfamiliar territory. Millions of Australians, myself included, have booked and paid for overseas travel in the next few months. Refunds, vouchers and cancellations.

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The Holiday Guru solves coronavirus-related traveller queries, from postponing British Airways flights to Kenya to getting refunds on travel insurance

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This week coronavirus-related queries include ‘ rebooking policy, claiming money back on travel insurance and rights surrounding a ‘non-refundable’ deposit on a holiday lodge in Scotland. . The hotel says we can go in 2021 instead. What about my travel insurance — can I get money back? Can we change flights?

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Holidaymakers face six-month wait for travel refunds as airlines struggle to deal with colossal backlog of claims with £7billion owed to customers

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Millions of travellers owed refunds for cancelled flights face months of chaos amid a crisis in the airline industry. He said: ‘If you are a voucher holder hoping to use the voucher to fly on EasyJet in 2021, you must call on EasyJet to cancel the Airbus order.’. Under EU laws, customers should get their money back within seven days.

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Britain’s biggest holiday letting firms are reported to the competition regulator by Which? over concerns they are denying customers coronavirus refunds

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believes this could also potentially be challenged as legally unfair. Travel, said: ‘With the coronavirus outbreak wreaking havoc on holiday plans, it’s extremely concerning to hear of so many people being refused refunds from some of the UK’s biggest players in the holiday lettings market. One consumer who complained to Which?,

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British Airways could pull out of Gatwick and cut a quarter of its pilots, leaked memo reveals

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Will air travel get more expensive? Through to 2021, the flight deals service found there would be a 35 per cent decrease in prices on average, as airlines desperately attempt to draw customers back in. . ‘This will make it significantly more expensive and harder for these passengers to travel. ’ .

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The Right Immigration Reform Means More Affordable Homes

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The construction labor force, including both native- and foreign-born workers, was back to pre-pandemic levels by 2021 … while single-family housing starts increased 27% between 2019 and 2021. With proper guardrails and legal stipulations, a solution exists to legally allow more non-native construction workers into the U.S.

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Digital Builder Ep 26: Wearable Technology in Construction

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Dr. Lorenz Lachauer , Head of Solutions at NavVis , Ken Lustig , Co-Founder, SVP of Corporate and Legal Affairs at RealWear , and Niran Shrestha , Co-Founder of Kwant , join the show to talk about the benefits and use cases of wearables in construction. On this podcast episode. We discuss: . What qualifies as a wearable in construction .