Hotels

Thousands of UK holidaymakers in The Gambia are to be flown home after the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) issued travel advice amid rising political unrest. If you've booked a package deal to the West African country you should be able to get a full refund, but the situation for DIY trips is less clear cut.

If you've been stashing away Avios points to fund a Eurostar trip, a stay in a Disneyland Paris hotel, a package holiday, a cruise or a ferry crossing, you'll need to make your booking before the end of the year.

A number of holidaymakers who have booked with major online travel agent Alpharooms have reported turning up to hotels booked through the site only to be forced to pay again or seek alternative accommodation because their rooms hadn't been paid for.

The crisis in Turkey means tens of thousands of holidaymakers have had their travel plans thrown into chaos just as the peak holiday season is set to kick off.

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.

January is the year's busiest summer holiday booking month. No surprise that with short days, icy air, and rain many focus on sun, sea, sand and, er... sangria.

UK hotels and online travel agents will have more freedom to offer discounts on rooms following an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation into deals struck by Expedia and Booking.com .

Two online travel agents and a hotel group have said they will "relax" an agreement, which the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was concerned prevented other online travel agents from selling discounted rooms.