After enduring a 12-hour flight delay returning from his daughter's wedding in Corsica, Bob Feltham was eager to claim the £1,335 compensation his family was owed. Under EU rules, travellers who are delayed by more than three hours can claim between €250 (around £231) and €600 (around £531) in compensation, providing the reason for the hold-up is within the airline's control.

The best time to book flights for Christmas is 13 weeks in advance - the last week of September - as travellers will get the best price for both flights and accommodation, according to data from Skyscanner. The travel comparison website found that Tenerife was the best value destination to visit for some winter sun over the festive season with an average price drop of 33 per cent when compared to last year.

Barbara Marriott, 56, was due to fly to the Playa Flamingo Beach Resort in Lanzarote at the end of August with her husband and daughter. All were excited for the week long trip but this feeling soon dissipated after Barbara's daughter started reading the latest reviews for the resort on TripAdvisor.

Sterling's increasingly rocky ride on the currency markets means holidaymakers should brace themselves for a bill of possibly hundreds of pounds on top of the amount already paid for a package deal this autumn. 'Surcharge' rules in the small print of holiday terms and conditions allow travel firms to demand 8 per cent on top of the original price. Those who have forked out £3,500 for a holiday could now end up having to pay almost £300 extra for the trip.

Little known Lviv in Ukraine heads up the list of the top ten cities identified by Airbnb as having the highest growth in bookings over the past 12 months, in a new city breaks review by Post Office Travel Money. It is likely to be increasing in popularity due its low cost - it was found to be the cheapest in the Post Office costs barometer, costing just £137 for a basket of 10 items, which is 10 per cent lower than runner up Tirana which added up to £153.

Holidaymakers who use a 'meet and greet' airport car parking service over the coming weeks could end up adding at least an hour to their travel time. Some of these services, which boast they are convenient and save time, leave travellers five miles away from the airport terminal and forced to wait for a shuttle bus. Research by The Mail on Sunday found that Airparks Drop and Go at Birmingham is a 14-minute drive from the airport, with buses only coming every 25 minutes.

Most of us have friends who collect travel points - or 'miles' - and shame us with boasts of cheap flights in business class when we have paid full whack for economy. It is easy to dismiss the points geeks - especially as huge numbers of miles are now demanded in return for a 'free' flight. And with passenger taxes now unavoidable and low-cost tickets from budget airlines widely available, the whole miles game seems more daunting.

Unexpected card charges abroad is a common complaint and has topped the list of the biggest family holiday rip offs in a new survey. The unforeseen card charges have attracted criticism from a third of families travelling abroad this summer - with the average added cost coming in at a massive £120, according to data from Post Office Travel Money.

Others have imposed a host of different rules governing the use of coins, notes and debit cards on a range of different routes. British Airways no longer takes cash for food and drink on short-haul flights. This means passengers on its domestic or European routes can only pay by debit or credit card or with Avios points, a travel reward scheme.

Daniel Lawson booked two single rooms at the Cabot Pollensa Park Spa in Mallorca on hotel booking site, Alpharooms, via holiday comparison site, Trivago, at the beginning of June. The rooms came to £1,292 which he paid for straight away on his credit card. However, just the next day he received an email from Alpharooms that said the price had in fact been increased to £1,700. Beverley Mitchell had a similar problem - but with Booking.com.