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Booking a holiday? 5 travel essentials you can earn cashback on, including Post Office Money and More Than travel insurance


With summer officially here, most of us are looking forward to a break from the real world by jetting off on holiday.

Still not booked yours and worried about it breaking the bank? As well as making good use out of late deals and discount codes, you can also save even more money by booking your next getaway through a cashback site, such as Quidco or TopCashback.

We’ve rounded up five different parts of your holiday that you can claim cashback on and how much each of them offers, including top retailers like British Airways, Post Office Travel Money and Expedia.

Airport parking

Get money back on usually pricey airport parking

With many cheap flights leaving in the early hours of the morning, most of us have spent hours deliberating the cheapest way to get to the airport.

Do you splash out on a taxi, get public transport then stay overnight in a travel lodge, or pay to park your car next to the airport?

If you’re picking the latter option this year, get up to 34% of your money back by booking through a cashback site like Quidco.

Flights

No matter who you’re flying with – get money back with these offers

Bagging a cheap flight is the first way to keep costs down – check our guide on the top five airline sales at the moment here.

Whether you’re looking for a £29 flight with Monarch or want to bag a bargain on British Airways’ free in flight food and alcohol – you can save yourself even more by booking via Quidco or TopCashback.

Cashback can still be claimed on top of an airline’s on-site deals, doubling up your savings.

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Insurance

Travel insurance
Even the less exciting parts of the holiday will pay you back

The most boring expense of the holiday – but arguably the most important – paying for insurance doesn’t have to cost you a fortune.

Stay safe on your holiday by booking your travel insurance with one of these companies and TopCashback will reimburse you up to 28% – or with a Debenhams gift card.

  • Debenhams: It may not be your usual first port of call for holiday insurance, but Debenhams will give you back 10.5% for a single trip (plus a £10 Debenhams gift card), and 18.9% cashback for their annual trip policy (plus a £15 gift card). Both with TopCashback.
  • More Than: You can get a whopping 28% cashback on both single and annual trips on More Than, when you book yours via TopCashback.
  • Stay Sure: Get exclusive offers from TopCashback including 28% on multi-trip insurance and 15% on single trip insurance.

Exchanging money

Earning money on exchanging money is perhaps the biggest winner of them all

If you’re heading off on holiday abroad, you’ll need exchange some money. By ordering yours via a cashback site, you’re basically getting free money without spending anything. It’s a win-win situation.

For more information on travel money, read our guide here.

  • Post Office Travel Money: The usual stop for most of us holiday-makers, the Post Office will give those with a Travel Money card £8.40 cashback via TopCashback, or £3.15 for simply foreign exchange.
  • Transfer Go: Simply sign up and get 52p, or transfer over £50 and you’ll get £12.60 in return, with TopCashback.

Accommodation

Hotel room
Rates can vary depending on what you’re purchasing – but most companies pay out

There’s a range of cashback offers available for all budgets, whether you’re splashing out on a luxury stay at a Radisson hotel, or finding the best deal for your money on a comparison site like Expedia, LateRooms or Hotels.com.

  • Lastminute.com: Booking a hotel? TopCashback are offering 13% cashback on hotel bookings at the spontaneous trip site.
  • Marriott Hotels: If you fancy treating yourself – you can still sneakily earn money back on your luxury stay with Quidco’s cashback offers on Marriott hotels. Non-members can claim 6%, while member bookings still get 4%.
  • Radisson Blu: Claim cashback on all spends over £1 with TopCashback, varying between 6, 7 and 8% cashback.
  • Hotels.com: If you’re a new customer that’s also not yet signed up to hotels.com’s reward scheme, you can claim 12% cashback on your stays via TopCashback.
  • Expedia: Expedia’s broad range of services means that its cashback rates also vary massively, however it currently reaches up to 13% cashback if you book a hotel for three nights or more, with TopCashback.
  • LateRooms: There’s up to 8% cashback on selected hotels thanks to Quidco’s partnership with the site, but if you fancy picking a different place to stay, you can still get 5% cashback on bookings – also with Quidco.

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Car hire and transfers

Car key with tags of different car rentals
The small print for cashback on cars is super easy to understand

Put yourself in the driving seat and get money back for your holiday transport. There’s up to 11% cashback available, and the T&C’s quite literally involve you borrowing and returning the car as you would usually, making everything super easy.



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