Rip Off Britain: Holidays

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville return with a new series investigating viewers' holiday and travel disasters, with unmissable advice to avoid being caught out the same way. The series takes off with extraordinary stories about flights and airlines, including the couple who say their honeymoon was ruined by a catalogue of problems with one of the world's biggest names. The team conduct an experiment to find out why it is that so many of us say we feel unwell after getting off a plane. Plus, a revolutionary decision with huge repercussions for the entire holiday industry, the dangers of making a mistake with your details when booking a flight ticket and travel expert Simon Calder has money-saving tips for one of the most popular long-haul destinations.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville discover why, after an emergency abroad, a big-name insurer refused to pay the £24,000 bill that followed. Plus, a hard lesson in security that left a couple's holiday in tatters, the families who spent their life savings on dream homes in the sun that still remain unbuilt and the bewildering car-hire terms that can leave you paying much more than you bargained for. There's also more from the Rip Off Britain pop-up shop and advice from travel expert Simon Calder on a favourite weekend destination.

Julia Somerville, Angela Rippon and Gloria Hunniford uncover some of the unexpected costs of taking a cruise, meeting holidaymakers all at sea over prices they don't think are always clear and a mum-to-be horrified at how much she'd have to pay to take her baby on board. Also, the gift vouchers some say don't always give the value you thought they would, and forget about the cost of phoning home from abroad on a mobile - why it could be the humble phone box that sets you back the most. Plus travel expert Simon Calder has tips on how to save money when visiting New York.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville hear from a man whose holiday company wouldn't let him cancel his booking, despite the terrible circumstances that meant he couldn't go and a family booked into a room completely unsuitable for their needs by one of the biggest names in travel. Plus, why hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers may end up paying double or even three times the typical cost of travel insurance thanks to illnesses they say are firmly in the past. Travel expert Simon Calder has money-saving tips for visiting Portugal.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville hear about the holiday club where membership came with a clear-cut money-back guarantee. So why have members not had it? Plus, a family grounded by someone else's extraordinary mistake, a man who took his battle with one of the biggest names in travel to court and won, and a couple who only discovered the money they'd paid for their safari hadn't been passed on when they were out in the wilderness. Plus advice from travel expert Simon Calder on a favourite weekend break destination.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville investigate the holiday homes booked online that turn out to be a con, the family who discovered too late that their long-awaited holiday had never existed in the first place, and the camera scam that led to thousands of pounds being stolen from the accounts of two sisters visiting Tenerife. Plus the mystery of why so many people booking a holiday in the same caravans never got what they'd paid for, and unmissable advice to stop you being fleeced of your cash next time you go away.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville unpick who decides whether hotels really deserve the star ratings they advertise and hear a cautionary tale guaranteed to make you think twice about where you leave your luggage when checking out of a hotel. Plus, the UK timeshare a couple can't even give away, a dream wedding in the sun that wasn't as straightforward as the bride and groom had hoped, and travel expert Simon Calder has money-saving tips and advice for visiting Las Vegas.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville investigate travel disasters that happen en route to or from your destination. Among the stories, a cross-channel journey with a tragic end. Have the ferry companies got it right when it comes to carrying pets? Plus, with millions of Brits now driving their own cars to Europe, how many really have the right insurance or are aware of the surprising laws that could get you into trouble? And, the team find out why advance rail fares may not always be the bargain they might seem and visit the airport where some drivers claim the parking restrictions are unclear and unfair. Are they right?

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville try to unpick what happened to the money handed over for coachloads of bookings at a Blackpool hotel and investigate a company taking thousands of pounds for flights and holidays that never happened. Plus a woman is shocked to discover that the holiday apartment she bought in Turkey had never in fact legally belonged to her.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville look into situations where viewers don't feel they've had what they expected from the travel agents or companies they booked their holidays with. They meet families who arrived at their destinations to find no record of them ever being booked in, or who weren't told anything about it when vital details of their trips were changed. Plus unmissable advice for anyone booking a trip at home or abroad, and an industry bigwig is grilled about why so many people's holidays continue to go wrong.