Cancel TV WiFi? Check Insurance

Agencies and other headaches, keys and cleaners, running costs and contracts...in short, all the things we spend so much of our time doing behind the scenes.<br>
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Cancel TV WiFi? Check Insurance

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Any cancelled TV licence and WiFi as rentals empty?

Also is insurance invalid if rental empty for a period?
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Is it possible to get a refund on a TV license?
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apexblue wrote:Any cancelled TV licence and WiFi as rentals empty?

Also is insurance invalid if rental empty for a period?
Insurance depends on your policy. My unoccupancy terms kick in after 60 days. The stricter security requirements are what we normally do anyway so not really a problem for me. Our neighbour is keeping an eye on it too.

Haven't bothered cancelling the services as the amount of hassle to get wifi back up and running isn't worth it to me nor the time and effort to get a TV licence refund. It's due to renew next month so I just won't pay for a new one until we can reopen
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Although my experience is here in Spain, many of these companies are international. I spoke to our internet providers and they have put us on hold for a set fee of 4 euros a month. It meant that they haven't taken away the router and so on and we can switch the service back on at 24 hours notice. It was surprisingly easy. We have three properties so the savings have been quite substantial. Worth a try.
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Our insurance is 30 days.
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In the U.K. You simply cancel your TV licence direct debit & then start it up again when you re-open. I found it on the licensing web site - they have closed their call centre so you can't speak to them about it, but this is acceptable.
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Also, we cancelled our broadband. We'll just have to set up a new account when we get some idea of an opening date. At the moment I'm working on the basis of start of July so I'll sort out the broadband about 3 or 4 weeks before then.
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