Travel Insurance

As we approach exam season, students are starting to think about how to spend their gap year. While many devote their time to finding the perfect trip, it seems that there are a significant proportion of would-be travellers who give little thought to their personal safety. Statistics show that 71% of young people don’t see insurance as essential for travel, and 1 in 3 backpackers travel without insurance.

As a strong pound tips the $2 mark this week, Britons rushing to book cheap trips to the States are reminded that no matter how strong the pound is, medical treatment in the US is amongst the most expensive in the world advises American Express Insurance Services.

American Express Insurance Services has launched Gap Insurance online for those taking career breaks or students travelling between studies.

Retired travellers face insurance price hikes of more than 100 per cent on their 66th birthday, and similar increases on turning 70, according to research from moneysupermarket.com.

A quarter (8.6 million) of Britons have taken a single sex vacation in the last year according to new research from Halifax Travel Insurance.

With over a fifth of Britons planning a trip over the Easter period and many more giving thought to their holiday plans for the rest of the year, Bradford & Bingley has launched a highly competitive annual travel insurance policy that offers rates from as low as £43.76.

UK holiday makers now take on average two foreign holidays a year, but 50% still buy single trip policies.

It seems the candlelit dinners and romantic strolls of the ‘Dirty Weekend’ could be a thing of the past as research identifies a new phenomenon: the ‘Clean Weekend’.

Over one in ten (14%) put in eight hours or more overtime to compensate for going on holiday, according to swiftcover.com.

As the Easter getaway begins, crossing the Channel may be the start of a long journey across the continent.