Travel Insurance
Gap year travellers urged to plug personal safety gap
With many students currently planning a year out, intrepid gap year travellers are being urged to take basic travel safety precautions before they travel and while they are away.
Around 25% of Brits travel without insurance
Despite a recent spate of package holiday firms collapsing, one in four British holidaymakers are still landing on foreign soil without proper insurance cover, according to a survey undertaken by protectyourbubble.com.
Travelling abroad without insurance could be costly
Paying for medical care abroad is becoming more expensive, warns Direct Line Travel Insurance, and so cutting back on insurance cover could turn out to be a false economy.
Saga - Failure of Flight Options
The announcement that Flight Options has gone into administration is a great shame for both staff and passengers. Thankfully the airline is ATOL protected so it looks like passengers who booked directly with the airline are likely to get their money back.
Sun, sea, sangria and stings?
Following recent reports that thousands of jellyfish have made the Costa Blanca their home for the summer, leading independent travel insurance specialist, insurewithease.com, is offering holidaymakers some useful advice to help avoid jellyfish stings spoiling their break away.
Extreme sports require maximum cover
Whether they are planning to Flashpack India, Island-Hop Thailand or explore New Zealand in a VW Camper during their gap year, like it or not, students are almost certainly going to find themselves making the most of cheaper extreme sports and adventure activities on their travels.
BAA strike action
AA Travel Insurance has confirmed that travellers affected by the BAA strike action, which could lead to UK airport closures over the peak August Bank Holiday, are covered on their AA travel insurance policies for abandonment or delay, provided the cover was taken out and the holiday booked before the strike action was announced.
Confused.com - Collapse of Sun4U
Steve Williams, head of travel at Confused.com says "With around 12000 holidaymakers believed to be currently in Spain, it's not clear whether they will all be able to continue their holidays.
Travel insurance takes back seat for Brits
The average holidaymaker travels with £3174.65 of luggage it was revealed today, but a fifth of British holidaymakers fail to take out travel insurance cover for lost or stolen items.
Annual or single trip travel insurance policy – what’s the deal?
It’s August, and right across the UK people are heading off to far flung shores to enjoy their holidays, but have they got the best deal on their travel insurance? And did they even consider the different type of policies?
The golden age of travel?
Confused.com has urged older travellers not to risk jetting off on holiday without travel insurance, despite concerns over increased premiums and lack of availability.
Sun, sea and cheap surgery
Brits are heading abroad in their thousands for nips and tucks, cosmetic dentistry and medical procedures such as IVF and surrogacy that are restricted in the UK according to new research from specialist currency broker, Currencies.co.uk.
European travellers aged 66 face higher travel insurance costs
Retired Brits planning on seeing the world at their leisure continue to be punished with high travel insurance costs on the grounds of their age, according to research by moneysupermarket.com.
When in Rome, be sure to cover up
Insurewithease.com, leading independent travel insurance specialist is urging holidaymakers in Rome to heed a stricter dress code now being enforced by the Vatican City, which includes visitors to St Peter’s Square.
Nationwide FlexAccount launches free travel insurance
Nationwide is writing to customers, to offer them free travel insurance worth almost £80 for joint cover, if they use its award winning FlexAccount as their main current account.