Travel Insurance
Suitcases end up in airlines’ black hole
Millions of Brits could face a nightmare lost luggage merry-go-round to the start of their holidays this summer.
Top ten tips for travel safety
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.
American Express Insurance: $2 to the £1 seems a good deal
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 launches Gap Insurance
American Express Insurance Services has launched Gap Insurance online for those taking career breaks or students travelling between studies.
Insurance costs double then triple overnight for retired travellers
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.
The rise of the single sex holiday
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.
Bradford & Bingley launches new annual travel insurance policy
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.
Avoiding the insurance trap could save you money
UK holiday makers now take on average two foreign holidays a year, but 50% still buy single trip policies.
Couples ditch ‘dirty weekends’ for ‘clean breaks’ with mates
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’.
Wish you were here with us on holiday
Over one in ten (14%) put in eight hours or more overtime to compensate for going on holiday, according to swiftcover.com.
Choose the right side & take cover driving abroad
As the Easter getaway begins, crossing the Channel may be the start of a long journey across the continent.
Unused packaged account perks cost Brits millions
Britons waste up to £137million each year on the cost of packaged accounts offering travel insurance, according to Engage Mutual, which has just launched its new low cost travel insurance offer to help Brits beat high street banks’ charges.
Travel light when it comes to baggage & valuables
With new excess baggage policies being introduced shortly, travellers should rethink what to take on holiday including packing valuables advises American Express Travel Insurance.
Margate the ‘new Marbella’ for 7.8 million UK holidaymakers
Worried UK citizens are deciding to holiday in the UK this year due to the impact on the environment.
Brits lose £6 billion on cancelled holidays
Last summer Brits wasted an estimated £6.1 billion because they had to cancel holiday plans and didn’t have travel insurance, according to statistics from MORE TH>N.