| It's time to stop getting done by travel companies! | | | | notoriously bad policies and won't cover you for loss |
| How many times has the holiday company you go | | | | of luggage and many other things. Please, please |
| with sold you travel insurance? Quite a few I bet. I | | | | check this before you go. It's better to spend a fiver |
| used to sell travel insurance when I work at a travel | | | | on some cheap travel insurance than be upset that |
| agency. We used to buy insurance in for about | | | | you didn't when you lose all your money! |
| £3 and then some people sold it for | | | | REMEMBER to get cover for the correct countries |
| £25! I didn't sell it for this much because I felt | | | | you are going to. I.e. Check your geography! You |
| bad! For European travel insurance the average price | | | | don't want to have Europe cover when you are |
| you should be paying is around £5 to | | | | going to Dubai and neither to you want USA cover |
| £7 per week, per person. There are two | | | | when you are going to South America. There is not |
| types of cheap UK travel insurance available to you: | | | | point trying to cheat the system and get cheap |
| - Annual multi-trip travel insurance. This can be | | | | travel insurance this way. You'll just end up losing |
| cheaper for you. It depends how many times you | | | | everything if anything goes wrong. REMEMBER to |
| leave the country in one year. If you are away for | | | | take your EHIC card to Europe with you - it's the |
| at least a month during the year (you lucky thing) | | | | new E111 and it entitles the holder to free or |
| then consider getting annual multi trip insurance. This | | | | discounted medical treatment in any EU country and |
| doesn't work if you are taking a gap year round the | | | | also Switzerland. This is in addition to your cheap |
| world. You'll need single trip insurance! | | | | travel insurance not instead of it! If you don't want |
| - Single trip insurance. Does what it says on the tin. | | | | to get it online then go to your local Post Office and |
| BE WARNED! If you have a credit card or a bank | | | | get one. |
| account that says it offers 'free' travel insurance | | | | REMEMBER to take extra cover if you are going to |
| PLEASE check all the details before you leave. This is | | | | dangerous sports like skiing or skydiving. |
| cheap and nasty travel insurance. They are | | | | |