Travel Insurance in general

Several years ago my husband suffered a heart attack on our holiday to France. We had booked through a travel agent and taken out insurance, so hopefully when we claimed things would be straightforward. I won't bore you with the details but suffice it to say that the cover provided was by Mondial and our experience when trying to sort things out was nothing short of a nightmare! Never again would I use this company's insurance so I decided to buy an annual policy provided by Direct Line. I took this out ten months ago and hoped I would not have to claim. Unfortunately after booking a holiday six months later, I had to cancel the trip due to a death in the ...  Read the complete review

How to buy the right cover? It would be easy to simply suggest that anyone going on any trip abroad buys the right travel insurance policy for them and the kind of trip they are making. But how? Firstly, almost certainly price is not the only thing you should consider - and anything that is free won't be if you are left with an unpaid claim. We all take something in case it rains - but amazingly many don't take insurance. If it rains- the worst is you get wet. If you fall ill - the bill for just one day in intensive care abroad is thousands. It is clear that:- - not all policies are identical in what they offer - ...  Read the complete review

OK, you're a traveller - one of the intrepids who takes your family off to the Mediterranean once a year. You spend hours checking out the resorts, research on the web what other visitors have said about the place that takes your fancy and you then make a booking. At this stage, most of us switch off. And this is a big mistake! Mistake number one is that as many as 25% of us fail to take any form of Travel Insurance policy to protect ourselves and our families. Mistake number two is than many of us think an E111 health form from the post office provides us with full care! In France, for example, you will have to pay for at least ...  Read the complete review

Be careful when buying travel insurance if, like me, you have a pre-existing medical condition which will not be covered by standard travel insurance. This may include things like, previous heart conditions, lung conditions, blood and blood pressure problems, cancer, or any condition for which you are currently on medication. When looking for travel insurance for myself in North America, I was finding great quotes on the internet, and thought, brilliant! Cheap travel insurance! However, when I went to confirm these, they nearly all asked for any pre-existing medical conditions, and when I said yes, they all came back saying SORRY! We can't cover you! OR we ...  Read the complete review

I recently used their family rate for a european holiday up to 17 days and it worked out half the price of any other I could find. From a cost saving point of view I couldnt find anything cheaper. I would probaly use them again but I would be interested to know If anyone has had to put a claim in and how the service held up. Anyway, If you just want some cheap insurance and you cant be bothered to spend to much tim looking, then you could do a lot worse. ...  Read the complete review