Travel Insurance

aproctor · 10 Jul 2008 at 08:03

Hi guys

Travel insurance wise what companies would you recommend? Cheapness is the big selling point though, although i do actually want to be covered in the unlikely event.

I am going to spain for about 8/9 days and the post office was trying to charge £20.

it is for me and my gf, both 21 if that makes any difference.

Oh and is there anyone i should avoid?

JBuk · 10 Jul 2008 at 08:51

aproctor said:
Hi guys

Travel insurance wise what companies would you recommend? Cheapness is the big selling point though, although i do actually want to be covered in the unlikely event.

I am going to spain for about 8/9 days and the post office was trying to charge £20.

it is for me and my gf, both 21 if that makes any difference.

Oh and is there anyone i should avoid?

£20 sounds reasonable for a few days

K.C. Leblanc · 10 Jul 2008 at 08:53

I've used www.direct-travel.co.uk a few times, seem very good value. However I've never had to claim, which is alweays the real acid test.

Kerplunk · 10 Jul 2008 at 09:18

Direct travel tbh

Johnny Girth · 10 Jul 2008 at 09:22

£9.70 for 8 days for me and gf with TopDog.

MookJong · 10 Jul 2008 at 09:26

After much searching I used direct-travel the other day

14 nights in Croatia for just £13.00!

The cover is much better than a lot of them out there, especially for personal belongings.

chrislusty · 10 Jul 2008 at 09:37

good job i saw this thread as we are off on 21st july camping in france, and have got everything else sorted bar the travel insurance, Direct travel coming in at £21 for their gold cover or £15 for the standard.

jrodga2k5 · 10 Jul 2008 at 10:20

lol high street travel insurance is a joke, internet tbh!

iraiguana · 10 Jul 2008 at 10:42

+1 for direct travel

Jez · 10 Jul 2008 at 11:23

£5.30 for european for a week for 2 people. Includes many non EU countries. Through moneysupermarket.

aproctor · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:38

thanks guys will give money supermarket a look, then direct travel.

ta

Andy

Jez · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:55

Always buy these sorts of things through moneysupermarket mate, its the easiest, quickets, and arguably the most efficient way of buying most one-off financial products like this.

I got VERY comprehensive breakdown insurance through them for £32 too when the big players were quoting £100+.

Jimbeam3678 · 11 Jul 2008 at 00:07

Jez said:
Always buy these sorts of things through moneysupermarket mate, its the easiest, quickets, and arguably the most efficient way of buying most one-off financial products like this.

I got VERY comprehensive breakdown insurance through them for £32 too when the big players were quoting £100+.

can only repeat this

caff · 15 Sep 2008 at 12:27

Is it just me, or are most of these travel insurance policies a complete ripoff?

Looking closely at one of the policies reveals:

Loss of credit cards / debit cards is not covered
Cash and documents covered up to £500 - but a limit on cash of £100 and and excess of £100 (so effectively, cash isn't covered?)

There seems to be very little I could actually claim for?

Liquidfox · 15 Sep 2008 at 12:45

Travel insurance is normally incase of the worst happening, ie hospital bills, medication etc...

Raymond Lin · 15 Sep 2008 at 12:47

caff said:
Is it just me, or are most of these travel insurance policies a complete ripoff?

Looking closely at one of the policies reveals:

Loss of credit cards / debit cards is not covered

Cash and documents covered up to £500 - but a limit on cash of £100 and and excess of £100 (so effectively, cash isn't covered?)

There seems to be very little I could actually claim for?

Credit card and cash card is covered with the bank anyway.

With cash....looking at from the insurance's POV, its a bit hard to prove isn't it? if everyone makes a claim that they've lost £2k in cash....they'd be out of pocket pretty quickly.