As the summer holiday season approaches, you’ll want to start thinking about your holiday plans in detail. You might have already picked your holiday destination of choice, booked your flights and secured your accommodation – but have you really covered every possible aspect of your holiday plans? The chances are you haven’t yet thought about travel insurance, especially if your holiday is still a couple of months away. However, the earlier you t

Travel insurance is a catch-all term that covers lots of different insurance, whose cover can protect tourists for everything from medical expenses to getting hijacked. It can all be bit confusing for those new to travel, so here is a brief summary of the main types of travel insurance.  A typical holiday travel insurance policy will cover many or all of these: but focus on the insurances that are most important to you.

* Hospital an

Holidays are all about dreams and expecations. We don’t go on holiday expecting to get sick, have an accident, get our bags stolen, or worse. For most people, none of these things will ever happen, but think of the cost if any of those things did happen to you on holiday. Travel insurance is just that – insurance – for what will hopefully never happen, but if the worst does happen you know it will cover you. Think of travel insurance as a small p