Compare.com Travel Insurance

January 5th, 2012

Travelling can be for business or for personal purpose. But everybody likes travelling. A break from the busy work schedule is always appreciated and can be more pleasurable if everything goes smooth and fine. Going for a holiday requires lot of pre-planning, booking and reservation or packing. But is this enough? What if you miss your flight? Or your baggage is lost? You may get lost in the way or someone pick your pocket? One has to be prepared for all these circumstances while being away from the house. The best way to be prepared is buying compare.com travel insurance.

Travel insurance provides following type of covers for some sudden emergencies:

  1. Medical emergencies: Medical emergencies are the most unpredictable and risky.

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Egypt protests: Q&A on travel insurance

February 1st, 2011

If you have booked a holiday to Egypt or another Middle Eastern country, then what are your travel rights? Is your travel insurance valid?

What has the foreign office said about travel to the region?

The foreign office has advised against all but essential travel to Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Suez. However, this advice does not currently extend to resorts in the Red Sea such as Sharm el-Sheikh, where hundreds of British holidaymakers tend to go. The FCO says these areas are “a very considerable distance from the affected areas and these resorts remain unaffected”.

I’m already in Egypt on holiday, what should I do?

Anyone who is already in Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor or Suez should speak to their tour operator or airline regarding their arrangements. Many

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Cruise travel insurance being overlooked

February 19th, 2010

Despite the global economic downturn of the past year and the effect it has had on the travel industry, there is one sector that is thriving: cruises. Going against the grain of the travel industry as a whole, cruises actually seem to be growing in popularity.

Why? The cruise industry has been particularly quick to encourage more people onto cruises through providing a huge variety of special offers. Special offers for children and for large groups are not hard to find, which tempts more people to go on a cruise as a cheap way to have a holiday and see the world in the midst of the economic gloom.

But as more people are tempted to go on a cheap cruise, a warning has just been issues by the travel insurance industry.

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