Online booking blunders cost holidaymakers hundreds
by Gill Montia
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Holidaymakers booking online are paying out hundreds of pounds to correct mistakes, with the average cost of an error amounting to £232. New research from LV= travel insurance suggest that almost one half of UK holidaymakers now book online but nearly one in twelve make mistakes when doing so. Almost a quarter of respondents who [...]
House-swappers forgetful over insurance
by Gill Montia
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House-swapping as an alternative to the traditional family holiday looks set to take off this year, according to new research from Lloyds TSB Insurance. A recent study suggests that 1.6 million Britons have arranged a house swap in 2011, twice the number estimated for 2010. However, Lloyd’s suggests that proper planning is needed, particularly in [...]
British skiers drunk on alpine slopes
by David Masters
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British holidaymakers on alpine getaways are skiing and snowboarding with nearly double the drink-drive limit of alcohol in their bloodstream. Research by More Than Insurance found over half a million Brits have gone skiing the morning after a drinking session with seven units of alcohol still pumping through their body. Nearly three quarters (74%) of [...]
Burst pipes a priority for Christmas travellers
by Gill Montia
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AXA is urging homeowners to consider their plumbing, as the Christmas break approaches. According to the insurer, around 35% of Britons will be away for a few days over the Christmas and winter holiday period, when burst pipes can be a bigger threat to belongings than burglary. During December 2008 and January 2009, more people [...]
Aon France launches holiday rainfall cover
by Gill Montia
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Aon France has launched an innovative travel policy that compensates holidaymakers whose vacations are “rained off”. The policy pays out if there are a minimum of four rainy days in any one week, according to a report from Reuters. The occurrence of rainfall is validated using satellite photography supplied by the French weather bureau, with [...]
Motorists clueless about overseas driving
by David Masters
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Motorists taking a road-trip overseas this summer should swot-up on the rules of the road in the countries they’re visiting, Sheila’s Wheels said this week. A survey by the female-friendly car insurer found that one in three (33%) British drivers wrongly believe driving regulations overseas are the same as in the UK. Nearly a third [...]
Zorbing holidaymakers need to check travel insurance
by Gill Montia
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Adventurous holidaymakers have required AXA to revise some of its travel insurance terms to include activities such as Zorbing and Octopush. With the rise in popularity of experience-based holidays showing no signs of abating, the insurer is reminding holidaymakers that it is essential to have the right level of cover in place before undertaking adrenaline-rush [...]
Travel insurance to be required for Channel Islands visitors
by Richard Kilner
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Starting on the 1st of April business visitors bound for the Channel Islands will be required to have adequate travel insurance. The move has been made at the behest of the Department of Health in anticipation of an alteration to the way UK visitors to the Channel Islands receive healthcare. At the end of March [...]
