BensGrandad
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Is travel insurance not one of the biggest rip offs going.
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Boroseagull
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No, not if you buy carefully. If travelling in the EU your EHIC card may well help in an emergency but it will not help to repatriate you!
pastafarian
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No it isnt.
shop around for the best deal that suits your needs.
or travel without it and go FULL BELLEND
shop around for the best deal that suits your needs.
or travel without it and go FULL BELLEND
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My travel insurance was about 70 quid for 2 week holiday for 4 people out of Europe.
I'd say that's pretty reasonable - especially if something had happened and we needed to make a claim...
I'd say that's pretty reasonable - especially if something had happened and we needed to make a claim...
BensGrandad
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I have shopped around and found that the medical extras on my travel insurance provided with my bank account comes to less for 12 months than I was quoted for 5 days on the cheapest website as per money supermarket .com.
I know a chap who works for Aria in Haywards Heath and his job is to try to find a reason for the company to not pay out a claim.
I know a chap who works for Aria in Haywards Heath and his job is to try to find a reason for the company to not pay out a claim.
matt_32510
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It is worth it, as it can cost thousands to get medical treatment in other countries, I get mine free through my bank.
Westdene Wonder
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You only know if you have good travel insurance when you make a claim.
happypig
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I pay under £60 for worldwide annual family cover. A while back a friend of mine broke his pelvis and had to be flown home in an air ambulance; if he'd not had insurance he would have been looking at a minimum of £10000.
dougdeep
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Yes, it is if you're old.
saafend_seagull
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Right.
My friend broke his leg while skiing.
That cost over £25,000.
He didnt have insurance.
BensGrandad
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I think that if in the EU the EHIC card should cover all treatment and repatriation to your EU country of residence It seems that we are in the EU when it suits but not when it doesnt.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Aren't you about seventy years old and about twenty stone or something? If yes, then no, no it isn't.
Since1982
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No chance. In Spain and Greece you'll be lucky if it gets you any treatment at all these days. Travel insurance is an absolute must and compared to the cost of a holiday, for most people, is an absolute steal.
BensGrandad
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Wife and I are going to Spain for 5 days in September but the price quoted was virtually the same as we paid for 17 days in Cyprus in June, how does that work out. However I decided to contact my bank with whom we get free travel insurance and found that the medical extras came to less than I had been quoted for insurance and that was for 12 months cover so took that.
CorgiRegisteredFriend
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You are automatically insured if you bank with The Nationwide. But only as an individual. You pay £30 for family to be added which for a years cover is not bad.
Just make sure you understand the exclusions. Pre Existing Conditions.. Are they covered?
- Jul 7, 2003
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Why on earth should the EU pay for you or I to be flown home at a cost of £20k or more if you're ill/ injured?
Or, perhaps reversing it, should we pay for an air ambulance back to Warsaw for, say, a Polish tourist who gets drunk in London, falls over, and breaks his neck?