When to buy travel insurance?
When to buy travel insurance?
I leave on December 1st, is it too soon to buy? Should I leave it until the last week?
buy it as soon as you book your flights incase anything happens to your flight
buy it as soon as you book your flights incase anything happens to your flight
Agreed. Or if anything happens to you/your relatives. You buy it with the dates you’ve booked, so you’re still only paying for the length of time you’re away, but if you broke your leg and had to delay/cancel you should be covered. Or if a direct family member was seriously ill/died, you should be covered etc (always check what exactly you would be covered for).
Cool, makes sense, thanks guys.
I’ll probably book with Holidaysafe even though they are suspiciously cheap. Please anyone speak up if you have experience with these guys (good or bad) or would recommend someone else….
Ive been looking at holiday safe too, reading the longstay policy and it seems fine to me! just cant see anything about extreme sports…...?
Just don’t break a leg!
If you live in the UK, getting your parents to sign up for a Platinum Amex Charge Card is an option.
The card costs £450 a year, but this will cover travel insurance for both your parents AND gap cover for you AND any siblings you may have.
It will also give them a Priority Pass card, which allows free access to airport lounges across the world (free food at airports - worth quite a lot!) and you can use this whilst you’re away (they’ll get 2).
They’ll also get 40k airmiles, which is enough for a one way flight to Dubai (or an upgrade to business class one way to Dubai if you have an economy ticket).
There’s other features as well, but if you have parents who are prepared to help you out, it’s worth looking at. Let me know if you need more info.
Ive been looking at holiday safe too, reading the longstay policy and it seems fine to me! just cant see anything about extreme sports…...?
Apparently you can bolt on activity packs - when you go through the purchase process there is an options section… I think it’s an extra £30 approx.
If you live in the UK, getting your parents to sign up for a Platinum Amex Charge Card is an option.
The card costs £450 a year, but this will cover travel insurance for both your parents AND gap cover for you AND any siblings you may have.
It will also give them a Priority Pass card, which allows free access to airport lounges across the world (free food at airports - worth quite a lot!) and you can use this whilst you’re away (they’ll get 2).
They’ll also get 40k airmiles, which is enough for a one way flight to Dubai (or an upgrade to business class one way to Dubai if you have an economy ticket).
There’s other features as well, but if you have parents who are prepared to help you out, it’s worth looking at. Let me know if you need more info.
Cheers for the info, unfortunately my parents are poor as fuck.
Ok, I went for the Holidaysafe Longstay policy from 1st Dec 2012 - 1st Mar 2014 (extendable) for Worldwide inc USA Caribbean & Canada at a price of £226.90.
Now to just sit back and shit myself that something is certain to fuck up with such a cheap policy.
