Legal and General are reminding UK holidaymakers to make sure their travel insurance includes their luggage, even if the trip is within the United Kingdom.
From a study carried out by a team at Legal and General a typical family of four people could have belongings in their luggage worth over GBP3,000, so not having insurance in place for such a value would be a high risk strategy. The common conception of travel insurance is that it is needed for overseas travel, but this is not the case.
Baggage can be lost or damaged on any holiday say Legal and General, not just one in a different country, and losing GBP3,000 worth of items would not help anyone. Far better, therefore, to get suitable travel insurance.
According to the Post Office Insurance division spending on travel has remained constant, with no falls in currency or insurance transactions over the last couple of months.
Post Office insurance sales are unchanged while Euro currency sales are actually up compared with the same time last year, this even though the pound has weakened against the Euro in recent months. Figures show the precise change to be 3.2 percent over June and July.
According to the information gained Post Office Insurance customers are heading for the usual holiday spots such as Spain, Greece and France. The flight is not too long and they are pretty much assured great weather.
Tesco Finance has announced price reductions on its short break travel insurance products, a short break usually being three days or less.
Customers looking for travel insurance to cover a short city break or similar can now find it available from just GBP5.40 per person from Tesco Finance, this figure including the 10 percent discount that is offered for buying the holiday cover online.
Short breaks around Europe have been increasingly popular, offering the chance to experience a different culture without travelling too far afield. Tesco Finance want people to feel confident that everything is taken care of and so have made it even easier to pick up low cost travel insurance.
