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.
Marks and Spencer are very generously offering a discount of 20 percent on travel insurance, on top of any other discounts currently applicable.
A spokesman for Marks and Spencer announced the promotion and confirmed that this 20 percent offer is in addition to the 5 percent discount currently given to customers buying their travel insurance online. The offer is also very well time, coming as it does at the beginning of the school holidays.
The cover provided by the Marks and Spencer travel insurance product is very good too, with up to GBP10 million of medical cover, GBP50,000 for personal accidents and GBP6,000 in case the holiday has to be cancelled or curtailed.
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.