| It's a common misconception that accidents are | | | | member or a loved one is suddenly taken ill and |
| more likely to happen abroad. Whilst you're | | | | you can no longer make the trip then without |
| probably a lot less likely to encounter Delhi belly in | | | | travel insurance you are likely to lose a great deal |
| Dartmouth or overdo it on the sangria in | | | | of money. The same situation occurs in the |
| Scunthorpe there is still a great deal than can go | | | | workplace if your boss or a colleague falls ill and |
| wrong on a United Kingdom holiday, and we're not | | | | you are needed to cover for them then a lack of |
| just talking about the weather. With UK travelers | | | | travel insurance could end up being a huge |
| taking 50 million domestic breaks a year and | | | | problem. |
| spending more than £10.9billion a cheap | | | | The medical aspect of travel insurance is one of |
| holiday insurance can save you so much hassle. | | | | the most important to consider when traveling |
| Most of the problems that you will encounter on a | | | | abroad where foreign medical care is costly and |
| foreign break are still relevant if you're traveling in | | | | your trusty EHIC card still means that you have |
| the United Kingdom. Low cost airlines mean that it | | | | to pay a percentage of your medical costs. When |
| is often cheaper to travel by aircraft than it is by | | | | traveling in the United Kingdom you may think |
| train or car and airports are notorious breeding | | | | that the NHS means that you will receive all the |
| grounds for holiday related bad luck, with lost | | | | medical care and attention you need, and you |
| passports, delayed flights, mislaid baggage and | | | | would be correct except for the small fact that it |
| even the threat of terrorism still possible when | | | | won't necessary be in a hospital near your friends |
| traveling domestically. If you travel a lot within the | | | | and family. So if you live in Motherwell and are |
| confines of the United Kingdom for business or | | | | holidaying in Minehead then without holiday |
| pleasure then it may be worth taking out an | | | | insurance you would be treated in a NHS hospital |
| annual holiday insurance policy which would cover | | | | in Somerset, meaning a long trek for your friends |
| you in the event of any of the above situations | | | | and family and many wilted bunches of grapes as |
| occurring whilst on your domestic break. | | | | a treat for you. |
| But even if you're not flying travel insurance is still | | | | When you look at everything that could go |
| a must. You may have booked two weeks off | | | | wrong, holding a valid holiday insurance policy |
| work since January with the intention of staying in | | | | seems a small price to pay for peace of mind. |
| a log cabin in the Lake District, but if a family | | | | |