| Whilst we are by no means suggesting that you | | | | health care agreement with many people, France |
| abstain from alcohol whilst on holiday it's important | | | | is one of the few countries which this doesn't |
| to release the implications that heavy drinking will | | | | extend too. If you invalid your travel insurance |
| have on your holiday insurance policy. Take the | | | | policy by drinking over the reasonable limit, then |
| example of Theo Paget, a 20-year old male who | | | | you should expect to pay around £4,000 if |
| suffered a spinal fracture when plummeting 50 | | | | you break your limb under drunken circumstances. |
| feet from a balcony in Marmaris, Turkey. It was a | | | | This price will rise if you need to be airlifted from |
| miracle that Theo survived a fall from such a | | | | the mountains. |
| large height and whilst the tabloids have dubbed | | | | So what is the number of units set by holiday |
| him 'rubber man' one thing that he won't bounce | | | | insurances that you shouldn't exceed if you don't |
| back from so lightly is his astronomical hospital bill. | | | | wish to invalidate your holiday insurance policy? |
| You see after Theo admitted that he was on a | | | | Well there actually isn't a set number, claims are |
| cocktail of drugs and booze at the time of the fall | | | | considered on a case-by-case basis but if a |
| his travel insurance policy refused to pay the price | | | | medical report or the travel insurance company |
| of his hospital admission. And why would they? | | | | considers that excessive alcohol intake was a |
| We do a lot of things drunk that we certainly | | | | factor of your claim then they are unlikely to pay |
| wouldn't do with a sane mind and if under the | | | | out. |
| influence of alcohol we believe that we can | | | | Whilst tales of drunken balcony plunges and |
| successfully jump 50 feet from a balcony, it is | | | | sozzled snowboarders may have left you |
| unfair to make our holiday insurance company | | | | suitability alarmed, the most common holiday |
| pay out when we soberly face the consequences | | | | insurance claim often rejected due to excessive |
| in a foreign hospital bed. | | | | alcohol intake is the missing passport, camera or |
| What are even more alarming are the sozzled | | | | mobile phone. When under the influence it is not |
| skiers that admitted to being drunk on the slopes. | | | | always possible to be aware of your surroundings, |
| A whopping 14% of people surveyed by a British | | | | especially whilst in a foreign climate. However, |
| holiday insurance provider admitted that they had | | | | remember that as well invalidating any travel |
| indeed taken to the slopes drunk. Whilst we're all | | | | insurance claim made, drinking can also make you |
| for having a warming cup of mulled wine we | | | | a prime target for thieves. So whilst it's great to |
| prefer to enjoy our beverages apres ski and with | | | | let your hair down, be careful not to overdo it |
| the French medical care being so costly who can | | | | whilst on your summer holidays. |
| blame us? Whilst the EHIC card has a reciprocal | | | | |