Insurance For Overseas Travel

Don’t let your trip of a lifetime turn into a nightmare. Be prepared and avoid the ‘If only I had…’ scenario that you’ve read about in the press when a disaster has befallen the uninsured traveller. If you think that it won’t happen to you and you haven’t arranged insurance, ask yourself if you could afford to pay medical bills in a foreign country, pay to be flown home by air ambulance or protect your income to allow you to pay your bills should you be injured and unable to work?

For more information on insurance check the Media Insurance website

Insurance, What is it?

Insurance acts as a financial guarantee against fortuitous loss and is protection against the unforeseen.

Insurance, why have it?

Peace of mind.  If you are sick or have an accident in a foreign country, how would you cope? Can you speak the local language? Could you arrange an air ambulance? Part of the insurance policy is to arrange these things for you.

If you are taking part in a hazardous activity or are travelling to countries where there is civil war or disruption, knowing that you will be taken care
of if something goes wrong is one less thing to have to worry about and allows you the freedom to continue your travel or business activity with confidence.

On trips such as Long Way Down and By Any Means, we worked with Media Insurance Brokers who are able to place a range of covers for travellers.

All the policies they offer are able to include; 

Emergency Medical Expenses

Repatriation to own county of domicile

Personal Liability insurance

Loss of baggage and personal effects

Personal Accident

War and terrorism

We dealt with Boyd Harvey who can be contacted at +44 20  7287 5054 or by email :boyd.harvey@mediainsurance.com