Travel Insurance

Holidaying in the UK

If you are planning on holidaying in the UK, you may be tempted to think that you can forget about holiday or travel insurance. That might prove to be an expensive mistake though, as you may be just as exposed to risk in the UK as you would if travelling further afield.

Travel insurance

Travel insurance can help to protect you against the financial losses that may arise if you have to cancel your holiday or cut it short due to an unforeseen event. Through our travel insurance policy, we can provide you with cover in several key areas including:

•  if you have to cancel your booking because of illness, or as a result of unforseen circumstances being made redundant, called for jury duty or being put into quarantine (for swine flu for example) 
•  if you have to cancel due to the death or illness of a close family member
• if you incur additional accommodation costs as a result of travel delays
•  if your luggage is lost stolen or seriously delayed
•  if you lose tickets or other important documentation or money

Golfing holidays

You may be hoping to take advantage of the great outdoors while holidaying in the UK and unsurprisingly, since it is where the game originated, the UK is well blessed with numerous world renowned golf courses. There are also plenty of less well-known but still excellent courses where you can play for a reasonable fee.

What may not be quite so reasonable though, are the costs involved in having to replace lost or damaged golf clubs. At Protect your Bubble, we have an optional Golf supplement to our travel insurance, which can cover you for:

• replacement of damaged or lost clubs and other equipment (owned or rented);
• hire of replacement equipment for up to six days;
• bar costs (up to a limit of course) should you hit that elusive hole-in-one!

Holidaying in the UK and anywhere else for that matter, should be a relaxing and stress-free experience. Taking out our travel insurance can help to ensure that even if you do run into some problems, you can minimise their effect by having a sound policy behind you.  

UK Versus Overseas Holidays

A survey found that while 90% of people travelling abroad on holiday take out travel insurance, only 35% of people holidaying in the UK would do the same thing (Source: ProtectyourBubble press release 09.06.2009)

Not having to worry about health cover for a UK holiday may help explain these figures but health aside, the same travel risks exist no matter what your final destination. It doesn't matter if your holiday is in St Andrews or St Tropez, if you have to cancel, experience travel delays of have to cut your holiday short as a result of illness for example, you may lose money unless you have the appropriate travel insurance in place.

So if you plan on holidaying in the UK, why not have a look at what a Protect your Bubble
travel policy could offer you. As we do not need to provide cover for expensive overseas medical treatment, you may find that our costs are surprisingly reasonable.

"As with all insurance policies it is important that you read the terms and conditions of this policy for full details of cover, including exclusions and limitations. This will help you understand the level of protection that this product provides."