Direct Travel Insurance

Advantages: Very competitive price, underwritten by Axa
Disadvantages: I haven't found any

Travel insurance is one of those things to which most of us give little or any thought. A former colleague flew to America without travel insurance and contracted gastro-enteritis. He didn't seek medical assistance because it is so expensive in America and it really spoiled his holiday. Compared to some he was lucky. A heart attack in the USA could set you back tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in treatment costs. If you're too young to think ...
...you go on a package they'll insist you have insurance and you can just take their standard package. This is adequate for most people, but it's not a cheap option. I'm taking a self drive trip to Germany for 5 days shortly and the package operators standard package was over £50. By selecting the right levels of cover with Direct-Travel, the premium was under £10, a saving of over 80%. I have yet to find anybody providing similar cover cheaper. So, ... Read review

Advantages: Relitively Cheap
Disadvantages: Won't pay out!

...Edinburgh. My wife contacted Direct Travel Insurance who asked her to provide them with documentation from the airline and the police. This she did. On contacting Direct Travel again to find out how she should now proceed with her claim she was informed there was no point as her purse was not on her person at the time! Has anyone heard a better excuse to get out of paying a genuine claim? How could anyone lose something if it was on their person?! ... Read review