| When you think of why you'd need travel | | | | This is unfortunate but hotels are well |
| insurance you probably get images of broken | | | | within their rights to charge you as |
| legs whilst skiing, Car rental mishaps in the | | | | otherwise they could have filled that booking |
| Mediterranean and eating some dodgy shrimp. | | | | with someone else. Luckily your travel |
| You wouldn't normally associate a weekend | | | | insurance policy covers events such as these |
| break within the UK as somewhere you'd need | | | | and can help regain most of the expenses |
| travel insurance. | | | | which normally would be lost. |
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| But the truth is that wherever you go in the | | | | It's also becoming more popular for people to |
| UK you are still going to need travel | | | | take advantage of cheap domestic flights and |
| insurance, just not in the way you'd normally | | | | taking the plane as opposed to a long and |
| expect. Since you'll still be in the UK you | | | | winding road trip, so if you were to cancel |
| won't be claiming against your life insurance | | | | your holiday even due to bereavement then |
| if you get injured, that's what health | | | | normally you'd be left out of pocket, travel |
| insurance is for. | | | | insurance covers this too fortunately. This |
| | | | would also cover lost luggage as even with |
| The situations you'd need to claim against | | | | domestic flights it's not unknown for your |
| travel insurance would normally be the | | | | bags to disappear off the face of the earth! |
| occasions where you have to cancel your | | | | |
| holiday or cut it short. One such situation | | | | Invariably whilst you're away you'll be |
| could be that you go on holiday for two | | | | taking a camera with you, and in this day and |
| weeks, when halfway through you injure | | | | age probably a mobile phone or MP3 player |
| yourself meaning you have to go to the | | | | too, if you were to lose or damage it while |
| hospital, subsequently cutting your holiday | | | | on holiday then you may not be able to afford |
| short. Aside from the medical costs you | | | | a replacement out of your own money. |
| could end up being lumbered with charges for | | | | |
| your accommodation even though you're stuck | | | | So as you can see there are plenty of |
| in a hospital bed and not even at the hotel | | | | occasions where you'd need travel insurance, |
| anymore! | | | | no matter where you go, be it abroad or the |
| | | | other side of the country. |