Travel Insurance

The most important element of planning a safe holiday is to ensure you have the correct travel insurance. A good travel insurance policy should take care of any medical bills that arise due to unforeseen health problems.

For many holiday destinations, international travel health insurance is a requirement of the tour operator and you will not be allowed to travel without it. Its best to shop around for the right travel health insurance as the tour operator rarely has the best price available.

Plan ahead for any medical requirements that your family might have during their holiday.

• Make sure you have enough of any regular medication to cover the holiday plus at least one week more. A good travel insurance policy will cover the cost of any medication required. 
• Pack a small medical kit containing painkillers, anti-histamine, sting relief,  cough drops, band-aid and cream for sunburn.
• It can be quite common to have an upset stomach while on holiday, which can be due to a change of diet and water as well as poor hygiene and sanitation, so pack ant-acids, diarrhoea medication and re-hydration treatments.

With the minor medical emergencies taken care of, your international holiday should go smoothly!

But, travel health insurance really pays for itself if serious medical treatment is required during your holiday. A good international travel health insurance will cover everything from a visit to a doctor, to ambulance costs, to hospital bills and even an emergency flight home, if required. If a member of the family needs to stay with the sick person, the extra hotel costs are also covered on most good travel insurance policies.

Travel health insurance is absolutely necessary, and not something to economise on, particularly for international holidays.