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Travel Insurance

 

You are strongly advised to take out travel insurance before embarking on any holiday. Most tour operators will insist that you are covered before accepting a booking.

View the guide to Travel Insurance produced by the Association of British Insurers .

However you do not have to take the insurance offered by the travel company. It pays to shop around first.

A travel company may charge as much as £40 per adult for a single trip whereas you can purchase an Annual travel policy covering several trips for the whole family from £50 upwards - but do compare the cover offered by different policies. Some budget versions exclude luggage, for example. Remember that travel insurance covers you for cancellation as well as medical expenses, lost baggage etc. and therefore an annual policy can be used cover you for short breaks in the UK as well.

The companies below all offer online quotations and purchase for single trip and annual travel policies. Check them out!

You should also make sure that you have a  European Health Insurance Card . See also  Information on Getting Treatment in Spain and the Islands. As they state "It is essential to establish that the medical practitioner you consult works within the Spanish State Health Service. Treatment under the EHIC arrangements is only provided by practitioners within the Spanish State Health Service, and in some parts of the country, particularly the outlying islands , you may have to travel some distance to attend a surgery ( consultorio ), health centre ( centro sanitaro ) or hospital clinic ( ambulatorio ) operating within the health service."

Therefore private travel insurance is advisable.

on-line travel insurance

Direct Travel Insurance

Direct Travel Insurance Services was established in late 1992 and commenced trading in 1993. Since that time, they've become one of the UK's leading independent travel insurance specialists, having arranged insurance for over four and a half million travellers.

Direct Travel Insurance design their travel insurance policies to suit the needs of customers.

  • Standard Europe Single Trip insurance from £8.50
  • Family Annual Policy to Europe from £29

In light of the recent events and concerns surrounding airline bankruptcy, we are pleased to confirm that our cover has now been extended to offer Scheduled Airline Failure Cover . Our quotation process will clearly show you which of our policies include Scheduled Airline Failure Cover.

Insure For All - Travel Insurance for the Over 65s Insure For All
- Travel Insurance for the over 65s

InsureForAll specialises in providing travel insurance to people aged
over 65 at very competitive prices and with reassuringly high levels of cover. They offer single trip travel insurance - Europe and worldwide – for people aged between 65 and 84 and annual, multi-trip policies for Europe only for people aged between 65 and 74. They can even cover you for pre-existing conditions.

See InsureForAll for more details.

Travel Insurance Web Travel Insurance Web
Travel Insurance Web is a fast growing, internet only travel insurer. With a reputation that comes from its amazingly low prices and high quality cover.

How do we keep our travel insurance prices so low? Simple. We keep our overheads to an absolute minimum to ensure maximum efficiency, and pass the savings directly onto our customers.

We offer single trip travel insurance and annual multi-trip travel insurance including worldwide annual cover for those aged under 49

Over 49s Cover

If you are aged over 49 years of age and are looking for single trip or annual travel insurance. Holiday Insurance Web provides comprehensive, cheap travel insurance for people aged up to 64 – plus kids go free! It can also be completely tailored to suit your precise needs – with the same high levels of cover – including single trip and annual policies.
See Travel Insurance Web for more details.

Over 65s Cover

Insureforall specialises in providing travel insurance to people aged over 65 at very competitive prices and with reassuringly high levels of cover. They offer single trip travel insurance - Europe and worldwide – for people aged between 65 and 84 and annual, multi-trip policies for Europe only for people aged between 65 and 74. They can even cover you for pre-existing conditions. See Travel Insurance Web for more details.

Go Travel Insurance
Go Travel Insurance is one of the leading providers of online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents on the Internet. Go Travel Insurance offers great cover at the best prices for single trip, ski, annual and backpackers insurance.

Go Travel Insurance has had an Internet presence since 1998. Our website promotes a simple user interface together with instant online cover. Full policy documentation can be downloaded from the site prior to any purchase. Users have access to comprehensive travel insurance products that are competitively priced. Our policies are tailor made for travelers going on holidays, business trips, weekend breaks or backpacking for 12 months. The policies are underwritten at Lloyds of London. All payments are taken via credit card using our secure SSL providing customers with the confidence they require when transacting online.

Travel Insurance Online

Travel Insurance Online is one of the leading providers of online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents on the Internet. Travel Insurance Online has been on the Internet since 1999 and has now over 25,000 policyholders.

Our policies are tailor made for travelers going on holidays, business trips, weekend breaks or backpacking for 12 months. The policies are underwritten at Lloyds of London.

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Overseas Health Insurance for Residents

See SA29. Your social security insurance, benefits and healthcare rights in the European Economic Area

If you are resident in Spain you may be entitled to reciprocal state health insurance for a limited time but may still to prefer to take private health insurance.


 

Amex International Healthcare Plan
What are the benefits of the American Express International Healthcare plan?:
  • If you are living and working away from home, this is the perfect policy for you - especially tailored for expatriates.
  • In an emergency, one call to an 24 hour, Alarm Centre, staffed by multilingual operators will immediately ease your situation.
  • Three levels of cover that give you choice and flexibility