But mum have we got travel insurance?

insblog — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:26:00 +0000

Even with the recession still making a heavy affect on the people of the world people are still having the time and money to go away which of course is certainly not a bad thing. A recent poll has suggested that nearly one in three people going away actually take a child with them, whether that is a child of their own, a grandchild or a family friend at just over 31% it is safe to say the credit crunch is certainly not affecting everyone.

A very worrying problem is that just over 20% of these people did not have insurance for thier child. Even the most responsible person in the world can not make sure 100% that the child they are looking after will not hurt themsleves in any way at all. Insurance can be very important in places like America. As in America if you have insurance you are going to be seen before the people without it. If you child breaks a bone or something like that the being seen first it going to be very beneficial. Waiting for hours in pain is even worse for a child. What is quite remarkable is that 15% of these people did not even know whether the child was even covered by an insurance policy at all.

The costs involved can be astronomical for you if you have to pay out to have medical care for your child.

The best advice is to really check to see if the child you are taking away with you has insurance. The cost is really not that great compared to what you will have to pay if someone happens abroad you your child requires medical attention.

Of course if you have insurance already for your child then why not get gadget insurance for something so that it can be covered over the summer months. It is also important to have home insurance as well as home emergency insurance to make sure that everything that could possibly go wrong with the home is actually covered.

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But mum have we got travel insurance?