It really sucks to have a bad experience when you’re travelling. If you haven’t yet had your bags lost or become sick in a foreign country, hang in there, it will happen to you. Sorry to burst your happy place bubble but that’s just the way the cookie crumbles with travelling.
There are hundreds of travellers’ “horror” stories on the internet, but skip those … go to the stories which had a happy ending thanks to travel insurance.
Yip, travel insurance can literally save your life.
Ask the guy who fell from a Mayan pyramid in Honduras in 2010, gashing his knee to the bone, and who got hit with a serious bout of food poisoning in Tunisia and again in Thailand.
All three were serious medical emergencies and without travel insurance, he wouldn’t have had access to the right treatment or would have had to fork out thousands for it.
There are lots of types of travel insurance available but not all of them offer proper coverage. There is only one thing worse than a dodgy stomach in the middle of the desert somewhere and that’s finding out your travel insurance isn’t quite what you thought it was.
Find travel insurance in South Africa to suit your needs before you head off on your next adventure or big business deal.
As with other insurances, cheap and affordable aren’t the same thing. Cheap travel insurance is likely to be nasty too. Paying a few extra bucks for the right insurance could save you thousands down the line.
You can be insured for a multitude of things – in fact, almost anything under the sun. The main thing is to find travel insurance in South Africa which fits your itinerary and lifestyle before you head off.
Medical is a priority, so think about things like being insured for pre-existing medical conditions or perhaps you need top-up medical cover. This is particularly important for elderly travellers. Hollard offers senior travel cover with many good benefits for those up to the ripe old age of 81.
If you’re travelling as a family or in a group you can also get cover tailored to this and if some family members are adrenalin junkies, make sure you slot in extreme sports cover.
Have you ever considered that you could have to cancel a trip due to ill health? All that hard-earned money down the drain … not if you have travel insurance.
And, don’t let flight delays, lost baggage or your camera being damaged put a damper on your plans. With the right travel insurance, you’ve got it covered.
You could also find your travel plans thwarted by bad weather, a strike or, heaven forbid, a terrorist attack. In the world we live in today these things aren’t urban legends any longer – they’re real and happening all over the world.
Hollard can also cover you for death or disability and the repatriation of mortal remains. Find travel insurance in South Africa that suits your needs at Hollard. Call us today.
