One in three people 'fly without travel insurance'
29 September 2011 16:02:40
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| Many holidaymakers fail to buy travel insurance. |
The discovery was made by budget airline Ryanair, which carried out a survey of 4,000 passengers.
Its research revealed that 46% of respondents had annual or multi-trip travel insurance, while 19% had bought single-trip cover.
However, the remainder of respondents had failed to compare travel insurance deals and buy any cover before setting off.
The survey also found that the vast majority of people who had gone to the trouble of buying travel insurance (82%) did not know whether they were covered for skiing, business travel or sports such as golf.
Meanwhile, 90% of uninsured travellers did not realise that medical repatriation flights back to the UK could cost them several thousands of pounds.
Stephen McNamara, a spokesman for Ryanair, urged passengers to purchase a travel insurance policy "that best suits their needs".
He added that people who buy insurance "travel safe in the knowledge their holiday, their possessions and their health is covered".
A recent survey by Post Office Travel Insurance found that just one in four people planning an extended gap year had purchased a specialist policy, while only two-fifths of those with a specific gap year policy had read the terms and conditions to see what cover they had.
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