When taking a year out to go travelling always remeber to get your travel insurance. 30,000 or more students every year defer their entry to university and take the opportunity to travel and go backpacking. Make sure you have organised a travel insurance policy before you travel, the last thing you need is to spend all your hard saved money on unessesary bills like medical expenses.

One example: a person in a coma as the result of an accident on holiday could be looking at a bill of over £40,000 should they need to be flown back to the UK, that's just for the flight. With no travel insurance such a huge amount could mean the having to re-mortgage or worse sell a house to cover the costs. Just a broken leg an individual could be looking at a bill of around £10,000 not the kind of money you would like to give away.

Although it sounds extreme all travellers need to be aware of the risks taking by not having travel insurance. By taking out a policy with us you can be sure you are covered. Our comprehensive policies have been designed to cater for all needs at low prices.

Travelinsurance.co.uk understands that for backpackers every penny counts and offers some of the lowest cost highest value policies available on the internet.