Travel Insurance and Holiday Insurance Advice

Before You Travel

Make sure all passports, visas, vaccinations and health requirements are up to date(your should have at least 6 months left on your passport to travel abroad). Take all documents with you including travel insurance certificate, also make copies of all your documents to leave at home.
At home lock all doors and windows and cancel milk and newspapers, maybe get a neighbour to check your house every few days. Don't take large quantities of cash. Take travellers cheques and/or credit cards as you have more chance of recovering them if stolen.
Leave your valuable jewellery at home: do not be a target for thieves and muggers, and don't forget most travel insurance policies have single article limits . Make sure you have with you the emergency numbers to cancel your credit cards.

When you are travelling or on holiday

Don't leave your home address visible on your baggage, put something on your baggage so you can identify it as yours at a glance - a ribbon or coloured tape.
Keep all valuables, passports and money on you. Never pack these items in checked in baggage, especially your passport as you will need this to check in.

When you get to your destination

Check that the tap water is safe to drink. To be sure, drink bottled water and avoid ice cubes in drinks. Check that the electrical fittings and heaters etc. in your hotel room are safe, health and safety standards are not always to the same standard we have in the UK.
Never leave belongings unattended or with strangers, especially at airports, stations, on the beach or places of entertainment, or unattended in a vehicle.
At your hotel, keep valuables and cash in a safe deposit box or in the hotel safe. Please remember that you must obtain a police report in the event of any loss or theft. Original documents are required in order to settle your claim. Please make sure you photocopy them before you send them to the claim adjustors.