Responsible Travel Insurance News

January 2012: Improvements to Voyager's Hire Car Excess Insurance

If you are going abroad using a long stay travel insurance policy such as backpacker insurance or gap year cover you may decide to hire a car to explore the country you are visiting...
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December 2011: Older Travellers more likely to take a Gap Year

Recent research by Post Office Travel Insurance, according to the International Travel Insurance Journal, has found that in the UK more people in their late fifties are considering taking a GAP year than students are...
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November 2011: Long Stay Ski Travel Insurance

With the white stuff starting to fall in Europe, hopefully we will have a good year of snow for this year's ski season...
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October 2011: Keep Track of Important Info while Backpacking

If you are going away for an extended period of time backpacking sometimes you end up with lots of important phone numbers and other bits of information that you need on various pieces of paper, which over the course of a few months can easily get lost...
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October 2011: Is My Hire Car Excess Policy Valid?

We have heard reports of several car hire companies claiming that third party policies that cover a hire car's excess are not valid when renting one of their vehicles. Voyager Insurance Services...
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September 2011: Mandatory equipment for your vehicle in Europe

When travelling in Europe with your own vehicle, it is important to understand that different countries have different requirements in terms of what you must carry in your car at all times...
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August 2011: Gap Year Travel Insurance

Many commentators remarked that they expected a fall in Gap year applications this year due to the introduction of increased university tuition fees next year. Many students have opted to forego a year out in order to go to university this year to avoid the rise...
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June 2011: More cover,not less, needed for backpacking

There is little more exciting than going around the world backpacking on a GAP year or other sabbatical. However because travellers are going abroad for an extended period of time they need to think carefully about their travel insurance requirements...
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June 2011: European Breakdown Cover

While the economic conditions remain difficult many people are opting to holiday in Europe, saving further by taking their own vehicle abroad...
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June 2011: Insurance for Weddings Abroad

With the unpredictability of the UK weather, an increasing number of couples are deciding to get married abroad. The promise of good weather, exotic locations and cheaper wedding costs are big factors when couples decide whether to get married at home or abroad...
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