Travel Articles
Useful travel information, destination guides and safety news for travellers living in the EU and EEA.
Buying Travel Insurance
Market surveys show that many people don't take out travel insurance. They believe that their credit card accident cover, home insurance, or private health cover is sufficient. However, it is unlikely that these will give adequate cover.
Alcohol and Drugs
Different countries have different attitudes towards alcohol and your behaviour may offend others. Try to recognise your limits and make sure that you are taking care of yourself
Passport and Visa When You Are Buying Travel Insurance
For your journey to be trouble-free you´ll need to make sure your passport´s in-date and in good condition. You´ll also need to have the right visas and documentation for all the countries you plan to visit before you go. If you don´t have the right paper work on arrival in a country, you won´t be let in!
Not Just a Vaccination Service
Most skin cancers are caused by long-term exposure to the sun, or to UV light, such as the use of sun beds, and could be prevented by minimising exposure to these sources, by regularly applying sunscreen, wearing long sleeved clothing.
Medical and Health Insurance
You may have to pay thousands of euros in medical costs if you fall ill or have an accident abroad. Most people are aware that medical care in USA is expensive, but many other countries also have expensive medical services.
What to Take if You Have Travel Insurance Policy
Just got an iPad or expensive digital camera for your birthday? Well, you might want to consider leaving them behind if you're going to be heading off on your gap travel. Here are some top tips on what to take with you when travel.
Yellow Fever Travel Insurance
Yellow fever (also called yellow jack, black vomit or vomito negro, or sometimes American Plague) is an acute viraldisease.It is an important cause of haemorrhagic illness in many African and South American countries despite existence of an effective vaccine.
Travel Health Insurance Newsletter - November 2007
50% of travellers get sick either while abroad or within the first 6 weeks of their return, usually due to travellers' diarrhoea. This is caused by human contact with food, as with food that has been handled a lot, such as hotel buffets.
Rabies Travel Insurance
Rabies is a horrifying disease, with a 100% death rate for those bitten by a rabid animal with no pre-exposure rabies vaccination. The disease is carried by a variety of animals, but a human is most likely to have contact with the disease through dogs, foxes and vampire bats.
Extreme Weather Brings Flood Chaos Round the World
Africa is experiencing its worst flooding for three decades. More than one million people have been affected by flooding in 17 countries - but in particular Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso.
