Articles About Travel

Gap Year Advice For Worldwide Travel

If you are preparing to disappear around the world on a gap year adventure, finding cheap travel insurance, researching the laws of a country and drawing up an itinerary to give to friends and family are probably some of the furthest things from your mind, but they shouldn?t be. Gap years are all about adventure, building experience and getting some great memories, but a holiday that lurches from one disaster to another will provide adventure of a very different kind and give you the kind of memories that you?d rather forget! As a provider of cheap worldwide travel insurance, I?ve dealt with all kinds of claims from people who have run into trouble while on holiday; here are my top tips to ensure that you have a safe and enjoyable gap year.

Get insured!

Single trip or annual travel insurance? Worldwide or for a specific destination only? There are plenty of options to consider when trying to get some cheap travel insurance for your year out, but remaining uninsured is not one of those options! From loss of belongings to missed flights, personal injury to cancellation costs, there are just too many things that could go wrong for it to be worth the risk of being uninsured.

When selecting your travel insurance make sure that it will cover you for all the activities you want to take, especially if you want to do some adventure travel. And if you are looking to make lots of smaller trips during your gap year rather than just one large one, consider investing in some cheap annual travel insurance ? the discounts can be significant.

Learn the laws and customs

Getting some comprehensive (but cheap!) travel insurance is an important first step to take when planning your gap year. Better still is making sure you won?t have to use it, and reading up on the laws and social customs of a country is one of the best ways of staying out of trouble. Many countries have very different attitudes to what you believe is normal behaviour ? get caught out and you can have a nightmare of a time trying to straighten things out. In many Arabic countries, for example, alcohol consumption can be a very serious crime, while in Thailand insulting the Thai royal family is a criminal offence. Make sure understand the cultural differences of any country you visit to avoid potentially dangerous gaffes.

Research where NOT to go

Understandably, most of your research before you go will be in trying to find the highlights of the countries you are visiting, but it is well worth swotting up on the holiday blackspots as well. Every city has rough parts that are worth avoiding, and in some countries there are entire regions that are no go areas for foreign travellers ? parts of Colombia and Pakistan for example. Stray into one of these blackspots and even your ?worldwide? travel insurance may be invalidated ? the Foreign Office website has a comprehensive list of the countries and regions where you shouldn?t go under any circumstances, so make sure your route doesn?t pass through any of them!

Avoid cowboy companies

Dodgy tour operators can cause serious headaches for both gap year travellers and the travel insurance providers who have to help clean up the mess they leave behind! Try and read some online reviews and word of mouth recommendations for any companies that you decide to go with, especially if you intend to take part in any potentially dangerous activities with them. The cheapest company out there won?t look like such a bargain when their shoddy equipment and under-trained staff land you in trouble!

Keep in contact

Keeping in touch with people back home may seem like a strange thing to give priority to while you are on a gap year, but it is worth it. Not only will it keep you on good terms with your worried parents and relatives, it will also allow you keep them updated with your itinerary so that they know where you are and what you are up to. This is especially important if you are going trekking or travelling away from civilization, so that if you go missing they?ll know to raise the alarm.

Patrick Chong is the Managing Director of Journey?s Travel. Their commercial travel insurance website, Insuremore, offers cheap travel insurance for families, singles, children and skiers with free cover against acts of terrorism and a quick and easy online claims feature.

Other Article Sites

findabook.com  moneycd.info  a-mortgage.info   about-lemon-laws.info  aboutstudentloans.info
all-about-publishing.info  auctions-articles.info  bestcollege-university.com  bestispconnection.com
biblefolder.com  blogger-website.com  books-used.info  brokers-guide.info  buywindows.info  cable-dsl.info
career-miner.com  carpel-tunnel.info  cashinaflash.info  cashloanreviews.info  casinobell.com  chat-house.info
clearmycredit.info  collegeloantips.info  crones.info  depression-articles.info   dirnic.net  dishguides.info
divers-below.com  expodog.info   financewizz.com  fire-insurance.info  getgood.info  handleit.net   it-idea.info
health-supplies.info  hosting-right.com  insidealert.com  insurance-facts.info  jobs-employment.info
justgood.info  lookgold.net   lowcost-travel.info  money-source.info  myhostzone.info  numisblog.com
peoplesearchfinder.info  pr-articles.info  realeas.com   refinancing-guides.info  spyware-remove.info
telelot.info  the-law.info   toppaid.info  travel-deals.info  travelcorrect.com  wedding-guide-site.com
your-blog.info  your-credit.info

MORE ARTICLES:

SATH Selects Travel Insured International As Its Preferred Travel Insurance Partner
SATH, the Society For Accessible Travel & Hospitality, has named Travel Insured International as its exclusive, preferred partner in providing travel insurance plans to SATH members, guests and partners.

Traveling by Train a Great Alternative to Ease Air Travel Frustration
IgoUgo.com: "2008 'The Summer of the Train'"

Travel Tours And Travel Insurance
If you are thinking of taking a vacation but you are not sure whether to take out travel insurance or not then this article is for you. Here you will find out the reasons why travel insurance is often an essential for every vacation that you take which will hopefully help you to understand whether or not you need it.

Journeys Travel Insurance Win "Best Travel Insurance Provider" at Travel Bulletin's 2007 Star Awards Ceremony
Journeys Travel Insurance have won the "Best Travel Insurance Provider" at this year's Travel Bulletin Star Awards for the fourth time. The company attribute their continued success to their new initiatives not only to Journeys but also to Insuremore, their commercial worldwide travel insurance company. Both are continuing to innovate with new measures recently introduced including terrorism insurance and instant web travel insurance claims. For more information about Insuremore, please visit http://www.insuremore.co.uk

CSA Travel Protection Spotlights Travel Insurance, New Passport Rules, Ski Season and Wave Season
CSA Travel Protection encourages consumers to "travel well and travel wisely," and in that spirit, offers up its Consumer TraveList, a periodic roundup of important travel notes and seasonal happenings. Equally important, the Consumer TraveList identifies how travel insurance enhances and safeguards vacations.

Association of Travel Insurance Intermediaries (ATII) Responds to UK Treasury Review on Travel Insurance
In their response to the Treasury review on Travel Insurance, the Association of Travel Insurance Intermediaries has identified that the main area of concern is the inconsistency of point of sale material provided to prospective purchasers of travel insurance by both regulated and non regulated outlets.

Discount Air Carriers And Discount Air Travel Transforming The Air Travel Industry
Why the Discount Carriers are Winning

FASTAFF Travel Nursing Offers Travel Nurses Rental Cars
For traveling nurses being able to explore their surroundings while on assignment is not an option, it's a requirement. For this reason rental cars are being offered on most FASTAFF travel nursing assignments.

Travel Threats Announces Initiative to Increase Safety and Security Awareness for Students Traveling Overseas
Travel Threats Student International Travel Safety (SITS) Program raises the knowledge level of students travling abroad concerning threats within countries being visited.

Squaremouth Travel Insurance Comparison Site Features New Travel Insured Product Enhancements
Squaremouth, the fastest growing travel insurance comparison site, today unveils a trio of travel insurance plans from Travel Insured International.

Cheap Travel Insurance: Why You Need to Be Covered When You Travel
If you travel often or book family holidays, youýll have been offered travel insurance Maybe you didnýt see the need at the time to pay for the extra insurance, and maybe you made a good call

1 Cover Travel Insurance: Five Ways to Choose Best Travel Insurance for Your Holiday
Travel insurance is one of those areas that mean nothing to you until you decide to hit the road - or the air - then suddenly every ad is for travel insurance and everywhere you look another company is touting for your business. So how do you choose the best insurance company and the best travel insurance for your unique traveling needs?

Leading Travel Insurance Comparison Site launches Plans From Travel Insurance Services
Squaremouth, the industry leader in travel insurance comparison shopping today adds Travel Insurance Services products to its lineup.

Travel Insurance For Peace Of Mind During Your Travels
Vacationing at least once in a year has become an integral part of many people's lifestyle and as such the travel insurance has gained in importance like never before.