The start of the Beijing Olympics is fast approaching and, if you are one of the lucky 500,000 people expected to attend from overseas, it is well worth checking that you are adequately insured. Research carried out by moneysupermarket.com has revealed that almost 15% of us do not bother with travel insurance when holidaying abroad, with many of us seeing it as an added expense which we are wi...

We Brits may not have the reputation for being the most adventurous travellers abroad and yet more than one in three of us have taken part in a “daring” activity on holiday. Whether it is bungee jumping, hurling yourself out of a plane, white water rafting or zorbing (the latest craze in New Zealand where you roll down a hill in a huge ball, rather like a giant hamster), it is vit...

Recent research shows that a third of us have suffered from food poisoning whilst on holiday abroad. You may well think that this somewhat alarming figure is the result of us seeking ever more exotic holiday destinations. However, it is the ever popular and familiar Spain which comes out as the worst culprit, with 23% of the 2000 holidaymakers surveyed having experienced gastrointestinal probl...

Recent research carried out by Sainsbury’s Travel Insurance has delved into the holiday habits of Britons, and has produced some surprising results. The most interesting fact to come out of the research was that 15% of British adults (almost 7 million people) have never been abro...

In the aftermath of last year’s British summer which was a wash out, many holidaymakers have decided to head for some warmer weather this year. Anyone going to Spain though may well have been disappointed, with heavy rain on the Costas and the Balearic islands spoiling holidays for many travellers. So what can you do about it? Well, there’s no way of guaranteeing the sunshine but ...