As any football fan will tell you, the World Cup is fast approaching. So is South Africa, the host nation, safer for holidaymakers than Spain or Germany, or should fans headed there be availing themselves of the stab-proof vests aimed at the World Cup tourist market? Ultimately it is up to the individual to decide but ...

Travellers who have been affected by the volcanic ash disruption face confusion over what, if anything, they can claim for on their travel insurance policies. Those who have been unable to get away because of flight cancellation have been offered the option to have a refund or to rebook their flight but prepaid hotels and hire cars are another concern for many. It seems that it is a m...

A small minority of foreign visitors to the UK come, unfortunately, to take advantage of the NHS. The Department of Health has now said that in order to stop this from happening in the future, new measures might be introduced that would require all travellers arriving in the UK to possess health insurance before they are allowed entry. Although the NHS provides free treatment to reside...

Despite the global economic downturn of the past year and the effect it has had on the travel industry, there is one sector that is thriving: cruises. Going against the grain of the travel industry as a whole, cruises actually seem to be growing in popularity. Why? The cruise industry has been particularly quick to encourage more people onto cruises through providing a huge variety of ...

More over 65s are breaking with convention and travelling further afield more frequently. That’s according to a new report by Age Concern Enterprises, which has pointed to the rise in sales of its travel insurance for the over 65s last year. It has revealed that annual worldwide travel insurance sal...