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travel Insurance / Swine Flu

  • 29-04-2009 7:32am
    #1
    alibabba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭


    Going to Italy next month on holiday

    Just wondering if the swine flu got a grip in Europe and travelling restrictions came in with some countries, would I be advisable to have some travel insurance ?

    Does travel insurance cover you if you had to cancel your holiday because of the swine flu ?


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  • #2
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,155 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    You can only get a refund on an infectious disease fear if the Dept of Foreign Affairs recommends you not visit that country.

    If you had a holiday booked to Mexico you could get your money back but not for going to Italy.

    You are very unlikely to get swine flu travelling in Italy. The WHO say it actually unlikely to contract swine flu travelling in mexico but they recommened against it just in case.

    The Insurance company will not be coughing up Im afraid.*





    * I worked for 2 years in an Insurance company(Travel Insurance)


  • #3
    alibabba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭alibabba


    CHEERS


  • #4
    flikflak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭flikflak


    alibabba wrote: »
    Going to Italy next month on holiday

    Just wondering if the swine flu got a grip in Europe and travelling restrictions came in with some countries, would I be advisable to have some travel insurance ?

    Does travel insurance cover you if you had to cancel your holiday because of the swine flu ?

    You should have travel insurance anyway.


  • #5
    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    flikflak wrote: »
    You should have travel insurance anyway.
    Absolutely! It's a small price to pay and when you need it, it's priceless.


  • #6
    positivenote
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,337 ✭✭✭positivenote


    we're are going on our honeymoon to Hawaii in 7 weeks. we have yearly travel insurance... there are a load of activities i was going to pre book... do people recomend that i hold off on the bookings incase we get told not to travel? oh and will our insurance refund our internal flights booked seperately through a travel agent if its recomended that we dont travel?
    THanks


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  • #7
    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    positivenote wrote: »
    we're are going on our honeymoon to Hawaii in 7 weeks. we have yearly travel insurance... there are a load of activities i was going to pre book... do people recomend that i hold off on the bookings incase we get told not to travel? oh and will our insurance refund our internal flights booked seperately through a travel agent if its recomended that we dont travel?
    THanks
    Ask your insurer and/or check your policy. Nobody here can give you a difinitive answer.


  • #8
    tomcollins97
    Closed Accounts Posts: 951 ✭✭✭tomcollins97


    Regarding Swine Flu, carefully read your policy wording. For most polices to pay out the dept. of Foreign Affairs needs to raise the warning level to 'Do not Travel'. The current status is 'Avoid non-essential travel' which means you still have the choice to go.

    http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=452


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