By Michael Challiner
Just over a month ago, my boyfriend and I decided to visit the beautiful city of Edinburgh for our 5 year anniversary. We live in Dorset, so we didn’t want to spend the whole time travelling. To make the trip easier on ourselves, we decided to fly there, and used a travel agent to organise the week long holiday. Imagine my surprise when I saw an additional £27.50 on the quote for travel insurance! We were only going to Edinburgh, not Pittsburgh!
I was offended that they thought we would be so stupid as to get travel insurance for a trip within the UK. They have hospitals in Edinburgh, and it really isn’t very far away. But later on, over a cup of hot chocolate, I put some more thought into it.
Holiday disasters can happen anywhere, not just abroad - so I made a list of what could feasibly go wrong:
· One of us could fall ill before we depart, we’d have no choice but to cancel the trip. The flights and the hotel were non-refundable, so we’d have to pay anyway.
· My Grandfather has been ill lately, if he got suddenly worse then I wouldn’t be able to go on holiday. Again, the trip would have to be cancelled.
· Either of us could be called up for jury service at any time.
· Flights are delayed and cancelled all the time. On top of the inconvenience, we may need to arrange an overnight stay near the airport.
· Anything could happen to our luggage, airlines lose suitcases all the time.
· My boyfriend bought me a wonderful digital camera as a present, if I lost it, it would be very expensive to replace.
Hang on a minute, what about our Home
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