UK holidaymakers suffer baggage losses at UK airports
If ever there was a prime example of the requirement to insure both yourself and your goods as you look to travel overseas on holiday, the announcement that 42 million bags were lost by the airlines in 2007 should be proof enough. The situation appears to have worsened over the last few years as air travel around the world, and especially the UK, has mushroomed as economies boomed.
While the vast majority of the lost baggage was eventually returned to its rightful owner a substantial 1.2 million apparently disappeared forever. The airlines obviously have insurance for these situations but it can be very difficult to prove exactly what was in your bag and the level of compensation required to replace lost items. This has led to more and more interest in far-reaching travel insurance which will ensure that consumers are not disadvantaged if their goods are lost in transit.
Travel insurance on the whole is a necessity rather than an option for many even though a number of UK holidaymakers have been trying to cut corners and costs by ignoring the requirement for travel insurance when going abroad. As we have covered a number of times in the past, this is very often a false economy as it can cost significantly more if problems are encountered overseas without insurance cover.
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