A riotous holiday may not always be in your best interests

>occurred in 2006 in the Lebanon, most of us will have
Riots, civil unrest, civil war maybe! The New Yearto rely on tour operators and local representatives to
headlines are full of commotion in Pakistan and Kenyalook after us when on holiday.
and even the odd national strike nearer to home. AllThis is where a good travel insurance policy comes
are reminders of what can happen unexpectedly oninto play because when it all starts to go wrong on
holiday. What can start as a normal holiday break canholiday, you need to have something to fall back on
quickly deteriorate leaving holidaymakers isolated,to get you out of trouble. But please be aware that
often helpless and in some cases endangered throughmost travel insurance providers will have general
no fault of their own.exclusion clauses when it comes to civil unrest,
The term ‘far away places’ normallydisturbances, terrorist acts and war so it does pay to
conjures up visions of palm tree beaches in sultrycheck your policy wording. Generally, medical
exotic locations but the true fact is that cheap longexpenses and medical repatriation will be included
haul air travel has opened up the globe as neverwithin your travel insurance policy but if you want to
before. Whilst this is good news for all holidaybe covered for all eventualities then you will have to
makers, at the same time it comes with an increasingpay an increased premium for this. Thankfully the
risk of being mixed up in local strife and disturbances.chances of being caught up in these types of
Whilst the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office willincidents are still very slight, and even when they do
be giving out important travel advice and, in extremis,strike, they tend to be away from the main tourist
will have contingency plans in place to extract Britishdestinations.
nationals should it ever be deemed necessary, as