rubberrat Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 We usually take a standard multi-trip insurance with Flexi-Cover which covers trips of up to 30 days, used to be around £40-£60 for the two of us (aged 52 & 57 - no medical issues at all) We now want to take cover for up to 100 days away, and boy, does that shoot up in price! On-line quotes coming in at around £140+ Any good pointers for, say 100 days in Europe? The forum search brought up zero results - I would have thought this to be a common query.. Anyway, what do you have as cover, who do you use and what roughly do you pay as a couple? Its cold, I'm fed up and need to head South! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojitoes Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Try Saga- they do a 90 day policy. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberrat Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Saga come in at £147... 90 days seems to give insurers the scares! What about all you winter escapees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brom Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 We have cover from Pru Health - might be worth investigating, as they allow long periods away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 rubberrat - 2012-12-17 9:54 PM We usually take a standard multi-trip insurance with Flexi-Cover which covers trips of up to 30 days, used to be around £40-£60 for the two of us (aged 52 & 57 - no medical issues at all) We now want to take cover for up to 100 days away, and boy, does that shoot up in price! On-line quotes coming in at around £140+ Any good pointers for, say 100 days in Europe? The forum search brought up zero results - I would have thought this to be a common query.. Anyway, what do you have as cover, who do you use and what roughly do you pay as a couple? Its cold, I'm fed up and need to head South! I would have said that is a reasonable price for Ins. You will find that it gets MUCH more expensive when you are over 70. Does your house Ins cover for being away for that lenth of time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek pringle Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Hi Rubberrat, We find Tescos good and we have even had cause to make a claim a few years ago and they were excellent at dealing with it. They do long trip multi cover. It would be no good telling you what we pay as I do have medical issues which load the premiums. Another little plus for us is the points we gather on the premium go towards the cost of the tunnel to France. good luck derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickt Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I use Carefree , £102.00 each for one year multi trip. You can also have addons for world wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Part Time Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Re carefree £102 is the same basic price for 6 month long stay.( Any medical condition incurs a surcharge.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickt Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Just tried to book holiday with Thoms Cook , there insurance quote for the two of us is £230.00 for two weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Strachan Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Hi, We use the travel insurance that comes with the Pussy Cats RBS account, but we have extended it on a rolling year basis. Have used it once some time a go (pre-motorhome days) when we were delayed with an air traffic controllers strike, no problem reclaiming expenses incurred. Cheers and have a good trip when you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1footinthegrave Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 rubberrat - 2012-12-17 10:05 PM Saga come in at £147... 90 days seems to give insurers the scares! What about all you winter escapees? Perhaps they simply don't bother, and just rely on the EHIC, I have a friend the same age as me ( 67 ) who travels extensively and has never took out health insurance period. For myself I've always thought there is a nich market for a company to offer just reparation of a body service. :-S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderbirds Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 1footinthegrave - 2012-12-18 1:05 PM rubberrat - 2012-12-17 10:05 PM Saga come in at £147... 90 days seems to give insurers the scares! What about all you winter escapees? Perhaps they simply don't bother, and just rely on the EHIC, I have a friend the same age as me ( 67 ) who travels extensively and has never took out health insurance period. For myself I've always thought there is a nich market for a company to offer just reparation of a body service. :-S I think if you could raise the dead the premium would be more than £147. ;-) . Looks like another gem from the spell checker. Made me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1footinthegrave Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Wanderbirds - 2012-12-18 1:34 PM 1footinthegrave - 2012-12-18 1:05 PM rubberrat - 2012-12-17 10:05 PM Saga come in at £147... 90 days seems to give insurers the scares! What about all you winter escapees? Perhaps they simply don't bother, and just rely on the EHIC, I have a friend the same age as me ( 67 ) who travels extensively and has never took out health insurance period. For myself I've always thought there is a nich market for a company to offer just reparation of a body service. :-S I think if you could raise the dead the premium would be more than £147. ;-) . Looks like another gem from the spell checker. Made me laugh. Sorry I meant repatriation of a body,but I guess you knew that, glad I did not say resurrection ! :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I've just done a quick search of the forum using the keywords: 180 travel insurance and set the time period to: one year it came up with these: 180 day travel insurance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderbirds Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I knew what you meant and I wasn't extracting the Michael. I make similar errors myself, sometimes caused by predictive text, some by spell checkers and some quite simple by me. I love these unintended Malapropisms, they enrich my life greatly. Thank you for taking it so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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