Tag: TravelInsurance
Travel insurance – when a holiday turns into a hospital bill
Travel insurance is still too often treated as an optional extra. But when a medical emergency strikes while abroad, it can mean the difference between getting the care you need and facing potential overwhelming financial and practical fallout. Most travellers plan carefully for where they will stay, what they will pack and what they want to experience.
What the Middle East crisis is teaching us about managed travel
On Saturday, 28 February, war in the Middle East grounded three of South Africa’s key long-haul carriers: Emirates, Etihad and Qatar. As a result, the Middle East crisis disrupted major aviation routes. With airspace closed, thousands of travellers were stranded. They were either in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha, or at their destinations with return flights in question.
