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iPad lost/stolen at hotel in Bulgaria

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  • 05bar76
    05bar76 Posts: 30 Forumite
    callum9999 wrote: »
    Without mincing words, that's an utterly stupid decision to take. All the people who have been bankrupted and stranded abroad said the same things before they left without taking out travel insurance... A ridiculous risk to take, especially as you can get it for virtually nothing - free in fact within Europe.

    Where do you get free health insurance for Europe?
  • taram_2
    taram_2 Posts: 46 Forumite
    My current multi-trip policy for the year for Europe is a grand sum of £12.85. It's not exactly going to break the bank!
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,869 Ambassador
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    If you insist on not having insurance and leaving valuables around your room, at least disguise them.

    http://www.navmat.co.uk/shop/product.asp?P_ID=227

    It amused me.
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  • 05bar76
    05bar76 Posts: 30 Forumite
    Interesting!
  • callum9999
    callum9999 Posts: 4,436 Forumite
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    05bar76 wrote: »
    Where do you get free health insurance for Europe?

    Nationwide.
  • callum9999
    callum9999 Posts: 4,436 Forumite
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    05bar76 wrote: »
    I disagree. The way you are talking sounds like a fear mongering insurance salesman.

    No, I'm talking about someone with a scrap of common sense...

    If you were embarking on a 2 year trip around the world and couldn't really afford to part with the large premium then it would still be stupid, but at least you'd have a reason. Risking bankruptcy and being stranded in a foreign hospital for the sake of a tenner is madness. It is NOT like the lottery. If you lose the lottery you don't lose anything. Lose the "insurance game" and you lose everything.
  • bazzyb
    bazzyb Posts: 1,586 Forumite
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    callum9999 wrote: »
    Nationwide.

    Please name at least one provider who provides free European travel insurance. I believe you are mistaken.
  • hollydays
    hollydays Posts: 19,812 Forumite
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    edited 1 December 2014 at 10:58PM
    budgetflyer wrote: »
    In reality, Bulgaria is the worst place for this to happen. Its run by m@f1a Failure to pay could result in lead boots in the river.
    Best advice.
    Pay up. Get a lost/stolen report. Deal with when u get home. Take hit in excess
    Glad you said it.
  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    bazzyb wrote: »
    Please name at least one provider who provides free European travel insurance. I believe you are mistaken.


    Nationwide does provide free European travel insurance - with some accounts anyway.
  • bazzyb
    bazzyb Posts: 1,586 Forumite
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    dzug1 wrote: »
    Nationwide does provide free European travel insurance - with some accounts anyway.

    Oh my bad, I didn't realise he meant Nationwide the bank, I thought he was saying it was available anywhere, i.e. 'nation wide'! Is that only with paid accounts, as other banks do, and therefore not strictly 'free'?
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