Potential EU holiday booking and travel insurance - Holding back?

katejo

I currently don't have a travel insurance policy or any bookings but I am planning a trip in the near future (before the end of 2016). Is anyone else holding back from booking until we have the Leave/Stay result? I wonder whether it is worth buying an Annual policy for Europe at the moment. Also whether passports will be accepted in EU countries if Brexit wins.

Teahfc

Come Friday no matter what the result of the referrendum is the UK will still be a part of the EU, it is not a straight forward in or out come Thursday's vote. Will be all sorts of hurdles to overcome followed by possible legal contention from the losing party.
Book and take out what's best deal at time for you insurance wise.
If you travel regular then opt for a annual if not then do a single.
Passports will not be an issue for many many months even in the event of a out vote.

peachyprice

Why wouldn't British passports be valid in the EU?

It won't make a jot of difference for the foreseeable future whether we decide to stay or leave. If we vote leave they're not going to stop us travelling on the 24th and never will, we didn't need visas for European countries before be joined the common market, we won't if we leave. Can you imagine the likes of Spain, Greece, Portugal agreeing to UK holiday makers needing visas? Not going to happen.

Gloomendoom

katejo wrote: »

I wonder whether it is worth buying an Annual policy for Europe at the moment.

You would be buying a policy for Europe as a geographical entity, not a a political one.

It won't make a blind bit of difference when you buy it, the European continent won't move.

katejo

Gloomendoom wrote: »

You would be buying a policy for Europe as a geographical entity, not a a political one.

It won't make a blind bit of difference when you buy it, the European continent won't move.

Yes I know that I am buying for a geographical entity but insurance would be affected if the EHIC cards were no longer valid. i am not saying that this will happen but there have been so many claims made by both parties during the campaigns......

phatbear

katejo wrote: »

Also whether passports will be accepted in EU countries if Brexit wins.

Australia, america, canada etc etc etc arent in the EU and we accept their passports are you under some illusion that if we are no longer in the EU that we will cease to exsist and worldwide there will be thousand of people stranded at airports because local immigration wont let them in or out?

peachyprice

katejo wrote: »

Yes I know that I am buying for a geographical entity but insurance would be affected if the EHIC cards were no longer valid. i am not saying that this will happen but there have been so many claims made by both parties during the campaigns......

If the EHIC was no longer valid insurance policies would just revert to the way they were before the EHIC existed, you'll no longer have to use an EHIC to mitigate a claim.

What do you imagine is going to happen? That all insurance policies would be invalid?