Travel insurance / protect post Brexit holiday

happy2bhere

We’ve putting together a family holiday for travel in April 2019. Tbh, I’m a little anxious of the timing of our travel (post Brexit) and would be really grateful for advice around how we can best protect our bookings.

We’ve booked accommodation through Air bnb, with a full cancellation option so all ok there. We’ve also bought easyJet flights - the basic cheap fare, with no cancellation option. We’ll be looking to book car hire soon.

In terms of travel insurance, do policies usually cover flight cancellations and car hire cancellations (as a result of not being able to fly)? Is there anything I need to be aware of when buying travel insurance? Any there any specific terms I should be looking out for?

EDIT
I’ve now done a quick search on compare the market for travel insurance and was concerned to see that “you do not know of any reason why this trip may be cancelled’ was included in the statement terms....

mgdavid

What's your destination ?

happy2bhere

mgdavid wrote: »

What's your destination ?

Tenerife

peachyprice

What do you think will happen after Brexit that would mean UK citizens were unable to travel to the EU?

EU countries make billions out of UK tourists, there is no way in the world member states would agree to a ban of UK tourists or restrict flights from the UK.

bradders1983

happy2bhere wrote: »

We’ve putting together a family holiday for travel in April 2019. Tbh, I’m a little anxious of the timing of our travel (post Brexit) and would be really grateful for advice around how we can best protect our bookings.

We’ve booked accommodation through Air bnb, with a full cancellation option so all ok there. We’ve also bought easyJet flights - the basic cheap fare, with no cancellation option. We’ll be looking to book car hire soon.

In terms of travel insurance, do policies usually cover flight cancellations and car hire cancellations (as a result of not being able to fly)? Is there anything I need to be aware of when buying travel insurance? Any there any specific terms I should be looking out for?

EDIT
I’ve now done a quick search on compare the market for travel insurance and was concerned to see that “you do not know of any reason why this trip may be cancelled’ was included in the statement terms....

Aye because the insurers wont know about Brexit until you tell them

jamesbrownontheroad

peachyprice wrote: »

What do you think will happen after Brexit that would mean UK citizens were unable to travel to the EU?

In short, it's because the UK's position on civil aviation (published this week) and the current position of EASA are diametrically opposed. The UK government wants to continue to enjoy the benefits of full EASA membership (which ends on 29 March 2019) without being under the jurisdiction of the ECJ.

The CAA has published this guidance for the civil aviation industry. Perhaps more revealing is this thread on the Professional Pilots Rumour Network (PPRuNe) which has been going for many months now. There are contributions from members of all political leanings and none, but you will notice that the trend is not positive, and many crew are now actively looking to have their UK licenses etc converted or re-issued by EU member states.

The worst case scenario, as summed up in the PPRuNe thread title, is that pilots, crew, etc with UK licenses and certificates will no longer be permitted to operate flights to/from EU countries, nor could aircraft with British registrations serve these routes. If that happens, and BA's European flights are grounded, you can be damn sure they will petition the UK government to reciprocate and block EU carriers from enjoying unfettered access to UK airports.

For now - check your travel insurance.

AlexMac

I've deliberately just booked a holiday in Spain for May '19, a few weeks after Brexit; partly cos it was cheap (good old Brittany Ferries' 20% early booking discount on their already cheap ferry/holiday packages) partly just to make the point.

The idea that the Spanish will be refusing landing to aircraft (or in my case, a French ferry) crammed with 18.8 million p.a. British tourists (and their euros) out of spite is farcical; it'll be all right on the night.

And I can't see other European holiday-makers taking up the slack and filling the 1.88 billion Euros Brit-spend hole in Spain's economy;

https://www.statista.com/statistics/447683/foreign-tourists-visiting-spain-by-country-of-residence/

and

https://elpais.com/elpais/2015/04/27/inenglish/1430145594_694570.html

Certainly not the Belgians; less than 2.5 million of whom visited last year?

So- Don't Panic!

zagfles

AlexMac wrote: »

I've deliberately just booked a holiday in Spain for May '19, a few weeks after Brexit; partly cos it was cheap (good old Brittany Ferries' 20% early booking discount on their already cheap ferry/holiday packages) partly just to make the point.

The idea that the Spanish will be refusing landing to aircraft (or in my case, a French ferry) crammed with 18.8 million p.a. British tourists (and their euros) out of spite is farcical; it'll be all right on the night.

And I can't see other European holiday-makers taking up the slack and filling the 1.88 billion Euros Brit-spend hole in Spain's economy;

https://www.statista.com/statistics/447683/foreign-tourists-visiting-spain-by-country-of-residence/

and

https://elpais.com/elpais/2015/04/27/inenglish/1430145594_694570.html

Certainly not the Belgians; less than 2.5 million of whom visited last year?

So- Don't Panic!

Well obviously Spain isn't going to want to lose UK tourists, but you think that'll be enough to circumvent the bureaucratic mess a no deal Brexit would create in aviation?

But for this reason and others, we should get a deal as it would be in no-one's interest not to. Despite all the simpletons here who think we should just walk away without a deal.

slopemaster

Don't know whether they do Tenerife, but we always use Auto Europe for car hire; good prices, and you can cancel until 48 hours before arrival with no penalty. (I have done this is the past and been refunded with no problem)