GOASIAPLUS January 2017
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FYI<br />
TRAVEL INSURANCE:<br />
“Do I Have To?”<br />
IT’S ONLY FAIR TO THINK THAT<br />
TRAVEL INSURANCE IS TOTALLY<br />
UNNECESSARY, BECAUSE FIRST,<br />
YOU THINK IT’S A WASTE OF<br />
MONEY, AND SECOND, YOU<br />
PROBABLY WON’T USE IT UNLESS<br />
SOMETHING HAPPENS. EVEN<br />
MORE SO DO YOU REALLY WANT<br />
TO WAIT TILL YOU CRASH INTO A<br />
TREE TO FINALLY REALISE THAT<br />
YOU SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT?<br />
WELL HERE IS THE LOWDOWN<br />
ON WHY YOU SHOULD MAKE<br />
TRAVEL INSURANCE A CRUCIAL<br />
PART OF YOUR TRAVELLING.<br />
WHY IS TRAVEL INSURANCE WORTH IT?<br />
If you can’t afford travel insurance, then you can’t really<br />
afford to travel either. Travel insurance is not like your<br />
typical health insurance. It covers you for any mishap<br />
that might happen while travelling. For example when you<br />
lose your travel documents and passport, when you have<br />
to incur additional expenses to buy a new flight ticket<br />
when your flight has been cancelled or that time when<br />
you accidentally knock someone with the motorcycle you<br />
rented in Bali. Let’s face it; a health insurance isn’t close<br />
to covering all that.<br />
In most cases, your travels will go without a hitch but<br />
if something goes wrong, the last thing you want to worry<br />
about is how you’re going to pay for that hefty hospital<br />
bill in a foreign country or for that transport back home<br />
that can cost you a bomb. Not forgetting the formalities<br />
that are involved. You really have no time or even the<br />
energy to think about those things.<br />
That said, a travel insurance is worth every penny.<br />
WORDS BY YASMIN KAMAL · PHOTOS BY GETTY IMAGES<br />
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