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  Jun
  2009

• Tourist insurance - Save money by booking through internet deals

  
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Tourist insurance is a must for anybody planning to travel overseas. It has been reported that people planning on a vacation could save a lot of money in case they plan well ahead and look for beneficial deals on the internet.

Buying insurance from a travel agent could in fact cost you higher. However, 80% of the tourists buy the tourist insurance from their respective travel agents while they book their holiday. In this process, some of them become victims of the high-pressure high-premium sales techniques suggested by them.

In addition, people wrongly assume that if the tourist insurance is expensive, the quality of coverage is high. In fact, according to some reports, some of the expensive policies offered by very established travel operators offer very poor coverage for the insured.

Some of the travel agents refuse to book the holiday until they have a proof of tourist insurance. This compels tourists to buy the tourist insurance immediately from the agents themselves so that they can immediately start the booking process.

Every traveller should know that it is legal to still book your holidays and also travel without tourist insurance. However, every tourist insurance site ‘recommends’ to cover yourself with a ‘tourist insurance plan’ only to protect you in case of any unforeseen incidents or emergencies.