Published June 19th, 2007
in Insurance and Pre-Trip Planning.
Travelling may afford one the opportunity to run around scantily clad without a care in the world, but hidden away in all of our tatty old backpacks should be a piece of paper worth it’s weight in kobe beef. The Insurance Policy, we simply love to hate them. I say there “should be” one hidden away, as I know there are people who choose to shun the phenomenon with hippyesque (new world alert) regard. My advice; do so at your peril.
I can’t say I enjoyed the whole experience, at times I wanted to eat the computer mouse and rub my head neurotically against the monitor. In fact I’m doing it right now… mmmm, monitor. The fact of the matter is, insurance was a necessary evil and I wasn’t going to let it get me down. You may have noticed the shameless plug adorning the sidebar, which kind of gives away my choice of insurers, so you can lay down your drums as the roll is now ruined. Continue reading ‘I’m literally, a World Nomad.’
Published May 9th, 2007
in Insurance and Pre-Trip Planning.
It’s taken me a long time to realise this, but I think we’re at the stage where I can trust you not to go telling the world my secret;
My name is Anthony Stone, I’m 24 and I am a travel addict.
I spent nearly 2 hours yesterday reading a 2.5 year old thread on travel insurance. To save you the hassle I can summarise, use World Nomads or STA Travel. I know this contradicts yesterdays post about STA being overtly expensive (£795p/a!), but being a never-stay-down kind of guy, I rang them back and made a fresh enquiry. I spoke to the splendidly flirtatious Vicky about the pro’s and con’s (explaining my camera quandary) of the different packages she had experienced and she then proceeded to provocatively depress the buttons on her pink calculator before flicking her hair back (in slow motion) and relaying the price as a much more attractive, £274 (12mths exc USA). Continue reading ‘Sure, I’ll ensure I insure’
