{"id":9685,"date":"2013-03-06T03:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T02:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/?p=9685"},"modified":"2022-01-25T17:33:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T16:33:41","slug":"travel-insurance-for-your-french-carp-trip-a-mere-necessity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/travel-insurance-for-your-french-carp-trip-a-mere-necessity\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Insurance for your French Carp Trip \u2013 a Mere Necessity!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>You\u2019ve booked the perfect holiday \u2013 but will you get there?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t begin to tell you how much I hate this topic! \u00a0But once again I feel it really necessary to get this message out there.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a sales tactic and I have to admit I have an inherent dislike of insurance companies.\u00a0 \u00a0I pay a fortune out in my premiums year after year and really never seem to have to claim. \u00a0\u00a0So on my balance books, insurance companies simply win out every time. \u00a0\u00a0However, having seen how many problems can occur, I\u2019m hastily \u2018touching wood\u2019, knowing I should be grateful I have not had to claim.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9693\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9693\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9693\" alt=\"Carp Fishing in France\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/03\/fishingatmolyneux-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/03\/fishingatmolyneux-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/03\/fishingatmolyneux-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/03\/fishingatmolyneux.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Action at Molyneux<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But, \u00a0and this is an enormous&#8230;<b>BUT, <\/b>\u00a0my experience in this business has taught me that Insurance is important and should be high on the list of necessity before even a new bait boat or set of rods. \u00a0Time after time I see instances where job losses, illness or even worse causes havoc and all at a time when people really could do without the stress and can least afford it.<\/p>\n<p>The main parts regarding holiday insurance cover are as follows. \u00a0So get your insurance and make sure the policy gives your group the cover it needs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cancellation of the holiday in certain circumstances<\/li>\n<li>Medical expenses and repatriation if necessary<\/li>\n<li>Cover for tackle and theft (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Cover for additional costs if a disaster should happen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Insurance can cover all these things so it needs to be taken around the time <b>you<\/b> <b>book <\/b>&amp; not just before you are due to travel.\u00a0<!--more--> The preconception that insurance is just in case you have medical expenses abroad is very flawed. \u00a0The preconception that a problem rarely occurs and it will probably all be alright is also seriously flawed. \u00a0\u00a0I can cite countless instances where this belief has caused huge problems. \u00a0Usually and very sadly when someone loses their job or becomes seriously ill and the holiday cannot be taken. \u00a0The problem is not just for the individual concerned but the knock on effect for the whole group can be disastrous&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The problem is when you pay your deposit and reserve a holiday you enter into a contract. \u00a0It means that if you default on taking the trip you may lose your deposits paid. \u00a0We can\u2019t simply say to a lake they won\u2019t get paid because someone in the group fell ill etc.<\/p>\n<p>Insurance is for unforeseen circumstances, it is important and when people book particularly in groups, a lot is taken on trust by the organiser, and so often it can all fall down.<\/p>\n<p>Time and time again I see people get caught out&#8230; So don\u2019t let it happen to you. You can get insurance anywhere now, even the main supermarket but here is a link to the company we deal with if you want to take a look. <\/p>\n<p>Be insured and assured of a great trip!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Bridget Dawson, Sales Director.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a title=\"Carp Fishing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/Holly-Pools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carp Fishing<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/Holly-Pools\/\" class=\"kblinker\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More about Holly Pools &raquo;\">Holly Pools<\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve booked the perfect holiday \u2013 but will you get there? I can\u2019t begin to tell you how much I hate this topic! \u00a0But once again I feel it really necessary to get this message out there. This is not a sales tactic and I have to admit I have an inherent dislike of insurance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[835,190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-first-carp-fishing-trip-to-france","category-general-interest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9685"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30176,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9685\/revisions\/30176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}