Worldcare Travel Insurance Recommend Travellers Read The Government's Safe Travel Website

Worldcare Travel Insurance recommend that intending travellers should take the time to read the Safetravel website, which provides official advice for New Zealanders living and travelling overseas and which can be accessed at https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/travel-insurance. Safetravel is an important source of information and is updated on a daily basis.

As the Safetravel website exhorts, it cannot be stressed strongly enough that people should not leave New Zealand without comprehensive travel and medical insurance. Treatment of a minor injury or a hospital admission can be very expensive in some countries, and the team at Worldcare recommend that people carry evidence of their insurance cover at all times, ensuring that it covers the activities they will be undertaking and any pre-existing medical conditions.

The Insurance Council of New Zealand provides more information on travel insurance and a list of Insurance Council members on their website - see more at: https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/travel-insurance#sthash.3tOxG9fb.dpuf .

People who leave the country without travel insurance from a reputable travel insurance company such as Worldcare can end up in sticky situations, require Embassy assistance or have to fundraise back home to pay for medical costs, as we have seen in the news recently. Staff at Embassies can give advice, with the aim of helping people with a lost or stolen passport and help them contact relatives or friends to request emergency funds. They can also provide a list of English-speaking lawyers, if someone is detained or arrested and can help with arrangements following a death overseas. They also help during crises, such as civil unrest and natural disasters.

However, Embassies will not pay hotel, travel or other bills, legal or medical expenses, or costs of returning a body to New Zealand. They can’t give legal advice, investigate a crime or get someone out of prison or get them better conditions in prison or hospital than a local citizen would receive.  Similarly, they don’t provide financial assistance, except in a real emergency and subject to very strict conditions.

Worldcare have been helping Kiwi travellers with low-cost, high-quality travel insurance for over ten years.  Buying travel insurance on their site is simple and secure. The 4-step purchase process takes less than five minutes and once completed you are covered immediately. You no longer need to call their helpline to have your pre-existing medical condition assessed – their new system integrates the assessment as part of your purchase process.

For more information please visit the website at http://www.worldcare.co.nz .