BACKPACKERS - HIGH RISK TO PARENTS' BANK BALANCES

According to new research, it has been revealed that over the next 6 months, 250,000 young people will set out backpacking around the world, and that 1 in 3 will not be insured!

Backpackers are more likely to be injured because of the type of adventurous activities they take part in. The most common accidents are falling off mopeds, falling when drunk and diving into shallow water. Families will have to find the money to pay for medical bills that can easily rise to over £100,000 and homes and businesses are at risk.

For example, a young backpacker dived into shallow water in Australia and broke his neck. His medical bill rose to more than £150,000.

Long Stay policies are available for 12 months cover and will cover as standard a list of hazardous activities and can be sometimes extended to 18 months, policies are available online for a discount and policy details can be sent to the son/daughters mobile phone by SMS so they should never lose the policy details of who to phone in case of emergency as they are not likely to take the paperwork with them but they will always take their mobile phone.