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12-07-2010, 11:04 AM
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| | | Camera travel insurance
I am taking my 40D with 17-85mm lens on its first holiday next week (to Kephalonia for a week) and was wondering if someone can recommend someone to insure it with for that time. My general travel insurance only covers items up to £200 which is not enough!
Thanks for your help,
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12-07-2010, 01:39 PM
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| | | Re: Camera travel insurance
First thing I'd do is contact whoever you have your house insured with. Some companies will include your camera equipment for no extra charge.
I pay a few extra quid to insure some fairly expensive gear.
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12-07-2010, 01:59 PM
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| | | Re: Camera travel insurance
Hi Vaughnie
Travel insurance, in my opinion, is useless for things of value, by that I mean anything over a few pounds and even then you will have a large excess. Travel insurance is perfect for emergency medical things. I have no idea about travel insurance for cancellations as I have never had to claim on that.
Some years ago we had a family travel insurance with a well known company and one of the family became seriously ill while on holiday, was rushed to intensive care in a hospital in Europe, was on life support for nearly 2 weeks before being flown back to UK by air ambulance and into a UK intensive care unit. The insurance company took fantastic care and dealt with the whole thing including giving me daily updates in English as the hospital doctors would only talk to me in their language. Fantastic insurance company.
I kept with that company so some years later when I was robbed in Ecuador of all my cameras, passports, money and other valuables I made a claim, only the second time I had claimed and what a difference. As you know the valuables are limited to £200 less excess, passports were £50 less excess and we had to pay $250 for each passport in cash to the British Embassy in Ecuador to obtain new ones.
Lots and lots of arguing ensued on my return which I could not win. I spoke to my houshold insurer and they said they were covered under my houshold policy for the full amount less a much smaller excess.
Now as far as I am concerned the travel insurance is only useful for the emergency medical aid I require and all else will be covered, as far as I can see, on my all risks side of my houshold policy
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