Posts Tagged ‘ash cloud’

An Ash cloud future??

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

The time has come again for the results of the Globebloggers poll. And as you know it is all about the ash cloud. I am sorry to bring this all up again when the media frenzy finally appears to have subsided, but this is more about future holiday plans, than the ash cloud effect now. Luggage 3D

So the results are in. And the biggest impact of the ash cloud, with over 55% of the votes, is that people will check the small print of their insurance details more carefully. So this is actually a good result to have come out of the ash cloud problems. At AllClear we always say that it’s worth reading the small print to check the detail of the cover, whether for medical conditions or winter sports cover etc.

The second result, at 44%, is that the ash cloud has had no impact on future holiday decisions, which obviously is another positive! And there were no votes at all for the ash cloud causing people to stay in the UK for their next holiday, or to not book their holiday so far in advance. There was also no votes for people booking their travel insurance earlier.

So we are glad that the British spirit is winning through, and you are not letting it beat you for the enjoyment of your future holidays!

Some good news following the ash cloud?

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

As the ash cloud saga rumbles on, and we keep hearing people’s travel nightmare stories, we just wanted to provide a little bit of better news.

Here are some comments from people who have been affected by the volcanic ash cloud.

Moreen Hewson: I want to say a big thank you to your staff for the courteous, helpful, reassuring way they dealt with the transfer of my insurance policy.My holiday was cancelled due to the recent volcanic problems.I was given a rescheduled holiday later in the year, to my great relief your staff transferred the insurance policy  without fuss or worry to me. With Grateful Thanks

Daniel Wells: I went away on Thursday last week for what was meant to be a short break to Lisbon. But it actually ended up taking me as long to get home as the holiday itself! I was due to fly back Sunday night, but instead we had to hire a minibus for 3,300 Euros  and drive through Spain to Calais to get home. And it didn’t end there – we then had to queue 1.5 hours for our ferry tickets, finally arriving home 3 days after we set off. An awful expensive journey, which I really don’t want to repeat. Getting anything back from the airline directly seems to be difficult. But at least with my AllClear Travel insurance policy, I am eligible to make a claim.

Please let us know your experiences of the travel chaos, good or bad. And if you are now home, how your claims experience is going.

If you an AllClear policy holder, click here to find out more information about making a claim, or changing your holiday details