Travel insurance: Medical nightmares This is Money
You've booked your summer holiday, checked the volcanic ash is blowing in the right direction and you're all set for a fantastic few weeks in the sun.
So what can possibly go wrong? Almost anything, says travel doctor Ben MacFarlane. He's one of the medics travel insurers have on standby 24/7 to help bring holidaymakers back home after disasters abroad. Over the past few years he's helped rescue scores of people after sudden illnesses, freak accidents and all the other things that can go wrong on the beach, by the pool or even up at 35,000 feet.
Ben's written up a year's worth of travel disasters in his first book, Holiday SOS, but here's a preview of the three most common ways a dream holiday can turn into a nightmare.
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