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What travel insurance for the Pyrenees?
I'm off to the Pyrenees for 2 weeks, so what travel insurance do I need? As I'm going off road, do I need a special Overland insurance? I'm worried that the standard travel/medical insurance is not sufficient?
So what travel/medical insurance have people taken out that have been to the Pyrenees, or even non UK based off roading for that matter?
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4th Jul 2013 10:42 pm
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Have a look at Trailfinders insurance, i use them for my foreign jollies. Got to get mind sorted for Pyrenees on Oct. Plus don't forget your European Health Card thingie (was E111).
5th Jul 2013 6:50 am
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Check motor insurance - some companies standard policies exclude Andorra Long succession of Disco's since 2001...
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we have LloydsTSB travel insurance for health and travel, and it doesn't matter where you go as its not linked to a vehicle but linked to you
if you have your E1-11 card with you then you are covered for medical issues as well under the NHS. not sure about Andorra, but if you are injured you could always stagger across the border to spain or France
http://ehicdirect.org.uk/covered.htmDuncan
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DiscoDunc wrote:
if you have your E1-11 card with you then you are covered for medical issues as well under the NHS. not sure about Andorra, but if you are injured you could always stagger across the border to spain or France
Don't forget the E1-11/EHIC does not cover the cost of the repatriation back home should that be necessary, so the correct travel insurance policy is still important.
For the best advice, speak to a local Insurance Broker, tell them what you will be doing while on holiday as some policies automatically exclude certain activities.
Most of the tracks we drove in the Pyrenees the last two years are driven my the locals in their Corsa's or whatever - some exceptions obviously - and the rozzers where in their normal car when we met them Mark.
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but i have been just up the road from the Pyrenees over the past phew days its very hot down there and take a camera, the views are stunning hope you enjoy the trip 2009 Discovery 3 HSE - Gone
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if you come back through Andorra , Grants whiskey is 6.90 Euros per Litre
decent single malts on the other hand are almost the same price as the UK Duncan
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but i have been just up the road from the Pyrenees over the past phew days 
its very hot down there and take a camera, the views are stunning 
