ON OUR SIDE WHEN IT MATTERED!

Travel insurance for all their medical conditions helped Sheila when her husband fell seriously ill in Portugal . . .

SUMMER is finally here — and many of us are looking forward to a longawaited holiday. So if you’re due a welldeserved break, what’s the best way to ensure peace of mind in case anything unexpected happens while you’re away?

It has to be taking out comprehensive travel insurance before you go, covering you for your medical conditions and also Covid-19, just in case.

AllClear believes that everyone deserves the right to travel.

It offers Superior Covid Cover (as rated by an independent consumer champion) on all its travel insurance policies, can cover all medical conditions, and has no upper age limit.

EXPLORE THE WORLD AGAIN

ASK Sheila Lowrie, whose husband was taken ill on a visit to Portugal (pictured) in 2017 to stay in their holiday home. She says: ‘He had Parkinson’s disease but was able to travel abroad.

‘However, he suddenly fell seriously ill in Portugal and was taken to hospital. You can imagine how traumatising it was.

‘After a few days, I rang up AllClear — and they were incredibly helpful, arranging for an air ambulance with a doctor and nurse to come and escort him all the way home to Newcastle, even taking him into the hospital.

‘AllClear’s staff were so good throughout the process, calling me up all the time and guiding me through everything. Their help and support meant so much to me.’

Sheila (inset with her husband) had herself suffered a heart attack back in 1990, so wanted travel insurance with a good level of medical cover.

‘To be honest, I sorted out our renewal just before going away to Portugal in 2017. Part of me thought: ’’‘Why do we even need travel insurance? We’re going to our apartment and if anything happens, can easily fly home.’’

‘Nonetheless, given our medical conditions I decided we should get properly insured. AllClear made it easy — they were friendly, and their medical cover was excellent. From my first contact with them, they were amazing.’

‘I would definitely recommend getting the right cover. It’s really not worth buying a cheap policy.

‘Having the best possible travel insurance makes you feel much safer abroad — and with AllClear everything is covered.’

Last September, Sheila travelled abroad for the first time since the COVIDCovid pandemic, returning to the apartment in Portugal.

She says: ‘I’ve taken out an annual multi-trip policy with AllClear. When it comes to travel cover, I’m not even going to look anywhere else.

‘It’s so much easier because they know you, understand your conditions and look after you when it matters. Having made that claim, I know how good the cover is and that is reassuring.’

She adds: ‘ When you take out insurance, you often think about what it costs, not what will happen if you need to make a claim.

‘When it mattered, AllClear’s team were on our side. They’ve been absolutely fantastic.’

AllClear has helped to cover more than three million travellers, and 97 per cent of customers on Trustpilot rate it as ‘excellent’ or ‘great’.

With AllClear’s travel insurance policies, you can explore the world again whatever your age or health, without the worry of unexpected medical or cancellation bills. To find out more, call 0800 640 4868 or visit allcleartravel.co.uk.