# Good, cheap travel insurance?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-cheap-travel-insurance/83672>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 25, 2001, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-cheap-travel-insurance/83672 "2001-09-25T12:44:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-cheap-travel-insurance/83672/1 "2001-09-25T12:44:52Z")

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I’m travelling to the US (LA) from October 18th - 30th from the UK and need some travel insurance. There are two of us, and we need only basic insurance - we’re on a very tight budget. Does anyone have any recommendations? Or even better, does anyone know of a site that compares different company’s insurance packages? Google searches haven’t yielded much, and I’d appreciate the help.

Fran

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**Author:** ![bwanasimba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@bwanasimba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bwanasimba)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-cheap-travel-insurance/83672/2 "2001-09-25T14:38:08Z")

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Hello Fran.

I am going to Saudi Arabia on October 13th. The cheapest insurance quote I got was through HSBC, but it was fairly comprehensive and for a family of four. Apart from that, the others I called were all pretty similar. I have found the online sites not very helpful, but there must be one or two good ones that someone will recommend soon.