# Recommend travel insurance?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-travel-insurance/568993>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 26, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-travel-insurance/568993 "2011-01-26T00:34:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-travel-insurance/568993/1 "2011-01-26T00:34:41Z")

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My family and I are planning a trip to England this summer. Can anyone recommend a good travel insurance provider?

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-travel-insurance/568993/2 "2011-01-26T01:39:53Z")

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Before you buy insurance, you should first check what your current health insurance covers for overseas trips. Some of them provide pretty comprehensive coverage already. ETA: Assuming you haven’t already, sorry.