Travel insurance is a must even if you’re not accident prone

T ravel insurance may seem like one of those travel costs that one can simply overlook, and indeed if you are exceptionally healthy and are typically not accident prone, then you certainly can take the risk of travelling without insurance. However, a risk is exactly what it would be, because the dangers that lie on the other side of your border may not be at all what one is used to and as such it would not be advised to overlook travel insurance. Travelling is arguably one of the most exciting experiences one can embark on, and it also has the potential to be financially ruinous. There are transportation costs to be considered, accommodation as well as food and entertainment fit for an experience abroad. If one is on a shoestring budget the financial implications of travelling becoming even more glaring, so the possibility of adding one more expense to one’s travel budget is often not welcome with a warm embrace. However accidents have a funny way of happening at the most arbitrary times and places not before imagined. It and there’s nothing quite as unsettling as dealing with an emergency room episode while far from home. It is thus that travel insurance becomes more than just an option or added extra on ones travel expenses. It could possibly be the one thing that saves your travel experience from being an ER nightmare.