No travel ins - when will people learn?!

[Heathwood]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gx57j38ljo

This is a pretty bizarre thing to have happened and I do feel for the poor girl who needs multiple operations, but why do people continue to take the risk of not taking out travel insurance?

[Douglas Quaid]

What a shame.


Eating pizza in turkey. They have such good local food it is a real shame to avoid it and instead go for the pizza.

[Hugo Stiglitz v2]

Someone who of any age with a condition that requires constant meds or if it goes wrong requires significant intervention = unobtainable travel insurance costs........

Edited by Hugo Stiglitz v2 on Sunday 10th November 15:07

[TeamD]

Hugo Stiglitz v2 said:

Someone who of any age with a condition that requires constant meds or if it goes wrong requires significant intervention = unobtainable travel insurance costs........

Edited by Hugo Stiglitz v2 on Sunday 10th November 15:07

Having had my related thread closed on NP&E I guess that I'll contribute here instead....

Do you have evidence that the person who got landed upon fit the category that you describe?

[djc206]

Hugo Stiglitz v2 said:

Someone who of any age with a condition that requires constant meds or if it goes wrong requires significant intervention = unobtainable travel insurance costs........

Edited by Hugo Stiglitz v2 on Sunday 10th November 15:07

You can still obtain insurance it will just refuse to cover that particular condition/eventuality.

Besides which in this case a single trip family policy for a week in Turkey would cost less the meal they were eating. Morons.

[TeamD]

The question is where the person that landed upon her has gone? No liability insurance for paragliders in Turkey? Or is it inshallah?

[Downward]

So make the tit on the paraglider and the company running it pay ffs.

[Heathwood]

It’s an interesting point about the paraglider’s liability.

I’ve been to Olu Deniz and did a paraglide. Due to the benefits of the geography / thermals, there are loads of companies providing tandem paraglides. At any point in time, there are dozens in the air, with the main players having marked landing areas on the beach, which they land on with pin point accuracy time after time.

I would be surprised, therefore, if it was one of these that went so wrong. More likely I would have thought to have been an individual. Everything else being equal, I’d have thought it less likely that they’d have any sort of liability insurance, but who knows?!

[loskie]

It's VERY sad for the young 'un.


BUT


Yep they'll expect everyone else to fork out instead of taking travel insurance. Which would have been the responsible thing to do but no. Probably happier spending money om fake nails and lip fillers.

[TeamD]

Heathwood said:

It’s an interesting point about the paraglider’s liability.

I’ve been to Olu Deniz and did a paraglide. Due to the benefits of the geography / thermals, there are loads of companies providing tandem paraglides. At any point in time, there are dozens in the air, with the main players having marked landing areas on the beach, which they land on with pin point accuracy time after time.

I would be surprised, therefore, if it was one of these that went so wrong. More likely I would have thought to have been an individual. Everything else being equal, I’d have thought it less likely that they’d have any sort of liability insurance, but who knows?!

But why?

I fly a 249g drone and still have to have public liability insurance, as opposed to an entire person flying, I know which I'd rather have land on my head

[borcy]

They won't learn, they'll always be dozens/hundreds per year that end up paying out of pocket.

[heisthegaffer]

This is a very unfortunate situation but whenever I book holidays or flights I'm pestered to buy their travel insurance and as others have said, it's so cheap and I can't understand why you wouldn't buy it.

[Heathwood]

TeamD said:

Heathwood said:

It’s an interesting point about the paraglider’s liability.

I’ve been to Olu Deniz and did a paraglide. Due to the benefits of the geography / thermals, there are loads of companies providing tandem paraglides. At any point in time, there are dozens in the air, with the main players having marked landing areas on the beach, which they land on with pin point accuracy time after time.

I would be surprised, therefore, if it was one of these that went so wrong. More likely I would have thought to have been an individual. Everything else being equal, I’d have thought it less likely that they’d have any sort of liability insurance, but who knows?!

But why?

I fly a 249g drone and still have to have public liability insurance, as opposed to an entire person flying, I know which I'd rather have land on my head

Just making the point that a business is more likely to be insured than a random individual. I could, of course, be wrong.

[fridaypassion]

Travel insurance isn't even expensive. I have to use a specialist broker due to a funky medical situation but it's not that expensive. For a young whippersnapper it's cheaper than a round of drinks.

[darreni]

There have been loads of similar no insurance cases (though not involving a paraglider!), it seems common not to bother with insurance & just have a gofundme/ justgiving page when things go wrong.

[Hoofy]

Out of interest, what happens if they don't have the money? Wheel her out into the street, tip her on the floor and take their trolley back in?

I mean, yes, no self-respecting PHer would sniff at dropping £45k just like that and probably spends that on a big night out (cokes and hookers) but a non-PHer might be on NMW and already broke/relying on foodbanks. What happens to them?

[Heathwood]

darreni said:

There have been loads of similar no insurance cases (though not involving a paraglider!), it seems common not to bother with insurance & just have a gofundme/ justgiving page when things go wrong.

Yep, and they’ve got £24k already, so where’s the incentive for people to take any responsibility and buy travel insurance?

[TeamD]

Hoofy said:

Out of interest, what happens if they don't have the money? Wheel her out into the street, tip her on the floor and take their trolley back in?

I mean, yes, no self-respecting PHer would sniff at dropping £45k just like that and probably spends that on a big night out (cokes and hookers) but a non-PHer might be on NMW and already broke/relying on foodbanks. What happens to them?

Maybe not go on holiday unless you can afford it?

[TeamD]

Heathwood said:

Just making the point that a business is more likely to be insured than a random individual. I could, of course, be wrong.

I think you'll find that you are...flying is no different to driving, requires insurances. That said, I wonder if the lass in question reckons car insurance is optional too?

[Heathwood]

TeamD said:

Heathwood said:

Just making the point that a business is more likely to be insured than a random individual. I could, of course, be wrong.

I think you'll find that you are...flying is no different to driving, requires insurances. That said, I wonder if the lass in question reckons car insurance is optional too?

Are you basing this on UK or Turkish legislation?