Travel insurance and travelling to Amber list countries

[yogadeb]

So what do you think will happen to the usual annual travel policies many of us hold if we chose to travel to amber list countries ?

We have a Lv premier policy which is annual and will be calling them tomorrow to ask the question whether we are covered in a amber destination.

Any thoughts ?

[Big Belle]

I’ve been reading my Barclays travel pack and looks like I’m not covered as FCO advice is to not travel to Amber listed countries for leisure purposes.

[Guest]

Originally Posted by Big Belle

I’ve been reading my Barclays travel pack and looks like I’m not covered as FCO advice is to not travel to Amber listed countries for leisure purposes.

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I am not sure about this. For example we are off to Crete (allegedly) only a few days ago the guidance was changed, Greece advice against, Crete and a few others ok to travel.
But Crete and others not on green list. So is it a blanket ban in not being able to travel to amber countries or is it than you can travel after Xyz date but there are additional steps on return.

[Big Belle]

Originally Posted by FamilyGWales

I am not sure about this. For example we are off to Crete (allegedly) only a few days ago the guidance was changed, Greece advice against, Crete and a few others ok to travel.
But Crete and others not on green list. So is it a blanket ban in not being able to travel to amber countries or is it than you can travel after Xyz date but there are additional steps on return.

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Well hopefully the situation will change but that was what understand from the Barclays Travel Pack website and the FCO website this morning.

[RM2016]

The way I take it is, that it is advice not to travel to an Amber country. It is no longer against the law. Battle Face previously were doing cover for trips against FCDO advice so they are worth checking.

[yogadeb]

Hi all I’ve checked with my insurance and we are not covered as our fabulous government are staying on their website we SHOULD NOT travel for leisure reasons . This makes insurance invalid sadly .
Gutted so only option for us is to hope Mexico turns green by end of July when we are due to travel .

[harber78]

That’s really strange as I rang Nationwide Flexplus insurance and they said if foreign office advises against all but essential then they will cover for medical issues including if you get COVID but not covering cancellation.

Only if it says advises against all travel will they not cover anything.

I guess it’s that at the moment all travel insurance policy’s use the foreign office classification and now the department of transport has the red, amber and green classification.

It’s only illegal to travel up to 17 May so it’s a wait and see how insurance companies react now. Mine was happy when mentioning amber country but it had only just been announced so May change.

[folkie]

Our concern is what happens if you're out in an amber country that then turns red before you return. I doubt it'll be easy to get insurance to cover the hotel stay on return if that happens.

We were going to book Greece for September as quarantining at home is no problem for us (we both work from home anyway). But we don't want to risk it now as who knows what will happen between now and then, so we're going to Scotland instead. We don't want the uncertainty and would be worrying about it constantly. We'll just have to pack a rather different set of clothes! Greece isn't going anywhere so we'll get our foreign holiday next year instead.

[RM2016]

Originally Posted by folkie

Our concern is what happens if you're out in an amber country that then turns red before you return. I doubt it'll be easy to get insurance to cover the hotel stay on return if that happens.

We were going to book Greece for September as quarantining at home is no problem for us (we both work from home anyway). But we don't want to risk it now as who knows what will happen between now and then, so we're going to Scotland instead. We don't want the uncertainty and would be worrying about it constantly. We'll just have to pack a rather different set of clothes! Greece isn't going anywhere so we'll get our foreign holiday next year instead.

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The way it seems is that the stage after Amber is red watch list before going fully to red so there is more notice than there was last summer.

[yogadeb]

We found out that battle face covers travellers going to amber countries and we will buy their insurance as not bad prices should our flights to Mexico go in July and if Mexico is still amber .