Travel insurance could save billions

Tourists leave behind £2 million worth of belongings in hotel rooms claims a new report, highlighting the need for

Travel Insurance News - 26/07/2005

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Tourists leave behind £2 million worth of belongings in hotel rooms claims a new report, highlighting the need for travel insurance to cover the cost of replacing personal items.

Leaving accommodation in a hurry, or just being generally forgetful has led to 56 per cent of people admitting that at some point in time they have left something behind when they checked out of a hotel room.

Travel insurance means that forgetting something, as everyone seems to do at some time or another, does not have to be a costly business. Insurance should cover the cost of a replacement, especially if it is valuable, like a digital camera.

Toiletries are the most-forgotten item, with a quarter of people questioned in the survey admitting these had been overlooked. This was followed by clothes with 23 per cent discarding their finery .Phil Loney, the study's spokesman, said: "Leaving behind a toothbrush isn't so much of a problem but forgetting valuable items can cause headaches."

The research, commissioned by Halifax TSB Insurance, found that although items were most frequently left in hotel rooms, belongings were also left on the beach.

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