The economic stimulus package that was announced
last week was a welcome step towards invigorating the domestic tourism sector
and cushioning the negative economic effects of the Covid-19 outbreak.
While this will encourage Malaysians to start making
cuti-cuti plans, in between booking flights, the right hotel and fun
excursions, there is one key item that is easily overlooked or forgotten –
local travel insurance.
While we often assume that all travel plans
will go without hitch, there’s nothing worse than plans unravelling due some
unforeseen circumstance. Getting caught in a difficult situation while
travelling can be stressful, especially when you’re already on a budget. This
is where travel insurance comes in, but the issue are the misconceptions around
it.
To help demystify some of these misconceptions,
here are a few examples.
- I have life, medical and car
insurance, I’m practically over insured! Since I’m not leaving the country, why
purchase travel insurance?
- Travel insurance is distinctive from
other types of insurance you may have. For example, travel insurance protects
you against inconveniences such as lost luggage, flight delay compensation and
even the cost for emergency medical evacuation and repatriation
- If you’re driving down to Penang for
a makan trip with your family, did you know that your car insurance may not cover
your passengers from accident related injuries? The good news is local travel
insurance will
- Local travel insurance also includes
personal accident and medical coverage up to the limit of your plan and can act
as a buffer, so you won’t need to claim from your current life and medical
insurance.
- Everything will be fine lah! Plus, I don’t want to think of negative things
that could happen on my trip, its bad luck
- The funny thing with life is that it
throws curveballs when you least expect it.
They don’t call it the best laid plans for nothing.
- We understand that insurance can be
a heavy topic, but what might be heavier is that hefty bill incurred from an
incident you can’t claim for because it’s excluded from your other insurance
policies.
- It’s expensive!
- It actually isn’t. Malaysians are
sorely underinsured and one of the reasons are because of assumed costs
- Local travel insurance policies can
be as affordable as two Starbucks Venti coffees. For example, Aspirasi Travel Local costs only RM25 for a return trip
and is totally customizable to your travel itinerary. It also has an option for
individual or family/group plans
- With the current COVID-19 outbreak
on everyone’s mind, you might be wary about travelling, but fret not as
Aspirasi Travel Local also comes with COVID-19 coverage so you’re protected no
matter where you go to jalan-jalan cari makan!
Overall, travel insurance should be an
important purchase decision while you’re traveling, even domestically to ensure
you and your family are properly protected. For that peace of mind on your
trip, can you really put a price to that?
For more information, head over to insure.aspirasi.co
for a full list of its insurance offerings.
