Return or One way ,when booking?

[3 cabbages]

If allowed by the authorities, we are planning a 90 day trip

( perhaps travelling later this month or early next month)

to France, for a week or so then ,Spain possibly for 10
weeks.

Do you have to book a return trip on the ferry/tunnel in order to satisfy your travel insurance?

all comments welcome !

Kind regards,

Leo

 

[Tombola]

No your travel insurance will just run out on the date booked until regardless

 

[Brains]

No.
They dont need proof of a return ticket

However I'd ensure you come back a few days before your 90 day maximum.

It only takes one bit of bad weather, one minor breakdown, one gyppy tummy or a dose of Covid and if you then miss the return date by even a few hours, you won't be getting off this island for potentially several years.

 

[Minxy]

For annual multi-trip insurance not normally but for one-off cover then yes, however as with all things insurance best to check/read the small print to be certain.

 

[philann]

we are with Barclays, through our Nank account. Normal cover is for 30 days but can be extended. Every time I have phoned them to extend they state we will not be insured if we have not booked a return ticket for a specific date.

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[carolyn]

Check with your insurer, they will vary.

 

[EuroTrotters]

I would book two one way tickets

 

[Solwaybuggier]

We generally use the tunnel via Tesco vouchers- you have to book a return crossing, as you can only book a return journey or a single journey starting at Folkestone. Only relevant, of course, if you’re using Tesco vouchers.

 

[chaser]

Despite posts to the contrary I have always believed you have to have a return booked for insurance, but the simple way around it with no problems, is to book a return for as long as you think you will want, 90 days if you want, then you are insured whatever, then just change your return booking when you do decide to come back. Simples.

 

[Emmit]

Back in the day, you could buy a single and then have the flexibility of being able to come back (allowing for 90 days of course)

However, in this fast moving World you could be caught out.

Imagine the case. You are somewhere and for whatever reason, your choice of ferry (or whatever) becomes closed and there becomes a restricted choice of alternative (as happened with Macron)

Overnight the 'alternative' becomes unobtainable and, dependent on your time away, you are now in a situation where you might be at risk of going over 90 days.

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[glenn2926]

One way, we don’t know when we’re coming home. Some people always look for the worst things to happen others look for the best things to happen. We’re in the latter.

 

[chaser]

One way, we don’t know when we’re coming home. Some people always look for the worst things to happen others look for the best things to happen. We’re in the latter.

That's true but what is the harm in having a return booked as in my post above, you have to return sometime so might as well book it well in front.

 

[glenn2926]

That's true but what is the harm in having a return booked as in my post above, you have to return sometime so might as well book it well in front.

We may not come back the same way. Why be tied to your return?

 

[tonka]

Be aware that not all travel insurances are the same and we almost got caught out by this.
For years we always booked a single ferry out, then booked again online a few days before our return.
At some point on our travels it was pointed out that some do indeed specify a return trip MUST be booked..
Staysure was one of them at the time and who we had used that year..
Policies can sometimes state a return ticket must be bought or that a trip starts and finishes in the home country, make of that what you can.

I now check the terms or ask the question before buying

 

[chaser]

Be aware that not all travel insurances are the same and we almost got caught out by this.
For years we always booked a single ferry out, then booked again online a few days before our return.
At some point on our travels it was pointed out that some do indeed specify a return trip MUST be booked..
Staysure was one of them at the time and who we had used that year..
Policies can sometimes state a return ticket must be bought or that a trip starts and finishes in the home country, make of that what you can.

I now check the terms or ask the question before buying

I have found the same with quite a few companies, you have to get down in the small print but it's usually there somewhere.
I only found it by accedent one day in a rainy France with nothing better to do than read the policy.

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[Minxy]

Despite posts to the contrary I have always believed you have to have a return booked for insurance, but the simple way around it with no problems, is to book a return for as long as you think you will want, 90 days if you want, then you are insured whatever, then just change your return booking when you do decide to come back. Simples.

That's true but what is the harm in having a return booked as in my post above, you have to return sometime so might as well book it well in front.

Cost comes into it - some don't charge for changes others do, if you buy a flexible ticket they are usually quite a lot more than a standard one.

 

[chaser]

Cost comes into it - some don't charge for changes others do, if you buy a flexible ticket they are usually quite a lot more than a standard one.

Ok. We don't use anything but the tunnel and most of that comes out of Tesco vouchers so makes no odds to us.

 

[Gaston aires]

I would book two one way tickets

I had to do this for euro tunnel because the booking only went up to the end of September. Yet to book a return trip. Used Tesco vouchers as well.
Never had a problem with insurance, we use Nationwide bank travel insurance.
Phil

 

[Minxy]

Ok. We don't use anything but the tunnel and most of that comes out of Tesco vouchers so makes no odds to us.

So long as you don't want to change it you won't notice a difference, but if you do you will more than likely have to pay more for the new date.

I had to do this for euro tunnel because the booking only went up to the end of September. Yet to book a return trip. Used Tesco vouchers as well.
Never had a problem with insurance, we use Nationwide bank travel insurance.
Phil

Just in case you don't know, you won't be able to use your Tesco vouchers to book a return trip on it's own, you can only do an outward or an outward and return, not just a return.

 

[chaser]

So long as you don't want to change it you won't notice a difference, but if you do you will more than likely have to pay more for the new date.

This is also true, but booking a return say two months in front will also be cheaper than booking the week you are coming back.

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[chaser]

So long as you don't want to change it you won't notice a difference, but if you do you will more than likely have to pay more for the new date.


Just in case you don't know, you won't be able to use your Tesco vouchers to book a return trip on it's own, you can only do an outward or an outward and return, not just a return.

But saying all this , apart from the insurance I will agree it's far better for your trip if you aren't stuck with a return that you have to plan around far better to be free and easy.

 

[gus-lopez]

What's all this travel insurance about ?

Ok. We don't use anything but the tunnel and most of that comes out of Tesco vouchers so makes no odds to us.

You must spend some money in Tesco's then.

Anytime I have priced the tunnel ,even when I could find a fare for 70 or 80 pounds one way, the flexible was always £279 one way. Against 25 or 30 £'s on the ferry.

 

[chaser]

What's all this travel insurance about ?

You must spend some money in Tesco's then.

Anytime I have priced the tunnel ,even when I could find a fare for 70 or 80 pounds one way, the flexible was always £279 one way. Against 25 or 30 £'s on the ferry.

Surprising how it adds up, when they treble your points, don't have flexible and you can still change them if you pay the extra.

 

[Minxy]

This is also true, but booking a return say two months in front will also be cheaper than booking the week you are coming back.

Agreed, it's if you need to change it for some reason that the costs can be higher, sometimes more than both of the original tickets.

We're fortunate that we are 'twinned' with another funster so have shared ET Frequent Traveller tickets where we can change them as much as we want and only pay a supplement if we choose to go into a new more expensive timeslot or on the higher level dates which we can pay a supplement for or avoid, but not everyone can do this.

 

[Minxy]

You must spend some money in Tesco's then.

We've currently got £79 in vouchers which equates to £237 in exchange vouchers (3 x face value) and already have the equivalent of £115 in points which will equate to £345 ... trouble we have is thinking of things to spend them on!

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[3 cabbages]

Thanks for all your input !

Kind regards,
Leo

 

[Skez]

One way, we don’t know when we’re coming home.

This is our preference as well.

How do you deal with Travel Insurance please? I'm presently trying to find a flexible policy which can be taken out for up to 90 days and then extended whilst on the road if we decide to head into Turkey beyond the 90. Annual policies don't seem to work for this as they mostly limit trips to less than 60 days at a time.

 

[glenn2926]

This is our preference as well.

How do you deal with Travel Insurance please? I'm presently trying to find a flexible policy which can be taken out for up to 90 days and then extended whilst on the road if we decide to head into Turkey beyond the 90. Annual policies don't seem to work for this as they mostly limit trips to less than 60 days at a time.

Hi, We use insure&go but we don't go beyond the 90 days as my wife misses the grand kids too much after that. We use them as they cover me skiing and i have added hazardous activity in the shape of motorcycles over 125cc this lets me tour Europe on the bike. They do seem very helpful and flexible with adding things that aren't included in the initial policy.

 

[Minxy]

This is our preference as well.

How do you deal with Travel Insurance please? I'm presently trying to find a flexible policy which can be taken out for up to 90 days and then extended whilst on the road if we decide to head into Turkey beyond the 90. Annual policies don't seem to work for this as they mostly limit trips to less than 60 days at a time.

The issue you have is that AFAIK no travel insurance company will increase the cover once you leave the UK, you have do to it before you go so the only option would be to get a policy that will cover you for the maximum number of days you are likely to want to be out of the UK for.

 

[Mikeco]

I would book two one way tickets

That’s what I always do with Brittany Ferries, why pay for the return trip 60 days before you even set off.

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