So you’ve booked your flights, accommodation and even your hire car without too much of a hassle, and are looking forward to a chilled, rejuvenating holiday. Unfortunately, there’s still a final issue to deal with before you can completely let go: sorting out your travel insurance. Not the most enthralling of tasks, and somewhat daunting to the first time buyer as there are so many questions surrounding it.

Where do you buy it from? Who will offer you the best deal? What do you need to have covered? And, above all else, is it really worth it? Underestimating the importance of travel insurance causes unnecessary grief for a lot of people – here are 5 tips to help explain the importance of travel insurance, and to guide you in your decision.

Looseleaf Law Publications, Inc. announces the release of an important new book, Safe Overseas Travel: Maximizing Enjoyment By Minimizing Risk written by security experts Brian Johnson and Brian Kingshott. Designed as both a “how-to-stay-safe” guide and a functional workbook, this new publication is relevant for both personal and business travel.

” is user-friendly for a novice traveler, but also gets into aspects of travel that are instructive to the seasoned leisure, business and government traveler,” says retired Secret Service Agent Richard Grossenbacher who is now a Criminal Justice Professor. “This is a book that should be re-read as a practical reminder before each trip abroad.”

A cruise holiday may seem like one of the safest ways to travel. After all, you are on a large, purpose built liner surrounded only by fellow holidaymakers, and it may be tempting to skip on getting cruise travel insurance. But this would be a grave mistake – there is plenty that can go wrong on a cruise holiday, and in some cases (such as medical emergencies) it is no exaggeration to say that cruise insurance can mean the difference between life and death. Here are five reasons to get insured before you go…

You have a medical emergency…