Snippets collects items of travel associated news, events and trends that have caught my eye and might be of wider interest. The most recent postings are added at the top of the listings. 

 

Wildfires and travel insurance

Given the outbreaks of wildfires in many locations around the northern hemisphere in recent weeks it might be a good idea to see if you would be covered by your travel insurance for loss of belongings etc should you, for example, you suddenly had to evacuate your campsite, or would insurers claim it was an act of god and therefore not liable to pay out? 

30/07/2018

 
 

23/07/2018

Fancy booking a private flight?

You can now book flights on private aircraft. The website xxxxx is one of several emerging that tries to link pilots with flyers.