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Candis Travel Insurance

Candis is an online magazine focused on families which also provides Candis Travel Insurance. To help you compare Candis Travel Insurance at the touch of a button, please see our easy comparison table below.

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From only
£7.50 per week

  • Up to £10 million in emergency medical expenses cover
  • Kids go FREE on our family policies
  • A wide range of activities covered
  • 24-hour emergency assistance: contact +44 (0) 845 271 2466
  • Plus Essential Travel's Top Tips

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More About Candis Insurance

Taking a similar approach to Essential Travel, Candis strives to put families' minds at ease while they are away on holiday.

Offering both single and annual multi trip policies, Candis insurance guarantees immediate peace of mind. You can obtain a travel insurance quote through their website.

Essential Travel offers travellers a perk in the form of a significant discount for all online travel insurance purchases. To emphasise our family-friendly services, we also allow kids to go free on our family policies. This saves travelling families a pretty penny and ensures that every individual travelling in the family party is fully covered for the trip ahead.

Consult the comparison table below to determine what both Candis and Essential Travel provide in terms of their key policy features:

Essential Travel Candis
Medical Expenses £10 million £10 million
Personal Liability £2 million £2 million
Hospital Benefit £20 per day £25 per day
Cancellation and Curtailment £3,000 £5,000
Personal Belongings and Baggage £1,500 £2,000
Hijack £50 per day £50 per day
Missed Departure £600 £500
Legal Expenses £15,000 £25,000

Below is a table comparing insurance rates offered by Candis with those from Essential Travel, as of February 2010. For less money, Essential Travel can provide a more comprehensive policy than our fellow competitor:

Essential Travel
Candis
Single Person (UNDER30) Family
(2 adults + 2 Children)
Single Person (UNDER30) Family
(2 adults + 2 Children)
Single Trip Travel Insurance (1 Week)
Europe £11.99 £22.99 £15.94 £47.83
Worldwide £25.99 £45.99 £32.00 £95.99
Annual Travel Insurance (1 Year)
Europe £43.99 £61.99 £50.00 £199.98
Worldwide £52.99 £80.99 £75.00 £300.00



As you can see from the prices indicated above, Candis travel insurance is more pricey in every instance compared with Essential Travel. In particular, Candis' family trips are significantly more costly, given the fact that they don't offer special rates for travelling families.

  • The two competitors are neck and neck when it comes to their medical expenses, personal liability, and hijack cover.
  • For a missed departure, Essential Travel offers customers £100 more in compensation than Candis.
  • Essential Travel allows all kids to go free when travelling with their parents or in a family party, which amounts to enormous savings!
  • Plus Essential Travel's Top Tips

To investigate these various rates further and to learn more about what each company has to offer as part of its benefits and features, why not view our online quote form above, or the Candis website at http://www.candis.co.uk/travelinsurance?

While the two companies offer exceptional travel insurance policies and superb benefits, Essential Travel caters more exclusively to families and also offers cheaper rates across the board.

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