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Thomson Travel Insurance Versus Essential Travel

Thomson Holidays, operating since 1965, now also sells travel insurance. They have teamed up with France-based Mondial Assistance to provide travel insurance to the UK market. See how Thomson Travel Insurance compares to Essential Travel below.
Compare Thomson Travel Insurance with Essential Travel

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  • Essential Travel: Emergency medical expenses up to £10 million
  • Thomson Travel: Emergency medical expenses up to £5 million
  • Personal Belongings and Baggage up to £2,000
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Thomson Travel Insurance

Thomson has teamed up with Mondial Assistance to offer travel insurance to UK residents. While Essential Travel offers the same services, we also provide a handy discount to travellers buying their travel insurance online. In addition, we allow kids to go free on our family policies, which saves money in the long-run.

At Essential Travel, we compete with Thomson Travel Insurance on the following key features:

Essential Travel Thomson
Medical Expenses £10 million (Superior Policies) £5 million
Personal Liability £2 million £2 million
Hospital Benefit £60 per day (Superior Policies) £25 per day
Cancellation and Curtailment £5 000(Superior Policies) £3 000
Personal Belongings and Baggage £2 000 £1 500
Hijack £1 000 £1 500
Missed Departure £1 000 £500
Legal Expenses £25 000(Superior policies) £10 000

Below is a table comparing Thomson insurance rates with those offered by Essential Travel's Essential Plus policy, as of July 2011. As you can see from the following figures, we offer more affordable and comprehensive insurance policies than our fellow competitor:

Essential Travel
Thomson
Single Person (UNDER30) Family
(2 adults + 2 Children)
Single Person (UNDER30) Family
(2 adults + 2 Children)
Single Trip Travel Insurance (1 Week)
Europe £8.91 £17.81 £22.99 £51.99
Worldwide £24.27 £48.54 £48.99 £109.99
Annual Travel Insurance (1 Year)
Europe £42.75 £50.88 £57.99 £87.99
Worldwide £52.84 £68.50 £85.99 £137.99



In a number of instances seen above, Essential Travel provides bolstered coverage for a far more affordable price.

Feel free to visit our online quote form above, or the quote engine on the Mondial website: www.magroup-online.com/THO/GB?actionName=quote if you're interested in comparing figures for yourself.

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