Martin Lewis has issued an urgent travel warning to people looking to book a holiday this year.
Talking during a segment on insurance during The Martin Lewis Money Show on STV and ITV, the financial guru said that this as a "warning" to millions of people looking to head to a trip abroad this year.
The Money Saving Expert (MSE) founder said that people need to book travel insurance straight after booking their holiday and not wait - and there's several good reasons.
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He explained: "This is a warning. Millions of people are booking holidays at the moment and I need you to understand travel insurance is not just to protect you when you go away.
"I want you to get your travel insurance ASAB - as soon as you book. And I want to explain why.
"Every spring, I get one or more emails from somebody who says something like 'I've just been diagnosed with a very serious form of cancer' or another equally severe illness. 'I've booked my summer holidays, I'll be having my chemo in the summer so I won't be able to go. I have spoken to the airline, they won't refund me. I've spoken to the hotel, they won't refund me because I didn't book it flexibly. What can I do?'"
Martin Lewis then went on to explain that you won't have any rights when it comes to your flight as "your airline ticket isn't faulty" due to the flight still being available.
"So many people say to me, I haven't got my travel insurance yet as I was going to get it before I went.
"Get it ASAB", he warned "because otherwise I am left impotent and my answer is no there isn't anything that you can do
"Please do not be the person that sends me that heart-breaking email this year.
"If you've booked a holiday travel insurance can be as little as £9. Get yourself on a comparison site, get yourself some protection so that if you cant go on holiday you're covered - not just if something goes wrong when you are on holiday."
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