Holidaymakers are being warned that their travel insurance may not cover strike disruption. Which? has found that four in 10 policies do not cover travellers for strikes by airport or airline staff.
Travellers are being advised to take care when buying travel insurance ahead of a summer of predicted disruption. The consumer choice and rights group assessed 199 policies offered by 71 providers and rated them dependent on the level of protection offered in 61 key areas for its annual review of travel insurance.
Six in 10 (120) of the policies Which? looked at offered cover if travellers have to cancel a trip due to strikes. Four in 10 policies (78) did not provide cover for cancellations due to strikes, while for one policy it was an optional extra.