written by szqm on 20/02/2013
I was travelling to France on a non EU passport and therefore had to apply for a Schengen visa. Part of the visa requirement is to have travel insurance and as I have other insurance with SAGA thought that it would be easier to get travel insurance from them -- WRONG.
The person answering the telephone and underwriters did not know what a Schengen visa is and it took me so long to explain why I needed insurance for Europe and not just France that I ran out of time and had to buy other insurance to meet the visa application deadline.
So effectively I bought two sets of insurance (which I did not need) because SAGA Travel did not know about a Schengen visa. I would like to emphasise that not everyone who travels from the UK has an Eu or UK passport.
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