Travel Tips
Essential Travel Tips for the Maha Kumbha Mela, India 2010
The Maha Kumbh Mela is much less well known than the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games or the World Cup of soccer, and for each city that hosts this Hindu pilgrimage, the event comes around about as often. However, the Maha Kumbh Mela can see visitor numbers up to three times the entire population of Australia. With that many people around, there are all sorts of reasons to update your travel insurance if you will be in India near the Kumbh Mela in 2010. Today we look at the potential risks centering on the event, and what level of online travel insurance is recommended for visitors to India over the 3 months of the festival.
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Essential Travel Tips for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
The World Cup of Soccer is one of the most heavily watched, heavily betted, talked about sporting events every four years. It gets more publicity and generates more advertising dollars than any single sport at the Olympics, but it is run just as often. The atmosphere at the World Cup is always absolutely electric! Unfortunately, though, soccer is not known for the calmness and rationality of certain segments of the fan base. This year the host nation is South Africa, and while the FIFA World Cup committee is certainly hoping the violence-troubled nation can overcome its reputation for a fun, non-controversial World Cup, there are no guarantees. If you are travelling to South Africa for the FIFA World Cup, we look over some of the issues you’ll face and the recommended level of travel insurance cover for the event.
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Essential Travel Tips for Canada’s Winter Olympics
The Canada Winter Olympics in 2010 is promising to be quite an event. It seems every year that opening ceremonies get bigger, brighter and more spectacular; world records are broken in a more amazing fashion, and crowds get bigger. However, there is also heightened awareness of security every year, especially in the last decade. If you’re travelling to Canada’s Winter Olympics, we give you some of the inside info on travel insurance.
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