Summary
After two years of Covid restrictions, much of the world has now opened back up and plenty of us are planning to take full advantage this summer.
But what if it all goes wrong? What are you entitled to? What kind of insurance cover should you get? And how can you make sure you have a happy holiday?
Felicity Hannah, along with a panel of experts, are here to give you the answers on all things travel.
Panel:
Simon Calder - travel journalist
Lisa Minot - travel editor - The Sun
Producer: Drew Hyndman and Di Richardson
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Transcript
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| 0:43.4 | Welcome to this Money Box Live podcast, the program about your money. |
| 0:47.6 | And today we're talking travel. |
| 0:49.7 | Maybe the current heat is making you daydream about lazing by the pool in a foreign land, or maybe |
| 0:55.0 | it's making you daydream about going somewhere a little less hot. At the same time, chaotic |
| 1:00.5 | scenes at the airports over the last month or so might have made you wonder just how |
| 1:04.7 | realistic those summer holiday dreams are. Well, we're going to unpick exactly that. But before |
| 1:10.2 | we hear it from our experts, let's go straight to a call. Ian is on the line. Ian, we're going to unpick exactly that. But before we hear from our experts, let's go |
| 1:12.2 | straight to a call. Ian is on the line. Ian, good afternoon. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us. |
| 1:17.1 | Now, you have a holiday booked, lucky you. Is that your first since COVID? |
| 1:21.5 | No, it's our second. Very good. Where are you off to? We're off to France at the end of September. |
| 1:26.8 | Does it feel pretty good to have something to look forward to? Something like that booked in? |
| 1:31.5 | It's also slightly apprehensive as well, but yes, it does. |
| 1:35.0 | Okay, well, why are you apprehensive? Is it something to do with travelling post-COVID? |
| 1:39.6 | It's not exactly the travelling. It's more the fact that COVID is still around, still very much present. |
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