Plan trips around their sleep routine. Avoid departing near bedtime or you run the risk of kids on the alert when you reach your destination or even being deprived of sleep yourself.

Keep them entertained. Children tend to feel bored on long drives. Keep them occupied with electronic gadgets, activity or storybooks, toys or even counting games. A built-in DVD player in the car is also a good way to keep your little ones entertained. It will be ideal to allow turn-taking when choosing what games to play or what movies and music to play in the DVD player. In this way, everyone gets a say in what they want to do and time flies.

Another way to keep children occupied is to provide them the task of navigating. Give each child a map showing the destination the family is travelling to and get them to provide estimations with regard to distance(s).

Check your car seats. It is important to check that your child’s car seat has been installed correctly. When in doubt, check with the relevant authorities or experts for advice.

Strap luggage properly. Ensure that your travel bags, equipment (if any) or any other bulky items be strapped tightly in place. This is to prevent your little ones from being injured by these heavy objects in the event of jerks during an accident. If you drive a big vehicle, consider installing a barrier between the boot and passenger seats.

Pack fluffy pillows to make it more conducive for your kids to go to sleep. They also come in handy to separate your little ones when they get into arguments or fights.

Restrict supply and intake of junk food. Having heavy meals or pigging out in the car may lead to nausea due to car sickness. Children are to avoid caffeine as it can make them hyperactive. Prevent these problems by choosing healthier options such as fruit, light biscuits and salads and consuming them in moderate amounts.

Make regular stops. With children travelling with you on drive trips, it is necessary to stop frequently for toilet breaks. Abandon the attitude that you must get to your destination as planned or you may end up in resentment when you do not. Instead, build in spontaneity by paying random visits to unique spots or simply just doing something different along the way.

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• Chartis Travel Insurance’s Trip Cancellation benefit starts 60 days prior to departure date (before was up to 30 days prior to departure)? For the same premium you pay, activate travel insurance EARLY once you book your trip!

• Travel Guard offers you protection -“while you enjoy leisure amateur sporting sports, such as scuba diving, water sports, winter sports, skydiving, mountaineering, rock-climbing and trekking.”

As there are many types of travel insurance available to cater to different needs and purposes, it is important to be prudent and exercise caution when choosing one because taking up the wrong policy could lead to time and money wastage.

Do read through the policy carefully to ensure that your needs and protection coverage are included in the terms and conditions. This is especially so if you are planning to undertake high-risk activities such as adventure sports, which are not covered in standard travel insurance. Even if high-risk activities are covered for in a particular travel insurance plan, do note that the coverage could be for a limited period only.

In the course of your search for the “best travel insurance” in Singapore, below are some benefits and coverage offered in standard travel insurance:

Medical Treatment

Should you fall ill or meet with an accident during your travel, you would be covered for the entire medical bill as per the policy coverage opted. There could be limitations in the coverage of ambulance and operation charges as per medical treatment.

Repatriation

The insurance company pays for your safe return after a medical treatment or in an emergency situation arising in the foreign land you travel to. They also ensure that bodily remains are brought home in cases of death.

Trip Cancellation or Cutting Short Proposed Trip

This covers the loss incurred due to cancellation of trip, cutting short of proposed trip, or any emergency reasons like sudden illness or death of your family member.

Missing Scheduled Flight

This covers you for losses incurred in the event of missing your scheduled flight due to emergency reasons. To claim for this, you should have a valid reason for missing the flight. Do note that missing connection flights in other countries may not be included.

Personal Accident

This covers you for personal accident and disability; and also the full medical bill as per the coverage made.

Loss of baggage

This covers any loss of personal baggage or business-related documents during the trip.

Emergency Medical Services

This pays for fees incurred in the rendering of emergency medical assistance such as locating someone in the hospital, ground or air ambulance service and sea rescue operations.

Policy coverage varies widely, hence it is wise to compare between insurance companies or speak to an advisor who will be able to recommend an appropriate policy that matches your needs. Alternatively, you can read up insurance comparision websites for more information. Lastly, do bear in mind cheap travel insurance does not necessarily equate to best travel insurance policy.

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Do you know Chartis Travel Insurance’s Trip Cancellation benefit starts 60 days prior to departure date? For the same premium you pay, activate your travel insurance as soon as your book your trip!

If you are reading this right now, you are likely to be one of them.

Why is that so?

A typical travel insurance policy will include benefits such trip cancellation, trip postponement, closure of travel agent, etc. Vast majority of travellers typically miss out these coverage since the travel insurance is only activated within a week of their trip or “just” before they set off.

Given that the premium is the SAME regardless if you activate your travel insurance policy 1 day or 1 month before the trip, you effectively loses out from “Travel Inconvenience Benefits” for each day you delay your travel insurance upon your trip confirmation.

To compound matters, such benefits will typically include a waiting period of around 7 days. In short, to enjoy protection benefits such as trip cancellation & trip postponement, your travel policy must have been issued at least 7 days prior to your trip. Thus, it does not make dollars sense to wait.

It pays to activate your travel insurance EARLY! Apply your travel insurance online HERE.

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• You make at least 4 trips of around 7 days in a year.
• You make at least 6 trips of around 3 to 4 days in a year

To illustrate, one who travels throughout Worldwide with an average length of stay for 7 days.
The premium for Chartis Travel Guard is $86 on the Superior Plan.
For a total of 4 trips, the premium works out to $344.
The premium for an annual Superior Plan is $390.

To illustrate, one who travels throughout Worldwide with an average length of stay for 3 days.
The premium for Chartis Travel Guard is $59 on the Superior Plan.
For a total of 6 trips, the premium works out to $354.
The premium for an annual Superior Plan is $390.

While the annual premium is still higher for these 2 scenarios, it certainly makes sense!

• Think of the numerous weekends that you might just drive across the causeway or hop on the ferry to Bintan or Batam for weekend getaway. Most would’nt have bought travel insurance.
• By having an annual plan, you travel worry-free! Your EVERY of such day trips is protected under comprehensive coverage.
• You save the time and hassle of having to make a travel policy activation each time you travel.
• An annual plan will maximise your coverage which includes travel cancellation, travel postponement, closure of travel agent, etc. that you might *miss out on a single trip policy as it is always turn “ON”.

Turn “ON” your annual travel insurance policy today; you can begin travelling any time worry-free!

Do you know…?

Chartis Travel Insurance’s Trip Cancellation benefit starts 60 days prior to departure date? For the same premium you pay, apply for travel insurance EARLY to enjoy more benefits! 

*Vast majority of travellers typically miss out coverage that includes travel cancellation, travel postponement, closure of travel agent, etc. since the travel insurance is only activated within a week of their trip or ”just” before they set off.

(There is usually a waiting period of 7 days or more. If you activate your travel policy less than a week from your trip, you probably will be excluded from such benefits.)

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