Insurance? Bikes and international travel

[rustychisel]

Help please... from whom can I get insurance coverage for high end (ie expensive bikes x 2) travelling to America and Europe. Who do you use?

TIA

[rustychisel]

no-one?

[sparkles]

Help please... from whom can I get insurance coverage for high end (ie expensive bikes x 2) travelling to America and Europe. Who do you use?

TIA

Velosure or Real Bike Insurance can help you out

www.velosure.com.au or www.realinsurance.com.au/bike

[lukas]

I just added it to my travel insurance.

[sparkles]

I just added it to my travel insurance.

what provider did you use?

[lukas]

From memory I did it through NIB who I have my health insurance with. Pretty sure they outsource the travel insurance to another provider.

[sparkles]

From memory I did it through NIB who I have my health insurance with. Pretty sure they outsource the travel insurance to another provider.

mmm, qbe then. saw the retrictions in bike values - $6k limitation on itemised valuables may not be enough for some.

[rustychisel]

From memory I did it through NIB who I have my health insurance with. Pretty sure they outsource the travel insurance to another provider.

mmm, qbe then. saw the retrictions in bike values - $6k limitation on itemised valuables may not be enough for some.

Correct. I'm an expensive tart.

I wondered where this thread had gone... I was trying to post a plaintive plea and it 'phhttt' disappeared... I guess a mod moved it to a more appropriate cat at that exact moment. Looks like my only hope is to swap all my house & contents insurance to xxxx then bang the bikes value on that... 90 day worldwide coverage.

Most of the phone centre staff I contacted couldn't give a flat rat's f**k about either hearing me out or finding a SOLUTION. There is one specific cycle insurance mob who will allow large number claims on bike insurance but you have to take all your household insurance over to them too, I thought it was a bit 'standover'.

[lukas]

From memory I did it through NIB who I have my health insurance with. Pretty sure they outsource the travel insurance to another provider.

mmm, qbe then. saw the retrictions in bike values - $6k limitation on itemised valuables may not be enough for some.

Yeah I just took my Tarmac and had it insured for about 3k. I'm going again next year and will probably take a more expensive bike, so I may run into problems.

[sparkles]

Looks like my only hope is to swap all my house & contents insurance to xxxx then bang the bikes value on that... 90 day worldwide coverage.

Most of the phone centre staff I contacted couldn't give a flat rat's f**k about either hearing me out or finding a SOLUTION. There is one specific cycle insurance mob who will allow large number claims on bike insurance but you have to take all your household insurance over to them too, I thought it was a bit 'standover'.

both Real Bike Insurance and Velosure will offer you the same cover (90 days worldwide) and they are both stand-alone products (i.e. you don't need to move your household insurance in order to get the cover)

[rustychisel]

Yeah, finally got to the bottom of my home & contents, a company taken over by another, then taken over by another. Along the way they're screwed my special items cover and will not offer my bikes insurance, so when I get home it's back to dealing with that.

Meantime Velosure came to the party (one phone call, 3 emails on full cover to agreed amounts on 2 high end bikes). Costly, but couldn't be happier. Currently in NYC.

[hcpfaisal]

It good to go for adventure sports. playing with risk is a different story altogether. But one should take care his/her safety while trying new things and should protect himself/herself from the worst situation that can occur. So its always advisable to buy a Travel Insurance when you are on a adventurous trip.

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Get best travel insurance deal with http://www.backpackertravelinsurance.ie

[onrbikes]

We're doing the Silk road and are looking at these 2.

Saw this one used on a crazyguy tour and they got good service in Iran. The insuring of the bike added a little extra.
http://www.insure4less.com.au

http://www.columbusdirect.com.au