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More than half of Singaporean travellers don’t buy travel insurance for their trips: report

Singapore Business Review

Most travellers prefer to save valuable funds.

The adage “Better to be safe than sorry” seems lost on most Singapore-based travellers. A report released today by online travel agent ZUJI revealed that only 45% of Singapore travellers buy travel insurance for their trips.

Meanwhile, 30% of travellers only buy insurance for certain trips, while 9% only get travel insurance when it is affordable in order to save valuable travel funds.

The report also revealed that flight cancellations are a Singapore-based traveller’s worst nightmare (43%), and that finding out that the hotel is full and the booking isn't found are Singapore-based travellers' worst hotel irk (39%).

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Here’s more from ZUJI:

The top 3 new flight destinations this year include Lothian, Christchurch and Nagoya, instead of the usual trips to Bangkok and Seoul. New leading hotel destinations include Surabaya, Phuket and Sydney.

Singapore-based travellers often jet-set to shopping destinations, like the top 3 hot spots including Hong Kong, Bangkok and Shanghai.

Beach woes don’t get in the way of enjoying sandy escapes with Singapore’s top 3 beach getaways including Denpasar, Phuket and Koh Samui.

Last minute bookings aren’t popular. The majority of Singapore-based travellers going on a short getaway, book approximately 30 days in advance, whereas those who are going further abroad book 45 - 60 days in advance.

Despite Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia claiming the top 3 eeriest travel spots, interestingly, Malaysia and Thailand are two of the ZUJI Top 10 Hotel and Package destinations.



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