Travel Insurance and Important Government Advice

Okay, you say, but a holiday is about relaxing and having fun, not thinking about what might go wrong... Travel insurance is important but it may not cover everything - especially if you get yourself into trouble with the law, or break your leg while doing something crazy like jumping into the pool from your hotel balcony! If you think it is unnecessary to research your destination, have a look at the following examples: In Barcelona it is against the law to go out in the street dressed in only swimming trunks or a bikini In Greece you could be fined and/or arrested for indecent behaviour, which includes 'mooning' in public or wearing clothing considered offensive Ignorance about something as basic as avoiding tap water and ice-cubes in drinks could cause days of sickness and misery

It is important to check official government travel sites for updated advice - especially to see if there are any advisories against travel. Many travellers are unaware that booking a trip to a destination where an advisory against travel is already in place is likely to invalidate any related claims on their travel insurance. This may seem unfair, but one basic rule that exists across all travel insurance policies is that you do not knowingly put yourself in harm's way. However, if the problem was unforeseen and occurred after you booked your holiday and purchased insurance you should be fine, but always read the small print of your particular policy. Check your government's website for your holiday destination, such as the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO); Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland (DFA); Smartraveller (Australia); Safetravel (New Zealand); or U.S. Department of State. The advice provided by various governments contains very useful information, including: Laws and customs There is an ongoing debate on whether or not this location was the original site of the ancient city, a number of sources claiming that until the mid-4th century BCE, Knidos was halfway along the peninsula, near the present-day district center.[1] The peninsula's eastern end is marked by the fjord-like indentation of Bencik Cove, 1.5 km in length, at the end of which the narrow isthmus where it joins the mainland is found. This point is a natural curiosity which offers a wide view of the Gulf of Gkova in the north and the Gulf of Hisarn in the south and is called Balkaran (literally, the place where fish may leap across) and is also often used for the portage of small boats.[2]

Both the town and the peninsula were called Readiye [3] for a brief period in the beginning of the 20th century, in honor of the penultimate Ottoman Sultan Mehmed V Read, and some maps may still refer to the peninsula under this name. Today, Readiye is the name of one of the quarters of the town along with Eski Data (literally "Old Data") and skele ("the quay") quarters, each separated from the others by a distance of about a mile to form, taken as a whole, the town of Data proper. Readiye quarter was the original administrative core was located when the town was renamed Data and turned into a district center in 1928, before it was moved to skele quarter. The center town is crossed by the short course of the Data Stream (Data ay in Turkish).

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