The Post Office Travel Insurance

Website: The Post Office

Online Quote: The Post Office Online Quote

Phone: 08457 740 740

No, really, you can pick up travel insurance at the Post Office. The Post Office Travel Insurance is hidden away in a dark corner of the Royal Mail site, and you can choose from single trip, multi-trip and winter sports cover.

• Single trip travel insurance
• Multi-trip travel insurance
• Winter sports travel insurance
• Family travel insurance
• Single parent travel insurance

The Post Office Travel Insurance site isn't the friendliest we've seen, and it feels a little cluttered. However, the quotation form is simple enough: choose the area you're travelling to, enter the duration of your stay and tell the site what kind of cover you're looking for. You can choose between individual or family policies, and there's an option for single parents.

In addition to the usual single trip and multi-trip cover, you can also select a winter sports package. Large families should give the Post Office serious consideration: with family cover, dependants – defined is children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces – are covered for free.

We expected the Post Office Travel Insurance prices to be on the high side, but they were perfectly competitive: our family was quoted £46.00 and our single traveller £23.