Time to check your travel insurance options before taking off

Irish people are travelling abroad in greater numbers, which has put travel insurance back in focus

The CSO’s household travel survey shows while most of the overseas trips taken by Irish residents are to the UK, EU and Europe, there has been a steady increase in the number of trips to Canada and the US. Picture: iStock

A recent release from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveals we have been travelling abroad in big numbers in the last 12 months. According to the Household Travel Survey, Irish people took 27% more international trips in the last three months of 2023 compared to the same months in 2022.