Nepal is open for the autumn season, and glad you are coming.
Everest, Annapurna and Thorong La are open. Langtang treks stay paused while the Rasuwa road is rebuilt; Mustang and Manang roads are still being repaired.
Nepal News
Travel insurance, cards, currency and staying covered abroad.
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Money & Insurance
RAC found 16 of the UK’s 20 busiest airports raised drop-off fees this year. Gatwick and Stansted charge £10, and an unpaid or overstayed stop can cost £100.
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Hackers took 8.7 million customer records from Manchester Airports Group. Most only lost an email address, but phishing is the real risk. Here is what to do.
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A Guardian investigation found sign-up fees, monthly charges and very small earnings behind the travel agent side hustle, here is the maths before you pay.
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Since 1 October 2026, Amex Platinum, Business Platinum and Centurion cards no longer open Lufthansa lounges. The other 1,550+ lounges are unchanged.
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Banks are cutting free card travel cover from 1 October. Dates for NAB, CommBank, Westpac and ANZ, and why a card never covers a Himalayan trek.
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Visa and Mastercard are paying $167.5 million after allegedly blocking cheaper ATM fees, and the claim deadline is 10 February 2027.
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International airfares rose 21.5% in the year to August 2026, the steepest climb since 2023 — and it's part of what a Nepal flight costs now too.
Breaking Money & Insurance
A Brisbane-Longreach return booked five days out cost $1,386, just $450 less than a last-minute Singapore fare. Here's why, and what isn't being fixed.
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One in seven Australians flew overseas with zero cover last trip, and Vietnam’s storm season just gave that gamble its worst possible timing.
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Once a strike, flood or eruption is public news, Australian travel insurers won't cover it, and buying a policy the day it hits headlines is too late.
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A DOT rule effective October 19 removes 10 delay causes from airline control, so hotels and meals are no longer guaranteed for them.
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Yamanashi will bill climbers about 8,000 yen per five minutes of helicopter time from 2027 if they skip the required climbing plan on Mount Fuji.
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€2,297 a head in 2025, the most of any country Spain’s statistics office reports and 65% above the average visitor. The British still spend more in total.
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Medical and repatriation is the limit that can bankrupt you, cancellation should match your non-refundable spend, and a headline "£10m medical" is worthless if an exclusion applies. Here is how to right-size cover to your trip.
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Booking a destination wedding or honeymoon in 2026? Standard cover misses the extras that matter — a bigger single-item limit for rings, dresses and gifts, the wedding event itself, both names on one policy, supplier failure, and the activity and altitude cover an adventure honeymoon needs.
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Report incidents on the day, keep every receipt, claim inside the deadline, and know who pays first — plus how to escalate to the ombudsman if you're unfairly refused.
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The claim is not paid because you bought a policy — it is paid because nothing in the exclusions applies. Here are the standard exclusions that catch travellers out, and how to read them before you buy.
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A guided Manaslu Circuit runs about US$1,550 to US$2,100 per person in autumn 2026 - and since 22 March the old two-person permit rule is gone, so lone walkers no longer pay for a phantom second permit. Here's the honest, line-by-line breakdown.
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The excess is the first slice of every claim you pay yourself. How a higher voluntary excess cuts your premium, why it bites per claim AND per section, and how a low headline price can leave you worse off than a dearer policy.
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Scuba, bungee, skydiving, quad bikes, jet skis, rafting, safari, motorbiking and trekking above a certain altitude are the activities standard travel insurance quietly leaves out. Here is how activity tiers and add-ons work, why an undeclared activity can void the whole claim, and how to match cover to your trip.
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Floods and landslides can strand a trek — here's what cover actually helps, from helicopter evacuation to trip interruption, and the exclusions to check first.
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Strap on skis and most standard travel policies quietly stop covering you. Here is why winter sports are excluded, what a ski add-on really buys — off-piste, piste closure, avalanche delay, mountain rescue, helicopter, equipment — and the exact clauses to check before you travel.
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A cruise looks like the safest holiday there is, which is exactly why a standard travel policy can leave you exposed. Here's what a cruise add-on covers that ordinary insurance misses — missed departure, cabin confinement, itinerary changes and the expensive at-sea medical evacuation — and what to check before you buy.
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Baggage cover in 2026, decoded: delayed vs lost vs damaged luggage, the per-item and single-article limits nobody reads, why valuables are excluded, and the Montreal Convention rule that makes your airline pay before your insurer.
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How family and group travel insurance really works in 2026 — whether children are covered under a parent's policy, the "kids go free" catch, single-parent and adult-child rules, and the altitude check every trekking family must make.
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Travel-delay and missed-connection cover reimburse the meals and hotel bed you're forced to buy when a flight is held up — but only after a trigger, and only with receipts. Here's how it works, and how it differs from the airline's own EU261/UK261 duty of care.
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CFAR is an optional upgrade, not standard cover — it pays back a partial share (typically 50–75%) if you cancel for any reason, but only under strict timing rules. Here is how it works and when it is worth the extra premium.
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Declaring a condition, the stable-condition clause and why an undeclared illness can void your whole claim — plus cover for cancer, diabetes, heart conditions and pregnancy.
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CDW, LDW, the excess you still owe, what your credit card really covers, and why the counter waiver is almost always the wrong buy.
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Long trips break the assumptions holiday insurance is built on. What single-trip, annual and backpacker policies really cover — the duration ceilings, adventure-activity tiers, gear limits and the gaps that void a multi-month claim.
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A plain-English guide to what a travel policy really pays for — medical, evacuation, cancellation, delay and baggage — and the fine-print exclusions that leave travellers with the bill.
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Why premiums jump after 65, the age caps that quietly refuse you, and how an active over-65 gets cover that actually holds on Everest and Annapurna.
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American hospitals bill like nowhere else on earth. Before you add a US layover or a New York stopover to your Himalayan trip, here is the medical cover that actually protects you — and why a bare-minimum policy can leave you owing five or six figures.
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Baggage, seat selection, basic-economy traps, payment surcharges, change fees and currency conversion at booking can quietly double a headline fare. Here is what each typically costs in 2026 — and how to avoid it.
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An annual policy can be cheaper than buying cover trip by trip — but only past a break-even you can calculate yourself. Here's when it wins, the trip-length and adventure-sport limits that catch people out, and why altitude cover is a separate decision.
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Heart bypass, knee replacement, dental implants and more — how far your money goes in Thailand, India, Mexico, Turkey, Malaysia and Costa Rica, and the accreditation and insurance checks to do first.
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Land three hours late in Europe and the airline may owe you up to €600 in cash — the UK mirrors it in pounds, and a 2024 US rule forces automatic refunds. Here's what you can claim in 2026, and how.
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Many policies stop at 4,000m, but Everest Base Camp is 5,364m. Which cover actually pays for a Himalayan helicopter rescue, and how to check yours.
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As of 2026 a Himalayan helicopter evacuation runs $3,000–$10,000, usually payable before takeoff. After the year's fake-rescue fraud case, insurers are paying out more warily — here's what genuine cover looks like and how to avoid being uninsured at altitude.
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