In many cases, travel insurance can be useful to protect against sometimes horrendous additional costs on vacation trips. However, money does not always flow in every case and there are enormous price differences. Travel insurance comparisons have increased again in recent months. The current comparison data from the tariff comparison portal Durchblicker show that Austrians are increasingly spending their holidays at home this year. Other popular destinations are the USA in second place, followed by Greece and Italy. "Traveling in COVID times - this has also left its mark on consumers. We at Durchblicker notice that people are thinking much more about travel protection before they travel, are better informed and are currently comparing more travel insurance policies again," explains Durchblicker insurance expert Patrick Madl. A particularly large number of travel insurance policies are currently being compared for Austria. For example, travel cancellation protection can be used to avoid high cancellation costs for hotels. Travel accident insurance can also cover additional accident services such as a person search and rescue. Because what many people don't know is that rescue costs by helicopter in alpine terrain are not covered by statutory health insurance. Anyone traveling outside of Europe should take out full foreign health insurance with a sufficiently high sum insured. This is particularly important for countries with expensive health systems such as the USA and Canada, so as not to be left with expensive doctor or hospital bills. Many travel insurance policies already offer Corona coverage "Corona remains an issue when planning trips this year," says Patrick Madl from Durchblicker, who also has some good news for consumers: "Since the outbreak of the pandemic, many insurers have increased their