A few years back, Liam Neeson appeared in a fantastic action thriller movie called Taken. Neeson is a one-time undercover CIA agent who is now divorced from his other half and apart from his teenager daughter.
Ever aware of the dangers of the modern world, mother and child gang up on him to encourage him to allow his girl and a student mate to go to Europe.
He opposes the travel trip but capitulates when he advocates his girl with two things she must do; telephone each day and provide her actual location.
Then each parent's nightmare is realised. She's taken and abducted by gangsters for human trafficking.
The rest of the film is pure cinema fantasy however it does raise awareness of how far a teen can go to fool their mum and dad into letting them go on a foreign trip.
The film overlooks some basics each parent would check. Where are you staying, how much money have you got to take, what necessities are you taking with you, what insurance cover is there?
Whilst Neeson is the protecting parent in this film and the mum is regarded as the free enthusiastic 'let my girl have what she wants ', we all know in the real world parents would wish to know every last minute detail of such a visit to a land five thousand miles away.
And then lo and behold, I go to the pictures at the weekend and there's a trailer for Taken Two. This time it seems the ex wife is taken in retaliation for Neeson rescue mission in the 1st film.
I somehow don't think kidnapping and human trafficking are covered in most travel insurance for students policies but the pictures actually do make you think as a parent. I know it's made me consider carefully prior to agreeing to any trips my youngsters go on.
Ever aware of the dangers of the modern world, mother and child gang up on him to encourage him to allow his girl and a student mate to go to Europe.
He opposes the travel trip but capitulates when he advocates his girl with two things she must do; telephone each day and provide her actual location.
Then each parent's nightmare is realised. She's taken and abducted by gangsters for human trafficking.
The rest of the film is pure cinema fantasy however it does raise awareness of how far a teen can go to fool their mum and dad into letting them go on a foreign trip.
The film overlooks some basics each parent would check. Where are you staying, how much money have you got to take, what necessities are you taking with you, what insurance cover is there?
Whilst Neeson is the protecting parent in this film and the mum is regarded as the free enthusiastic 'let my girl have what she wants ', we all know in the real world parents would wish to know every last minute detail of such a visit to a land five thousand miles away.
And then lo and behold, I go to the pictures at the weekend and there's a trailer for Taken Two. This time it seems the ex wife is taken in retaliation for Neeson rescue mission in the 1st film.
I somehow don't think kidnapping and human trafficking are covered in most travel insurance for students policies but the pictures actually do make you think as a parent. I know it's made me consider carefully prior to agreeing to any trips my youngsters go on.
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Paul Godin writes for InsureDirect who provide student travel insurance and plenty of other specialist travel insurance policies.
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