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Divemaster insurance covers COVID

27/10/2020

 
Unlike some insurers who continue to sell with a wholesale COVID-19 exclusion Divemaster policy's now includes coverage for some COVID-19 related risks, as well as additional clarification for consumers in respect of the COVID-19 risks they cannot cover. 

COVID-19 Risks that are covered include:
  • You test positive for COVID-19 and have to cancel your holiday.
  • You test positive for COVID-19 and require hospital treatment whilst on holiday.
  • You test positive for COVID-19 and need to cut short your holiday or require repatriation to the UK.

​COVID-19 Risks that they cannot cover include:
  • A non-insured person (e.g. a relative, friend or business partner) tests positive for COVID-19 and you want to cancel your holiday
  • The FCO changes its advice in relation to the country you are travelling to because of COVID-19 or another pandemic and you cannot now travel. You should enquire with your tour operator or provider as to how they would deal with this scenario. Usually regulations would require a refund or an alternative is provided. 
  • You are required to self-isolate in your holiday accommodation for all or part of your holiday.
What makes Dive Master policies so special?
Their policies include the following benefits which many others may not:


  • Diving accident insurance, (IDEC) that covers you at home and abroad and not just when you are “travelling”
  • Further treatment when you get back to your country of residence which is unique to IDEC
  • Search and Rescue costs
  • Hyperbaric treatment costs
  • Coverage for your cancellation if you are unfit to dive not just unfit to travel
  • 24 hour multilingual emergency assistance
  • Coverage available for independent itinerary failure .
  • Travel insurance that covers up to £3000 of dive equipment
  • No Depth Limits
  • Coverage for wreck diving, night diving and shark diving
  • Coverage for technical and rebreather divers
  • We Pay for Unexplained Flood Damage to Cameras and Videos
  • Equipment cover for theft from vehicles before, during and after dive trips
  • Equipment cover that provides new for old
  • Liability Insurance that can cover all training agencies

​Full diving insurance policy details can be found in the policy wordings and Insurance Product Information Documents on the Divemaster website.
Dive Rutland has teamed up with Dive Master Insurance, internet insurance experts, to provide a fast and easy way to insure your diving equipment or for Medical Insurance or Travel Insurance online. 
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Dive Adventure - Plymouth: May 2021

25/10/2020

 
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Dive Boat Seeker - Plymouth
Itinerary
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7th May
Arrive Plymouth
8th / 9th May
2 Dives A Day
​Price:   £260 Club Members / £285 Non-Club members 
  
Number of Places: 12

Price Includes: 
  • 2 days diving (2 dives per day) - 8th / 9th May 2021
  • Four single cylinder air fills
  • Free Hot Drinks & Light lunch on-board
  • 2 nights accommodation at the Mount Batten Watersports centre on room share basis - 5th & 6th June
  • Free on-site car-parking
  • Cooked or continental Breakfast
  • Organisation of the trip, including provision of a Trip Leader by Dive Rutland

Price Excludes: 
  • Travel to Plymouth
  • Equipment

50% Non-Refundable Deposit required to secure your place on this trip with final Payment by 1st March 2021*

Equipment available to hire for the weekend and club members take advantage of club pricing
Training including the Boat Speciality can be undertaken on this trip, just contact us to discuss and take one more step towards becoming a Master Scuba Diver

*Dive Rutland Trip Terms and Conditions apply
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Why are people not using reusable Face Masks?

20/10/2020

 
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The latest figures for Britain from the Office for National Statistics suggest that 96% of adults who left their homes in the past week had worn a face covering.
 
What would be an interesting statistic is how many of those were wearing reusable face masks.  

​Simple response, those who are considering the environment! Which after doing my local supermarket shop today seems to not be many… 
 
It cannot be a cost thing… the cost of a reusable face mask i.e. Fourth Element Face Mask is £11.99, they are made from ECONYL regenerated nylon, made in part from lost fishing nets, they can be used with or without filters are machine washable and can be reused indefinitely reducing waste.
 
A single use mask in a pack of 50 from a local high street chemist is £25.00, these are not recyclable and the government states that used disposable face coverings – often containing the plastic polypropylene should be put in black bag waste bins or a litter bin if you are outside NOT left in the shopping trolley (yes really!)
 
According to research from scientists at UCL, if every person in the UK used one single-use mask each day for a year, that would create 66,000 tonnes of contaminated plastic waste and create ten times more climate change impact than using reusable masks.
 
And
 
New analysis from money.co.uk also found that disposable masks would cost every person in the UK £189.80 a year, collectively costing Brits over £12bn in just 12 months.
 
In comparison, using a reusable mask would cost £4 per year, leading to a yearly saving of £185.80.
 
The company took the average cost per disposable mask from seven UK retailers (£0.52 per mask) and multiplied this by 365 for one year.
Make a difference and use a recyclable face mask.
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