French company launches ‘Sunshine Guarantee’
A French property group is offering its customers a ‘Sunshine Guarantee’ for summer 2009.
P&V is offering to reimburse customers if their holiday to France is interrupted by more than four days of rain in any week, as part of its insurance cover.
The ‘Sunshine Guarantee’ is being offered in conjunction with EuropAssistance and will give customers staying at any Pierre et Vacances property up to €150 if their holiday is affected by bad weather.
The insurance company will analyse satellite photographs taken by the French national weather bureau to assess claims.
Policyholders will then be informed by telephone, text or email if they are liable for compensation.
The ‘Sunshine Guarantee’ costs €67 per booking and includes multirisk cover.
The policy is valid for bookings at all 75 Pierre et Vacances properties in mainland France, including family holiday villages in Normandy, beach properties on the Côte d’Azur and self-catering apartments in the Loire Valley.
Pierre et Vacances is one brand of accommodation within the P&V group.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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