One or two years back, Liam Neeson appeared in a fantastic action thriller picture called Taken. Neeson is a one-time undercover CIA agent who's now divorced from his other half and apart from his teenager girl.
Ever aware of the dangers of the modern world, mother and daughter gang up on him to encourage him to permit his girl and a student friend to travel to France.
He opposes the travel trip but capitulates when he dictates his daughter with 2 things she must promise; phone each day and provide her actual location.
Then each parent's nightmare is realised. She's taken and kidnapped by gangsters for human trafficking.
The rest of the film is pure cinema fantasy it does raise awareness of how far a teenager can go to fool their mother and father into letting them go on a foreign trip.
The film overlooks some basics each parent would check. Where are you staying, what amount of cash do you have to take, what must haves are you taking with you, what insurance cover is there?
While Neeson is the protective parent in this film and the mother is regarded as the free enthusiastic 'let my girl have what she wants ', we know in real life parents would want to know every last minute detail of such a trip to a land five thousand miles away.
And then lo and behold, I go to the films 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 flick.
I somehow do not think abduction and human trafficking are covered in most travel insurance for students policies but the pictures definitely do make you suspect as a parent. I know it has made me think carefully prior to agreeing to any trips my youngsters go on.
Ever aware of the dangers of the modern world, mother and daughter gang up on him to encourage him to permit his girl and a student friend to travel to France.
He opposes the travel trip but capitulates when he dictates his daughter with 2 things she must promise; phone each day and provide her actual location.
Then each parent's nightmare is realised. She's taken and kidnapped by gangsters for human trafficking.
The rest of the film is pure cinema fantasy it does raise awareness of how far a teenager can go to fool their mother and father into letting them go on a foreign trip.
The film overlooks some basics each parent would check. Where are you staying, what amount of cash do you have to take, what must haves are you taking with you, what insurance cover is there?
While Neeson is the protective parent in this film and the mother is regarded as the free enthusiastic 'let my girl have what she wants ', we know in real life parents would want to know every last minute detail of such a trip to a land five thousand miles away.
And then lo and behold, I go to the films 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 flick.
I somehow do not think abduction and human trafficking are covered in most travel insurance for students policies but the pictures definitely do make you suspect as a parent. I know it has made me think carefully prior to agreeing to any trips my youngsters go on.
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Paul Godin writes for InsureDirect who provide travel insurance for students and many other specialist travel insurance plans.
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