Scunner, people on the T.A. Turkey Forums are told over and over that for paragliding, jeep safaris and quad bikes they need to take out Hazardous Sports Insurance before they leave the U.K. However, most of them will not fork out the £25.00 for the Insurance. They take that chance.
This girl lived in Turkey for 6 months and she is pictured on her F.B. Page riding quads with no crash helmet on. Even in the rain in the dark being dragged up a hill on a quad with no helmet and the words "Sorry Mummies".
I think the main problem is, people on holiday forget all sense of danger and think it will never happend to them.
Who in the U.K would go and throw themselves off a mountain for the first time with a foreign co-pilot with no knowledge of the equipment being used and no insurance? However, thousands will do it on holiday in Turkey.
Last year when the Welsh guy (who had no insurance) went off the road and down into the water in Oludeniz, it cost £29.000 to med-vac him home, paid for by his Mother-in-law. He died when he got back to Wales.
So, for these two girl's families, it is going to cost a lot of money.
I think it is time some of the Travel Companies, who offer insurance to tourists, also explained about Hazardous Sports and the extra insurance needed too.