WAYN.com encourages members to travel responsibly

Leading British social network WAYN.com (Where Are You Now?) is offering its subscribers free Travel Insurance in a bid to encourage them to travel safely and responsibly and reduce their worries whilst travelling.

WAYN.com is the first Social Network to offer travel insurance to members; providing a tangible and on-theme product to users which has not yet been seen from a community website. WAYN are offering European Annual Multi Trip Insurance to their VIP Members for FREE.

Teaming up with Mondial Assistance, WAYN has been given ‘Appointed Representative’ Status to provide market-leading products for its members which will set a precedent for low pricing in the travel and insurance industries.

Bosses at WAYN.com, the world’s largest travel and lifestyle social network with a membership base of more than 11 million with over 6 million unique visitors per month, want to prove that social networking sites are able to make a real difference to people’s lives.

Matt Jerwood, Director of Business Development at WAYN.com said: “WAYN.com is a travel and lifestyle focused social network. Our users love travel and so we thought we should try to give a little back to those subscribing members who’ve helped to make WAYN such a vibrant community. What better way than to help reduce travel stress by providing them with high quality insurance, for free?

“The site is all about getting in touch with people, sharing travel advice and experiences, and planning trips. Therefore it makes perfect sense that we should offer our members travel insurance, it’s one of the key things for responsible travellers to ensure they have covered. It’s an exciting move for a social network to give such a tangible benefit to its members” WAYN’s VIP members now receive – on top of the upgrade features already on offer including enhanced account preferences, free SMS and priority online presence - an excellent insurance package* at no extra cost, which essentially doubles the value of membership.

By providing one of the lowest-price insurance offerings in the market, yet without compromising the quality of the offering; WAYN.com aim to feature at the top of results presented on leading search aggregators’ and price comparison websites, for both single-trip and multi-trip travel insurance products.

Access to this competitive insurance offering is available to everyone via WAYN.com, in addition to the site’s communication tools, international SMS, travel guide, trips log, travel tools, games and full search functionality. Those upgrading to the enhanced VIP account privileges will be able to claim European Annual Multi-trip travel insurance* for free through their My Account page.

WAYN insurance packages are now available across the UK, with single trip cover within Europe starting from under £6 and annual multi-trip cover throughout Europe from under £24 . WAYN insurance will then be rolled out across the WAYN global footprint in the months to follow, including Western Europe, North America and Australasia.

Mondial Assistance was selected as the preferred partner due to its ability to provide the best price and best levels of cover for both European and Worldwide policies; a great product offering, including the ability for WAYN users in multiple territories to benefit; the lowest feasible excess option; availability of backpacker cover and overall commitment to customer service.

Steve Hook, Director of Corporate & Travel for Mondial Assistance commented: “We are extremely excited to be partnering with WAYN.com and to be able to offer excellent value to members and non-members alike – insurance is something all travellers should be equipped with to protect them whilst on their travels. Partnering with WAYN enables us to reach a broad spectrum of travellers across the world.”

Traffic on WAYN.com has grown significantly since the website opened up its interaction model to all members with new registrations now up to 20,000 per day. The trend is set to continue, with the site having recently announced not only new product developments and a relaunched travel guide but also a number of strategic partnerships.

WAYN.com (Where Are You Now?) is an appointed representative of Mondial Assistance (UK) Limited which is Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.