Does any travel insurance cover for fuel shortages?

[rogerzilla]

In July we are going on holiday to Suffolk by car.  If fuel protests and panic buying kick off again, will anyone provide cover for cancellation? 

Otherwise it's about £800 down the pan, and public transport isn't really an option because of the enormous cost of train fares for a family, a lot of luggage (the kids can't carry their own) and the nearest railway station being some miles away.

[PaulF]

I doubt it, I missed a flight due to traffic jams and had no claim since I was travelling by car, had I used a bus I would have been able to claim.

EDIT Meant to say that my insurance, on reading the policy, only covered for public transport delays

[andygates]

That's force majeure, the universal get-out clause.  Do you expect there to be a fuel crisis in July?

[rogerzilla]

The tabloid press seem to be whipping people up into a frenzy.  Refinery blockades are now illegal, I believe, but I can't see the Government sending in the heavy mob to clear them - they're totally impotent in the face of anything like that.  Last time the real problem was that the tanker drivers refused to cross the picket lines, citing safety concerns.

[nuttycyclist]

The tabloid press seem to be whipping people up into a frenzy. ...

I wondered why there was a queue off of the forecourt and tailing back blocking the road this morning.  I just thought that people were desperate to spend their money.