Issued May 1st 2007
One day cover for those Champions League™ Away Days
English travellers are streaming into Europe for short trips to support their football teams in the Champions League™, often for one day breaks.
Premiership teams have flourished in this year's Uefa competition, providing three out of four semi-finalists in the Champions League™ and giving fans a number of European away days to enjoy.
Coinciding with the launch of One Day Travel, www.onedaytravel.co.uk, several thousand Manchester United fans are visiting the Italian city, Milan on May 2nd for the semi-final, second leg match. Furthermore, fans of Liverpool and Chelsea are also hoping to win a place in the showpiece final which takes place in the Olympic stadium, Athens on May 23rd.
Midweek games, always on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, mean that many Brits return home after only one night away to minimise their days off work. Followers of England's semi-finalists, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United have supported their teams -in their tens of thousands- during a campaign taking them to Holland, France, Spain and Italy in recent months.
Just like any travellers, supporters will face the potential inconvenience of lost passports, accidents or illness. One Day Travel cover offers protection for 24 hours when these mishaps occur.
Rob Thomas, Marketing Manager, One Day Travel:
"Football fans are rightly enjoying the progress of English teams in the Champions League™ whoever they support. With so many people travelling abroad, not just for the football, but later in 2007 for the Rugby World Cup, some travel cover is very useful if something goes wrong. We've just concentrated on providing a great service if people want to safeguard their overnight visits with us at One Day Travel."
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