Travel Insurance Direct is a leading Australian online travel insurance provider with a core focus of making it easier, better, faster and less expensive for Australian’s to purchase reliable travel cover.

Sydney, Australia June 24, 2009 — Travelinsurancedirect.com.au introduces free mp3 phrase books: Lessons designed to help Australian holidaymakers have the best possible holiday - by learning the local lingo!

Australians travellers should familiarise themselves with the local language before they go on overseas holidays, says Ian Jackson, General Manager of Australia’s leading online travel insurance retailer, TravelInsuranceDirect.com.au.

“Knowing a few key phrases of the local language is insurance against bad holidays,” says Ian. “Being able to count to 100 in the local language, ask for directions to a hotel or just being familiar with a few local foodstuffs makes a massive difference to the quality of a holiday.” The audio <a href =’http://www.travelinsurancedirect.com.au/easy-guide-to-travel-insurance/free-language-guides-mp3-phrase-books.html’>phrase books</a> are a simple way to absorb the short language lessons at one’s leisure

Ian added that he believes it is important for Australian tourists to learn at least a few key phrases before they travel overseas.

“It’s just plain rude to visit another country without being able to say ‘Thank You’ in the local language,” he says.

Other phrases essential to master before you visit another country are:
• May I please have the bill?
• Where is the bathroom?
• How much does this cost?
• Excuse me;
• I love you.

“Spending a little bit of time to master these phrases will make you a better ambassador for Australia and help you have a better holiday,” Ian says. “We hope our <a href =’http://www.travelinsurancedirect.com.au/easy-guide-to-travel-insurance/free-language-guides-mp3-phrase-books.html’>language guides</a> will help travellers to have a better experience on their holiday, they are short, simple & easy to access on your ipod or other media player”

About the MP3 Language Guides
Each lesson in the podcast series lessons run for just 12 minutes, making it possible for travellers to ignore boring in-flight movies and instead devote the long hours aloft to learning the language spoken at their destination.

“Knowing just a few key words and phrases in the local language will improve your holiday,” guarantees Ian,. “Residents respect the effort and travellers find little things like ordering meals in restaurants become a lot easier if they speak a little of the local language - everybody wins”

TID’s MP3 Phrasebooks are available for the following languages:
• Spanish
• French
• Thai
• Hindi
• Greek
• Indonesian
• Japanese
• Vietnamese
• Laos
• Mandarin
• Arabic
• Nepali
• Malay
• Swedish
• German
• Portuguese
• Dutch
• Russian
• Turkish

<a href =’http://www.travelinsurancedirect.com.au/online-travel-insurance-quotes.html’>Travel Insurance</a> Direct is a leading Australian online travel insurance provider with a core focus of making it easier, better, faster and less expensive for Australian’s to purchase reliable travel cover. Key products include Holiday Insurance, Cheap Travel Insurance, Domestic Travel Insurance, Business travel Insurance, Annual/ Multi Trip Cover & Seniors Travel Insurance.
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Contact:
Ian Jackson
Travelinsurancedirect.com.au
L5, 24 York Street
Sydney NSW 2000
+61 2 9234 3135
ian.jackson@tid.com.au
http://www.travelinsurancedirect.com.au/