Online travel insurance could be a benefit for people facing potential cultural misunderstandings while on overseas trips.
News Mail reports that services club Apex delivered $100 (£48.50) worth of Easter eggs for underprivileged youngsters around the Australian town of Bundaberg, only to have them mistakenly eaten by two Korean visitors.
Thinking the eggs had been left out for shoppers, the two women shared the eggs with other guests at the local Footprints Backpackers Hostel, many of whom may have bought
backpacker travel insurance.
Rod Pearce, manager of the hostel, told the paper: "They are lovely girls, but they can't read English so they thought [the eggs] were free and brought them home to share with the other backpackers."
He added they were "absolutely mortified" when they realised what they had done and a trip to the police station was arranged to clarify what had happened.
The hostel ended up giving Apex $100 (£48.50) worth of compensation on the girls' behalf.
Bundaberg is situated in Queensland, between Sydney and Brisbane.
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