Personally, I think travelling overseas on a motorbike is one of the best ways to travel. You can go where you want, stop and stay wherever and for however long you feel like, and leave when you’re ready. You’re not constantly rushing from A to B following a strict schedule, squeezing onto uncomfortable overnight buses or stressing about missing expensive flights. You can make your own path and go at your own pace.

The tricky thing about overseas motorbike holidays is finding a good travel insurance policy that will cover you. So many insurers say a flat out 'no way' for covering you on a motorbike, but there are policies out there for you. Have a good look online and you'll be able to find a policy that suits you. Make sure to buy a comprehensive cover that is sure to cover unlimited medical and hospital expenses, as well as emergency medical assistance. There could be nothing worse than getting seriously injured in a foreign country than to have to fork out thousands of dollars of medical bills, not to mention trying to work out how you're going to get yourself home. You want to make sure that if you are riding a motorbike or a scooter overseas you will be completely covered by your travel insurance no matter what happens, because after all, no rider no matter how experienced can ever know exactly what will happen on the road.

Apart from your health and medical expenses, the second major factor you want to be sure to have travel insurance cover for is rental vehicle excess. Renting a motorbike can be pretty cheap until of course you have an incident and find yourself facing a whopping rental vehicle excess of a few grand. Many travel insurance companies will cover rental vehicle excess, so do your research and compare lots of different quotes and policies to make sure that this will be covered. This way you will save a significant amount of money not only on the rental vehicle excess, but you will not need to pay the extra daily rate for the rental company to lower their excess.

Always contact your travel insurance provider before you purchase the cover to double check the policy details when it comes to travel insurance for motorbike holidays. Usually you will just need to have a full riders licence issued in Australia and you will be completely covered, but it is always important to take the few minutes and make that short phone call to double check. When riding motorbikes or scooters overseas you are taking risks with both your health and your money, so do your research, compare different quotes and different policies, and don't just settle for first or the cheapest policy you find.