This credit crunch has a lot to answer for! All kinds of problems and situations are rearing their heads as people attempt to hold onto their pennies! Watch out for having dinner at home! According to the article “Furniture at risk as entertaining at home increases!” people are claiming on their contents insurance for damage to furniture brought about by entertaining at home!
Everybody seems to be swapping the luxury of eating out for dining in. Friends are telephoned with home dinner invitations instead of one to a favourite restaurant. While it is a nice trend and an almost lost art of entertaining is dusted down and brought out on show again, there is a down side according the insurance company Swinton.
More and more claims are being made on contents insurance for damage caused to furniture and possessions. People are overwhelmingly enjoying a generous helping of alcohol taken from within the comfort of their own homes! While drinks are cheaper at home and it saves on taxi fares, entertaining at home is costing our insurance companies.
Just over eighty per cent of Swinton customers enjoyed entertaining friends at home instead of meeting them out for a drink and/or a meal. Out of these customers, thirty six per cent had an unfortunate accident and incurred some kind of damage to their belongings as a result of hosting the entertainment at home! And people say it is cheaper to entertain at home!