Bankruptcy Is never the First option
If you think there would be a time in the future when you might want to obtain some money from the market as credit, then let us inform you that if you even go for bankruptcy to escape your current outstanding loan today, then you will close all the doors of taking any further credit in the future. And in today’s world it is never certain that when another financial crisis will hit you, so you cannot afford to ruin your credit history and close that door forever.
Now what is the other option that you have against bankruptcy?
The answer is debt relied schemes that various professional firms offer, wherein the hired firm will negotiate you case with your creditor, and try to absolve the case by paying a much discounted amount. In this way you can pay as low as 20% of the outstanding amount and get cleared of any further debts.
This practice will of course affect your credit history, but not as severely as a bankruptcy, and anyway you will save a lot of money that you initially owed to your creditor.
It is also a good practice to insure any loan that you take by investing in a PPI compensation plan, in case you are unable to pay a certain loan. However, we will also like to inform you that most of these insurances never fructifies at the time of need, owing to some hidden clause in the offer document which typically will prevent you from getting the insurance benefits of your PPI claim.