First Year Student Living In Halls?
We understand that not every holiday is the same, which is why we offer a range of excellent value policies, tailored to suit your needs. Wherever you are travelling to, whatever you are doing, we've got you covered.
Travel Insurance and the Coronavirus Outbreak (COVID-19)
You should check with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to ensure they are not advising against travel to your chosen destination.
If the FCO are advising against 'all' or 'all but essential' travel before you purchase a policy:
Most policies will not cover you for travel to that destination.
If the FCO change their advice after you buy your policy:
Some policies may provide cover. Cover for any disruption to your plans whilst you are away will vary by provider.
In all cases please check the policy wording of your chosen provider before buying.
To keep up to date with our latest news and the relaunch of the travel insurance product please follow us on:
Why is Travel Insurance Recommended?
Travel insurance is essential for a good reason. It may not be the most exciting thing to add to your holiday plans, but it's important. Even when COVID and travel restrictions are no longer a concern, having the right travel insurance is a key part of everyone's travel must-haves.
The chance of getting sick before or during a trip, along with the habit of not thinking about things that could go wrong while away, shows why travel insurance is so important. Since holidays are a way to escape problems at home, it's important to protect against unexpected issues.
While the chances of problems are low, unexpected issues during a vacation can be serious. This is especially true for those planning trips they've been dreaming of for a long time. Losing out on these experiences can be expensive, so getting travel insurance is even more important.
Not having travel insurance can lead to significant financial consequences in the event of unexpected events or emergencies during your trip. Here are some potential costs and risks associated with traveling without insurance:
Having travel insurance provides a safety net, offering financial protection and assistance in navigating unexpected situations. While it involves an upfront cost, the potential savings and peace of mind it provides in case of emergencies often outweigh the expense.
Travel tips
When you travel abroad, it is important to plan for your trip well in advance, even if you are a seasoned traveller. The Foreign Office has great advice on their website about overseas travel, which we have reflected in our tips below:
Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience,
provide personalized content, and analyze our traffic. Some of these cookies are essential for
the website to function while others can be switched on or off.
By clicking "Accept all" you agree to
the uses explained in our Cookies Policy. If you click "Reject all" we'll block all non-essential cookies
but those crucial to the website's operation will still be used.
A cookie is a small text file that is placed and stored on your computer, mobile or other device, by the websites that you visit. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently and also to provide information on visitor behaviour to the website owner.
These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your device's browser until you close the browser. They enable certain site functionality and are also used by the server to store/remember information about user web page activities so user information can be stored throughout an online web process - for example this could be used to allow information to be carried across website pages so that you don't have to re-enter information.
These are cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer. Generally speaking, these cookies are used to track website visits, including returning and unique visitors (first time visitors) and monitor how they interact with a website. They can also be used to help arrange content to match a user's preference's/preferred interests. However these cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you.
We use cookies to:
Some benefits to you:
Some drawbacks
Booking process - We use cookies to maintain a user's session and allow data to be passed between different online pages within the quote engine in order to provide a quote/policy.
Google Analytics - We use these cookies as part of our web analytics activity to monitor traffic and compile reporting about how users are using our website, These cookies are used to capture anonymous data about how users journey around our website. Types of data it gathers number of visits, date of first & last visit, time on spent on the website
Online chat - We use cookies to let us know what pages you have been on, previous chats number of visits - this helps us to provide you with more relevant advice / guide you to the information you require.
To track traffic from referral website(s) - This cookie is used to ensure accurate payment to our partner website. In terms of referral information this is stored against a customer record within our database.
Please be aware that our website contains links to and from other websites. We accept no responsibility or liability for the content of these websites or the cookies they use. If you choose to visit another website via our website, you will need to contact them separately to have your personal information deleted from any records they might hold. It is also the responsibility of that website to detail their use of cookies to you on their website and get the relevant consent from you for usage.
We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
When you decide to get a quotation or buy on line we will use necessary cookies for your security and to provide you with a policy.
If you do not want allow any of the other cookies, you can disable the use of cookies by using your internet browser settings. Please note if you disable the cookies you may experience slower running times and you may not be able to access all of our website content.