Gap Year and student travel insurance

Whether you have just finished A levels and about to go to University, finished your degree and about to embark upon an illustrious career, or simply ready to drop out and hang loose for a while, travelling is often the best way to let your hair down before the serious stuff starts!

Our Holidaysafe backpacker and longstay travel insurance policies have been designed with you in mind. We know that student and gap year travellers are travelling on fairly tight budgets, and that they want their travel insurance to be cheap, but to provide them with the essential cover they need to protect them should they fall ill or be injured on their trip, lose their money or tickets, or have their belongings stolen. So our policies have been designed to offer protection at affordable premiums.

To find out more, and to check out our great prices, simply click on our QUOTE ME button and then choose the type of policy you are looking for (e.g. Backpacker or Longstay.,) from the drop down list.

The World is a vast and exciting place, full of exotic locations and breath-taking scenery; from overcrowded bustling cities to wide expanses of land with not a soul in sight; from the blistering heat of the desert to the frozen wasteland of the polar regions it is full of contrast and contradiction, and it is waiting to be explored and discovered by a new generation of traveller.

For many student and gap year travellers, there is also the opportunity to try out some adrenalin pumping activities such as bungee jumping, skydiving or alligator wrestling.

So, with all that the world has to offer, what is the most important thing to take with you when you set off on this adventure (that is after clothes, money and passport)? Travel Insurance!

Our policies are suitable for people studying abroad, working abroad, taking a gap year trip, going on a sabbatical or just planning a longer than average trip.

Our Backpacker and longstay travel insurance includes:

• Trips up to 18 months are covered
• Europe, Australasia and Worldwide cover options available
• Two return trips home allowed free of charge
• Non manual work covered such as bar work and teaching
• Automatically covers a selection of sports and activities free of charge, with further extensions available for most other activities. For a full list of our activities covered click here
• Doctor led medical emergency helpline 24 hours a day, every day of the year
• Optional winter sports cover is available under an Activities package
• In-house claims team
• 14 day money back guarantee
• Backpacker and Longstay policies include emergency medical expenses including repatriation, personal liability, legal expenses and personal accident. Compare all our cover options