Gap Year Travel Insurance

Our specialist gap year travel insurance is ideal for those travelling the world providing long stay cover from up to 18 months depending on your residential status. We can off gap year cover to residents of 150 countries not just UK residents, and you can buy online even after you've left home.

Whether you are on a gap year trip exploring the world or maybe working abroad in a bar or office our policies offer comprehensive cover at affordable prices.

  • Trip duration from 31 days to up to 18 months.
  • Cover for Overseas Medical Expenses, Repatriation/Evacuation, Baggage & More
  • 24 Hour Emergency Medical Helpline
  • Age Friendly Insurance available into your sixties (subject to your residency)
  • Extend and Claim online

Gap Year Travel Insurance

Travelling abroad for long periods of time and choosing your own itinerary is one of the great advantages of taking a gap year. Gap year Insurance is an ideal choice for all travelers not taking the package holiday route, from young students seeing the world for the first time to those aged into their sixties looking for fun and adventure. We offer policies covering different regions worldwide, simply choose the region that includes the countries you intend to visit.

Our gap year and backpackers travel insurance covers you for long trips abroad, anywhere in the world, (subject to individual travel advice from Government bodies).

If you're travelling for more than 31 days then our gap year travel insurance policy will cover all your needs. Our cover can include everything from medical expenses to lost passport or cash.

Our policies will give you peace of mind if you have an accident or fall ill while travelling abroad. We also have optional cover for your personal possesions in case of loss, damage, or theft.

Adventure Sports and Activities

  • Four levels of cover available covering a multitude of Adventure Sports & Leisure Activities*
  • Include Ski and Snowboarding cover for up to 18 months*

Our gap year insurance policy is specially tailored to meet the requirements of travelers who may need cover for up to 18 months and to include adventurous activities and sports. You'll be surprised at what activities we can cover* and these include Bungee Jumping, Zorbing, Quad Biking, Scuba Diving, Shark Cage Diving and even Sky Diving. We want you to enjoy your time away but aware that you will want to take part in some more hazadous pursuits, so we have banded these into 4 levels.

See what other hazardous sports and activities we can cover on our gap year and backpacker travel insurance policies.

Gap Year Travel Insurance with Winter Sports Cover

You can also include ski insurance and snowboarding cover for up to 18 months*, ideal if you will be working in a ski resort whilst away.

*Exactly which adventures we will and won't cover varies, depending on your country of permanent residence. For an A-Z of activities we cover Click here to choose the plan to suite your sport or activity.

Can I extend my policy once abroad?

If you decide to stay abroad a bit longer than you first planned, then that's not a problem with us. You can extend your policy online while you are away.

Remember that not every country has a free health service like we do in the UK and without adequate insurance you could find yourself facing a large medical bill if you fall ill or have an accident abroad without travel insurance.

Spend your time wisely

There are literally hundreds of opportunities for you to choose from whether it is traveling abroad, volunteering or working within a different environment. Whichever you chose University admission tutors and employers alike do look for this time to have been spent wisely. It can look worse on your CV with employers and universities if taking a year you are unable to show that at least some of your year out was spent in a productive and organised fashion.

Prices, Benefits and Policy Wording

Before you go, you should carefully review your travel insurance coverage and read all of the policy wording to make sure this travel insurance policy is right for your trip.

To review your coverage, you should choose your country where you would want to be repatriated back to in the event of an extreme medical emergency and where you have access to long term medical care if required.

You should look for any conditions or exclusions of cover, particularly if you decide to do any adventurous activities or sports while travelling.

The terms and conditions of WorldNomads.com policies differ, depending on your country of residence. There may also be restrictions on cover, depending on the circumstances of your trip.

** Long Stay policies are available for those up to 60 years of age for UK Residents. Check age limits for other countries, term up to 18 months, subject to country of residence, available to adventurous travellers from 150 different countries.

www.ugap.co.ukFor the more independent and resourceful of you and if you are up to the challenge and satisfaction of planning and realizing your own gap opportunity to suit your own itinerary and budget. Then check out the advice and observations, based on Hektor Krome’s Gap year since 1972 and his 20 years of talks for leavers at schools and Head Master’s conferences all over the country, on how to travel safely and independently volunteering in schools and projects ad hoc along the way, for far less.