Gap Year Travel Insurance

Gap Year & Long Stay 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 less than 39 looking for fun and adventure. We offer policies covering Europe, Australia and New Zealand, World Wide or World Wide excluding USA and Canada.

Our gap year insurance policy is specially tailored to meet the requirements of travelers who may need cover for up to 18 months. Backpackers will appreciate the degree of cover that allows you to take part in as many as 63 sporting activities with no extra charge. The activities included in our standard long stay policy include bungee jumping, quad biking, camel and elephant riding, scuba diving, parascending (over water ), Kayaking, mountain biking and yachting.

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

Backpackers Travel Insurance with Sports Cover

If you are planning on the ultimate sporting experience you could also opt to include winter sports activities or our extended activities packs. Our Winter Sports option covers you for skiing and snowboarding on and off piste.

Access to a medical emergency helpline 24 hours a day is included as are repatriation costs and cover for up to £3 million of medical expenses. Baggage is optional and can cover your personal belongings up to £750.

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.

Plan your Trip with our Gap Year & Backpacker Guides

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.