Travel Insurance

Travel insurance protects you financially if your trip gets cancelled, you have a medical emergency abroad, your luggage gets lost, or something else unexpected messes up your travel plans. For international trips especially, your regular health insurance usually doesn’t cover emergencies overseas, which makes travel insurance especially important for older travelers or anyone going somewhere with expensive healthcare.

Coverage varies a lot between plans. Some only cover trip cancellation, while more comprehensive plans also include medical evacuation and emergency medical care. The cost is usually a small percentage of your total trip expense, making travel insurance an affordable way to protect a much larger investment.

Older travelers especially assume their regular health plan will cover them overseas — it almost never does, and that’s the single biggest reason to buy travel insurance before an international trip.

Below are our detailed guides on travel insurance costs and coverage, including plans made for seniors and international trips.