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Backpacker Travel Insurance Policies Include:
This product is only available to UK residents up to the age of 36.
Standard travel insurance policies only cover you for a certain number of days holiday, which is not much use if you're going backpacking round the world on a gap year or taking a sabbatical. Fortunately, some insurance companies provide specialist policies exactly for this kind of trip; it's known as backpacker insurance or gap year insurance.
The price of these policies can vary greatly depending on the countries you will be visiting, as insurers deem some countries to be more dangerous than others. In addition, healthcare costs can differ massively from country to country; in the US, for example, it's much more expensive than in Europe.
Pay as you go backpacker travel insurance
Direct Travel Insurance allow you to tailor-make your gap year insurance policy and 'pay-as-you-go' so their prices are competitive, whatever your travel itinerary. You only pay for the cover you need, in the countries you intend to travel to, but there is also the flexibility to extend cover if your plans change. Policies can be as short as 90 days or as long as 18 months.
Their backpacking policy includes automatic cover for hundreds of sports and activities, and if you want to do anything this isn't covered, you can add this on for a small additional fee, meaning you aren't paying for insurance that you don't need.
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