About Columbus Direct Travel Insurance
Why choose Columbus Direct?
Columbus is one of the UK's leading Travel Insurance providers. Established in 1988, we were the first company to sell travel insurance direct to the consumer, cutting out the middle man and saving our customers up to 60% in the process. Over 20 years later we have covered over 15 million travellers all around the world with quality travel insurance.
We have a reputation for putting customers first and have won multiple awards for our cover and customer service, including over 10 Which? Best Buy awards in the last 5 years.
We encourage feedback from our customers and our satisfaction ratings are very high, in a recent survey, 99% of our customers said they would recommend us to their friends and family.
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Columbus Direct is rated 4.7 / 5 based on 258 customer reviews
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Volcanic Ash Cover from £8
Don't let another Icelandic volcano spoil your holiday, get up to £7,500 of protection by including our new Volcanic Ash Cover with your policy.
Everyone on your policy can be covered for Travel Delay, Trip Abandonment and Missed Departure as a result of volcanic ash, all from just £8 per policy.
Buy online - Save 10%
We always put customers first and whenever we can save money we try to pass that saving on to you. So, if you buy online rather than through our call centre you will save 10%!
An amazing 99% of the customers we have surveyed this year say they would recommend Columbus. So isn't it time you took Columbus on holiday with you?
Get a quote now and see what you could save in just a few seconds.

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