Columbus Travel Insurance

International Travel Insurance

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International Travel Insurance from Columbus Direct provides great value cover for one-off trips and holidays. Tailored for expats and residents of 46 countries, we provide all our assistance services in English.


From 18 Euro

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Summary of our single trip travel insurance policy
 


Single trip international travel insurance from Columbus Direct is available up to 365 days allowing you to travel up to a year with complete peace of mind. Single trip travel insurance is normally the best choice for you if you are not planning any other holidays or trips within the next year. If you’re travelling more than once every year, you should consider choosing our annual travel insurance policy – as it could save you money. Use our fast, no-obligation and free quote service today and we will show you the price for both a single trip and an annual policy so you can decide what’s the best option for you.

We don’t cut corners on cover and offer a complete package of insurance benefits that provides a wide range of benefits - from lost baggage to emergency medical expenses - with prices starting from just 18 €.

Take a look at some of the benefits:

  • Professional 24h multilingual assistance / emergency services
  • 14 Million € cover for medical costs
  • 7,500 € cancellation cover
  • 3,750 € baggage cover
  • Travel delay & delayed baggage cover
  • Legal expenses cover
  • Ski and snowboard cover option

To see cover available, and to see the price of single trip travel insurance from Columbus Direct, fill out the details on the page above and click ‘show price'.
 


Description of all benefits and cover levels  
 


The table below explains what benefits our international single travel insurance policy offers and displays the cover levels available for the respective benefits.

Once you have given us some basic information about your requirements, we will then provide you with a quote, which will show details of the products that we can offer you. This will include a benefits table and price information so you can easily compare cost and cover and choose the insurance that’s right for you.
 

These are the benefits offered by Columbus:
 
  

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 24h Medical Assistance Services

  Included

Should you require emergency medical treatment or repatriation, our policies provide you with access to a 24hr multilingual staffed medical emergency company.

 Medical Expenses

14 million €

Whether its injury or illness, our policies cover you for both emergency in-patient and out-patient treatment, which includes non-routine prescription charges, consultations and even emergency dental treatment. If it becomes medically necessary to repatriate you back to your home country, then this is covered too. 

 Cancellation and Curtailment

7,500 €

We will compensate you for any unused accommodation and travel expenses which you lose or incur as a result of having to cancel / curtail your holiday due to certain reasons.

 Baggage cover

 3,750 €

We cover the loss and theft of and damage to your baggage & personal belongings. We also provide you with an allowance to purchase essential replacement items in the event that your checked-in baggage is delayed for a certain period of time.

 Valuables limit

  450 €

We cover the loss, theft and damage to your valuable objects

 Cash limit

525 €

We cover the loss and theft of your money

 Cash and Documents

  1,500 €

We cover the cost of replacing your personal documents

 Missed Departure

  1,200 €

If you fail to reach your international departure point on time due to failure of public transport services or due to a mechanical breakdown of the vehicle in which you are travelling to your international departure point, we'll pay for the expenses that you need to make to reach your destination.

 Personal Accident

37,500 €

In the event of accidental injury, disablement or death, a lump sum payment will be issued to you or the persons chosen by you.

 Travel Delay

  300 €

We will offer you financial compensation if your trip is delayed more than 12 hours

 Personal Liability

3 million €

We cover accidental damage to third parties (person or property) inflicted by the insured while travelling.

 Legal Expenses

37,500 €

If you suffer personal injury, we cover the cost for a juridical procedure / legal advice

 Abandonment

7,500 € 

If you have to abandon your trip due to an accident or mechanical breakdown en route to your departure point, we’ll cover the cost of your holiday.

 Hijack cover

4,500 € 

If your means of transport gets hijacked, we’ll offer you financial compensation

Excess that apply to the policy
 
Some of these benefits offered by our trip travel insurance policies are subject to an excess: Cancellation, curtailment, hopstial benefits, baggage, loss of passport, abandonment, valuables, personal liability, cash and documents are subject to a 75 € excess. Medical expenses are subject to a 150 € excess.



All benefits are subject to the terms, conditions, exclusions and limitations of the policy, all of which can be found in our policy wording. You can also view our Policy Summary document which includes a summary of the key features and significant exclusions and limitations of the policy, together with other useful information about your policy.

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If you want to know how much our single trip travel insurance costs, get a quote here.
 

Columbus Direct (a trading style of Columbus Travel Insurance Services Ltd) is a specialist travel insurance intermediary
which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.