If you’ve had to change your travel plans because of coronavirus or you want to book a trip for when the Government or FCO says it’s safe to go, you can buy Post Office Travel Insurance now, so you’re covered ready. 

This includes cover for emergency medical expenses and costs to return you home if you fall ill during the trip you’re insured for – including with coronavirus.  But please note that, like most other providers, our travel insurance provides no other coronavirus cover, including if you have to cancel a trip you’ve planned or have already booked. Remember, if you travel somewhere against any FCO or Government advice not to do so or preventing travel, or if there is any change in regulation brought about by COVID-19, your cover won’t be valid.  Get the latest FCO advice here. Check the Government’s UK travel guidelines here. And find out more about what’s covered.

The current travel restrictions and uncertainty due to coronavirus mean many people are now considering a ‘staycation’ in Britain. If you’re among them, you can get it covered with Post Office Travel Insurance now.  

We provide cover whether you’re taking a break in the UK or going on holiday overseas, which could be welcome reassurance if your luggage or personal belongings are lost, stolen or damaged while you’re away. You’re also covered if you have to cancel or cut short your trip due to reasons other than coronavirus, as set out in the policy. You can find out more here.

Post Office is an award-winning provider of travel insurance, having won Best Travel Insurance Provider Gold award each year from 2006 to 2015 and the Silver award in 2016 to 2018 at the British Travel Awards.

Every 44 seconds, someone protects their holiday with a Post Office policy. (Based on Travel Insurance sales from 2018 to 2019)

We have a range of cover options available to suit lots of different holidays, so you can choose the cover that suits you best.

Having travel insurance is a worthwhile purchase for anyone going abroad for their holidays. Even in relatively safe locations such as central Europe, a myriad of things can go wrong. Flights can be delayed. Airlines can lose your luggage. Thieves often operate in tourist areas. And you could eat something that disagrees with you anywhere in the world.

We hope that none of these events happen to you. But if they do, you could be out of pocket – and with emergency medical problems it could be by tens or even hundreds of thousands of pounds. Holiday insurance may be able to help avoid some of this risk.

If your luggage is lost, holiday insurance may not be able to replace it, but the payout from a claim can help recover any costs that you have had to pay to get temporary alternatives.

In particular, the medical cover outside of the EU offered by insurance is a necessity.

Within the EU, you may think that an EHIC can cover all of your medical needs. This isn’t true. Some of the most expensive medical services, such as repatriation, aren’t covered by EHIC.

Moreover, EHIC is limited to health cover and won’t help at all with things like cancellation, loss or theft.