Offering cover for anything from a short UK break to a year of travelling around the world.
Covers you for a one-off trip up to 365 days*
Perfect for short or long trips for anywhere in the UK or abroad
We have different types of cover for whatever you have planned, all medical conditions considered
Offering cover for anything from a short UK break to a year of travelling around the world.
Covers you for a one-off trip up to 365 days*
Perfect for short or long trips for anywhere in the UK or abroad
Travelling more than once this year? An Annual Multi-Trip policy could save you time and money.
Covers you for multiple trips for a 12 month period
Various individual trip durations available**
Aged 18 to 60 and looking for a gap year, career break or to travel the world? We could have the cover you're looking for.
Covers you for one trip up to 18 months
Option to return home for up to 7 days on 3 occasions.
If you've an existing medical condition such as high blood pressure, cholesterol or diabetes, it doesn't mean you can't have a fantastic holiday. But it's important that you are adequately insured. So as well as checking your passport and travel documents are in good order, make sure you let us know full details of all existing medical conditions.
Post Office Travel Insurance covers most pre-existing medical conditions. Get a quote today to see if we can cover you. If you have a serious pre-existing medical condition that Post Office Travel Insurance cannot offer cover for, the Money and Pensions Scheme (MaPS) have launched a directory listing companies that may be able to help you. The directory can be accessed by either clicking here or calling 0800 138 7777.
Additional cover for Natural Catastrophe and Terrorism, Air Space Closure (Enhanced trip disruption), Gadget and Golf. Mandatory cover for Cruise and Winter Sports cover are available for an additional premium too.
The chances of encountering a natural catastrophe or terrorist event are small, but they can happen. If you’re affected it can cause huge disruptions and worry. Our new, optional extra covers some of the unpleasant consequences such an event could have on your trip. >>
Drones buzzing around have caused disruption to many travellers by closing airspace. Don’t get caught out: take a look at our additional cover option to be covered for cancellation and delay from airspace closure. >>
Lots of us wouldn’t get very far without our beloved tech. Whether it’s just your smartphone or a menagerie of various tablets, laptops, drones and consoles, our gadget cover can make sure you’ve got an extra level of protection for those things you couldn’t do without. >>
If you’re going skiing or snowboarding, then having specialist ski cover is mandatory. Winter Sports carry much more risk and emergency costs to airlift you from a mountain can be high, so make sure you have cover that protects you on the piste. >>
Cruise cover is mandatory if you’re going on one. But it’s important as it covers you for a raft of things that could go wrong - from missing your departure point due to a breakdown to falling ill on board; being confined to your cabin to losing your baggage. >>
If you’ve gone on holiday specifically to play golf, then one of the worst things that could happen is the loss of your clubs. We make sure you’ve got cover for unpleasant eventualities, such as losing clubs, refunds for course closures and more (subject to terms and conditions).
Travel Insurance may be able to protect you against a range of unforeseen circumstances that can negatively impact your holiday – from losing valuables to medical emergencies. There are several types of travel insurance to cater to the needs of different sorts of travellers, from those taking a gap year and backpacking around the world to those who take an annual cruise. And everything in between. You can make sure that you’re getting the best cover for your needs by reading our policy documents.
Our cover levels provides a package of travel insurance benefits which can be bought as either a Single Trip or Annual Multi-Trip policy.
Post Office Premier and Elite Travel Insurance have been 5-star rated by Defaqto.
Post Office won a ‘Best Travel Insurance Provider’ category award at the British Travel Awards.
Post Office won a "Best Online Travel Insurance provider" award at the Your Money Awards.
Still have questions about travel insurance?
We can offer you a choice of insurance at three different levels: Economy, Standard, Premier. We also offer Lite, Prime and Elite which are designed to allow us to offer cover to more customers with existing medical conditions.
All of these optional covers come at an additional premium
All of these optional covers come at an additional premium
All of these optional covers come at an additional premium
Kids can be a worry to parents, but if you’ve taken out travel insurance that covers your family you at least know you may be covered if something goes wrong. Children must be under 18 and in full-time education or living at home to be eligable for our family travel insurance.
There’s a lot to get excited about in this wide world of ours, and if you want to see it all, you’ll need the right travel insurance. We provide a range of cover to make sure you’ve got protection. Why not check out our policy wording for more details?
Getting good travel insurance for wherever you're going should be a priority whenever you are looking to travel. Whether it’s an overseas festival, a gap year, a round-the-world flight or some time on the beach to recover from exam season, we’ve got a range of cover options to meet your needs.
Everything you need to know when purchasing Travel Insurance
*For Economy, Standard and Premier policies, the Singe trip policy will cover you for one trip up to:
365 days for persons aged up to and including age 70.
90 days for persons aged between 71 and 75.
31 days for persons aged between 76 and 85.
**For Economy, Standard and Premier policies under Annual Multi-trip policy although you can take as many trips as you want within the policy year, there is a maximum duration for each individual trip. This limit varies depending on the cover level chosen and will be 17 or 31 days. On some policies the limit can be extended to 31, 45 or 60 days for an additional premium.
# For Lite, Prime and Elite policies, there is no upper age limit: For persons over 75 years a single trip policy will cover you for one trip up to 63 days. For Annual Multi trip, individual trip limit is 31 days.
^ For Single Trip (including Backpacker) cover for cancellation begins immediately you buy a policy. For Annual Multi-Trip all cover begins from the policy start date you choose. For cancellation cover to begin immediately for any trips you’ve already booked, make sure you choose the date you buy the insurance as the start date for the policy.
> Backpacker policies only available on the Economy level of cover
<< Delayed and Missed Departure is only available on Standard, Premier, Prime and Elite levels of cover.
>> Terms & conditions apply