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All our travel insurance policies include coronavirus cover as standard. But if you need to add more, for other disruptions the virus may cause, it’s easy to add over Covid-19 Cover option for an additional premium.
Add our Covid-19 Cover upgrade for the reassurance of cover in any of these situations. Terms and conditions apply. Check the policy wording for full details of what's covered.
You’re covered for missing a scheduled departure if:
You’re delayed leaving the UK waiting for a negative Covid-19 test result^^
You or someone you’re travelling or staying with tests positive and you have to self-isolate†
Your hotel or cruise ship†† gets put into compulsory quarantine† due to Covid-19
You're covered for the unused part of your trip on your return if:
You miss pre-booked transport to leave the UK waiting for a delayed test result, so end your trip^^
You have to self-isolate† when someone you’re travelling or staying with tests positive so miss the rest of your trip
Compulsory quarantine† of your hotel or cruise ship†† prevents you completing the rest of your planned trip
You return home early when UK rules for your destination change to avoid having to quarantine away from home+
If regulations for your destination change while you’re there, you can claim for:
A contribution towards mandatory quarantine accommodation costs on your return to the UK
Costs towards Covid-19 tests you weren’t liable for when you booked your trip or bought your policy – whichever you did last++
The table shows the maximum cover limits available with Covid-19 Cover upgrade for each of our cover levels. You can add Covid-19 Cover upgrade for an additional premium.
Economy £125 excess Cancellation and cutting short your trip Up to £1,000 Missed departure from the UK Up to £500 Missed departure and connections outside the UK Up to £500 Additional daily benefit (per day/max)~ Up to £50/£500 Change in Covid testing/quarantine requirements during the trip Up to £500 Additional Covid-19 test benefit Up to £150 |
Standard £99 excess Cancellation and cutting short your trip Up to £3,000 Missed departure from the UK Up to £750 Missed departure and connections outside the UK Up to £750 Additional daily benefit (per day/max)~ Up to £75/£750 Change in Covid testing/quarantine requirements during the trip Up to £750 Additional Covid-19 test benefit Up to £200 |
Premier £50 excess Cancellation and cutting short your trip Up to £5,000 Missed departure from the UK Up to £1,500 Missed departure and connections outside the UK Up to £1,500 Additional daily benefit (per day/max)~ Up to £100/£1,000 Change in Covid testing/quarantine requirements during the trip Up to £1,500 Additional Covid-19 test benefit Up to £250 |
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Cancellation and cutting short your trip |
Cancellation and cutting short your trip Up to £1,000 |
Cancellation and cutting short your trip Up to £3,000 |
Cancellation and cutting short your trip Up to £5,000 |
Missed departure from the UK |
Missed departure from the UK Up to £500 |
Missed departure from the UK Up to £750 |
Missed departure from the UK Up to £1,500 |
Missed departure and connections outside the UK |
Missed departure and connections outside the UK Up to £500 |
Missed departure and connections outside the UK Up to £750 |
Missed departure and connections outside the UK Up to £1,500 |
Additional daily benefit (per day/max)~ |
Additional daily benefit (per day/max)~ Up to £50/£500 |
Additional daily benefit (per day/max)~ Up to £75/£750 |
Additional daily benefit (per day/max)~ Up to £100/£1,000 |
Change in Covid testing/quarantine requirements during the trip |
Change in Covid testing/quarantine requirements during the trip Up to £500 |
Change in Covid testing/quarantine requirements during the trip Up to £750 |
Change in Covid testing/quarantine requirements during the trip Up to £1,500 |
Additional Covid-19 test benefit |
Additional Covid-19 test benefit Up to £150 |
Additional Covid-19 test benefit Up to £200 |
Additional Covid-19 test benefit Up to £250 |
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Remember, if you travel somewhere the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office advises against all travel to you risk invalidating your travel insurance. If the FCDO have advised to only undertake essential travel to a destination and your trip is not essential and you choose to travel, we will only cover a claim if the cause is not linked to the reason for the FCDO advice. This limitation applies even if you have purchased an optional Trip Disruption or Covid-19 upgrade.
You may be able to travel with full cover if we authorise in writing that your trip is essential before you depart. Should you like to request this, please email; travelinsurancefeedback@postoffice.co.uk. Check before you go.
Post Office won a ‘Best Travel Insurance Provider’ award at the Your Money Awards in 2021, 2022 and 2023
Post Office won a “Best Travel Insurance Provider” award at the British Travel Awards in 2022
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All new Post Office Travel Insurance policies include a range of cover for disruption or difficulties relating to Covid-19. We’ve included this base layer of protection to help holidaymakers travel more confidently in the time of coronavirus. Check what's covered as standard
This includes cancellation cover for a number of scenarios relating to Covid-19, reimbursing you for the missed part of your trip if you cut it short in the event that you test positive on your trip and self-isolation is required, and cover for medical and repatriation costs if your fall ill with the virus while away.
Everyone’s needs are different, though, so you may want the extra reassurance of additional protection over and above the standard cover, for other scenarios in which the virus might affect your travel plans.
The Covid-19 Cover option provides cover for curtailment (cutting your trip short) in more scenarios than the standard cover, including if testing or quarantine requirements change for your return to the UK. It also provides additional protection in the event of you missing a scheduled departure or connection due to the virus in certain situations, such as a localised quarantine in your pre-booked accommodation. You'll find more details of these in the questions below and listed in the policy wording.
It’s important to check the latest travel advice from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) regularly. There’s no cover on our policies if the FCDO has current advice in place against all travel and where any of the UK governments – for England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland – have implemented travel bans against travel within the UK or internationally. If the FCDO have advised to only undertake essential travel to a destination and your trip is not essential and you choose to travel, we’ll only cover a claim if the cause is not linked to the reason for the FCDO advice.
This limitation applies even if you’ve purchased an optional Trip Disruption or Covid-19 upgrade. You may be able to travel with full cover if we authorise in writing that your trip is essential before you depart. Should you like to request this, please email travelinsurancefeedback@postoffice.co.uk We’ve prepared a guide on where you can go on holiday that summarises and links out to official sources of advice on where you can travel to and you must do in order to go.
Your vaccination status won't affect whether you can buy Post office Travel Insurance or our policy add-ons like Covid-19 Cover. What may be affected is where you can travel to or what is needed to return to the UK once you've been away.
It's important to check the latest travel advice from Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) regularly.
All our travel insurance policies bought from 31 March 2022 onwards provide trip curtailment cover in some circumstances. Check what’s covered as standard for details.
If you buy your policy directly from Post Office rather than through an aggregator site, you have the option to add the Covid-19 Cover upgrade, which provides additional cover.
you’re delayed waiting for your Covid-19 test result at your outward departure point (airport/ferry/train terminal) and are unable to go on your trip. If this happens, you can claim unused travel and accommodation costs. If you test negative, please see the ‘Missed departure’ section. Tests must be taken at your departure point on the day your trip’s due to start, and you must arrive at the airport at least 4 hours before you scheduled departure
someone in your party has tested positive for Covid-19 and you are told to stay in your hotel room (self-isolate) for more than 24 hours by a local medical practitioner, health authority or Government body. In this event, you are covered up to the sum insured for travel and accommodation costs you couldn’t use
In both scenarios, a copy of the positive test result will be required when submitting your claim. Positive tests must be administered/witnessed by an independent authority, including the date of result. Photographic evidence of a self-administered test kit is not acceptable validation.
Please note we only cover your unused travel and accommodation expenses, not the actual cost to return you back home.
The Covid-19 Cover option also provides curtailment cover if:
you wish to return home early when UK rules for your destination change to avoid having to quarantine away from home upon your return to the UK. In this case, you're covered for the unused accommodation costs plus any necessary additional travel and accommodation costs to get you home early when you cut short your trip before the quarantine restrictions in the UK come in to force.
Where we pay for additional costs to return you home early, we will not pay for the cost of the original unused return flight. This is providing there was no warning by the UK Government that your destination could be impacted by quarantine restrictions upon entry back into the UK 14 days prior to the start of your trip
compulsory quarantine of your hotel or cruise ship by a medical practitioner, health authority or Government body disrupts the rest of your planned trip.
If you’re instructed that your localised accommodation has been put under quarantine, you're covered for travel and accommodation costs you could not use. This cover only applies to your immediate accommodation, not a mandatory quarantine applied to a wider geographical area around it
Our policies don’t provide cover for cutting short a trip in these circumstances, regardless of whether you have the Covid-19 optional upgrade:
There is no cover for missed departure due to Covid-19 unless you have purchased the Covid-19 Cover upgrade. If you buy the Covid-19 Cover option along with your policy, you’re covered for missed departure in the following scenarios.
There’s no cover if your travel or flight operator has cancelled a flight due to Covid-19. In this case, we suggest contacting your tour operator, airline, travel/service provider in the first instance for them to rearrange your return flight to get you back to the UK.
There is no cover if testing or quarantine rules change to re-enter the UK due to Covid-19, unless you have purchased the Covid-19 Cover upgrade. If you buy your Post Office Travel Insurance policy directly from Post Office and select the optional Covid-19 Cover add-on, this scenario’s covered.
If UK regulations for your destination change while you’re there meaning you're required to quarantine in a hotel, you are covered for unexpected costs of mandatory quarantine accommodation on your return to the UK up to the sum insured.
There is also cover (up to the sum insured) if the change means you're required to take Covid-19 tests to re-enter the UK that you weren’t liable for when you booked your trip or bought your policy.
This is providing no restrictions were already in place in the area where you live, or there was no Government warning prior to purchasing this policy, booking your trip or within 14 days prior to travelling.
There’s no cover in these situations for policies bought through aggregator websites.
* 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 above
** For Economy, Standard and Premier policies under Annual Multi-Trip 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.
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^^ Tests must be taken at your departure point on the day of your trip’s due to start, and you must arrive at the airport at least 4 hours before you scheduled departure.
† By a medical practitioner, health authority or government body.
†† Cover only applies to your immediate accommodation, not a mandatory quarantine applied to a wider geographical area around it.
+ Providing you cut short your trip and fly home before the quarantine restriction comes into force.
++ There is no cover if the UK government changes the quarantine requirements before your trip starts.
The Covid-19 upgrade is not applicable for trips taken solely within the UK.
Terms and conditions apply. Only available on Economy, Standard and Premier policies.