OVER 70s TRAVEL INSURANCE

Pre-existing medical conditions

If you want to travel, we don’t think pre-existing conditions should hold you back. That’s why our policies cover many medical conditions so you can continue to take holidays for as long as you feel able.

In fact, in the last 10 years, we’ve covered more than 1.2 million people with diagnosed pre-existing medical conditions, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

Do I need travel insurance as well as a GHIC?

A Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC), is complementary to travel insurance, not a replacement. It gives you access to state-provided healthcare while you’re on holiday in a European Economic Area country or Switzerland. If you have one of these cards, you can get the same level of care as someone living in that country would receive, for the same cost.

However, a GHIC, does not cover you for the medical costs that you would have to pay if you need to fly home to continue your treatment. Without travel insurance, you also wouldn’t benefit from all the features that come with it, including cover for cancellation, lost baggage, missed departure, and so on.

Annual travel insurance for over 70s

If you like to take multiple holidays each year, it might work out better value for money to choose annual multi-trip insurance. Annual insurance covers you for an unlimited number of trips within 12 months. The maximum trip duration is 45 days, which can be extended to 60 or 90 days (90 day extension not available for USA, Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean). The maximum number of days we’ll cover within the 12 months is 180.

A great benefit of annual multi-trip insurance is that whenever you book a trip, you’ll know that you’re immediately covered for cancellation. You can also add friends and family under 50 to your annual policy.

See our annual multi-trip cover table for more information.

Winter sports cover and leisure activities

For your next winter holiday, don’t forget your ski travel insurance. Our winter sports add-on will cover you in case you’re injured during your trip as well as damage to your hire skis, piste closure and more.

If that all sounds a bit too chilly for your liking, you’ll be pleased to know that we also cover a huge range of popular leisure activities that don’t involve any snow, including aerobics, cycling, golf and surfing. Take a look at the complete list of leisure activities covered.