Travel Insurance for Covid.

How Covid travel insurance can help leave the worry at home

Covid travel insurance can ease the worries and what-ifs you may have when it comes to travel after lockdown. Embrace your next adventure, knowing we’ll be there 24/7 if the unexpected happens and you need a helping hand.

We understand that travel might feel different to what we’re used to right now. That’s where we come in. Covid Cover is included with all our new policies, just as long as the FCDO says it’s safe for you to travel.

Now, isn’t that what you’d call peace of mind?

To make it easier for you to get travelling again, we’ve even teamed up with Randox Health to give you 10% off Covid-19 tests when you buy a new travel insurance policy with us.

Before you travel

It’s hard to keep up with the ever-changing travel news at the moment. To make it easier for you to stay up to date, here’s what you need to look out for:

• FCDO advice for the country you’re travelling to
• Entry requirements for your destination
• The traffic light system’s guidelines for what you need to do when you come home

Flexibility to change details online

When you buy a policy from us, you can manage it yourself by logging in to your My Avanti account. Here you can:

• access policy documents
• update traveller details
• change your single trip dates (limits apply)
• renew an annual policy if you have no changes to make
• and more.

If you have questions about Covid-19 and how it affects your holiday plans, visit our Covid-19 help page.

How Covid Cover can restore peace of mind

COVID-19 meant Mrs Bakker¹ had no choice but to cut her holiday short. She was insured with a different travel insurance provider at the time and was disappointed how they handled her claim.

Thankfully, her sister-in-law recommended us after she had to cancel her own holiday and was impressed with how we managed her claim. Now insured with us, Mrs Bakker can leave her worries at home, knowing she’ll be well protected with personalised cover on her next adventure. After all, if something goes wrong, we always aim to put it right.

What am I covered for with Covid Cover?

All new travel insurance policies with us include Superior rated coronavirus cover* – and for not a penny more! Buy a new policy from 29 April 2021 and you’ll be covered for:

• COVID-19 related emergency medical expenses when abroad
• Cancelling your trip if you are diagnosed with COVID-19 up to 14 days before departure
• Cancelling your trip if you’re told to self-isolate by the government’s Test & Trace system
• Cancellation and repatriation cover if you’re denied boarding with a positive test for COVID-19 or a confirmed temperature above 38 degrees Celsius
• Cancelling your trip if you can’t complete your vaccine course due to other illnesses or have an allergic reaction to the vaccine that would stop you travelling
• Cancelling or cutting your trip short after hospitalisation or death of a member of your household from COVID-19
• Your travelling companion(s), people you live with, or people you’re staying with on holiday being diagnosed with COVID-19 up to 14 days before departure
• Repatriation to help you get back home
• Additional accommodation and transport if deemed necessary by our medical officer
• Daily benefit if you are ordered to self-isolate in your holiday accommodation if you have COVID-19

It’s important to understand that Covid Cover will only protect you for newly diagnosed cases of coronavirus when abroad. We cannot offer cover if you showed symptoms or were diagnosed with COVID-19 before you arranged your travel insurance policy with us.

Do I need to have had both my Covid jabs to be covered?

As long as you’ve had the vaccines you’ve been offered for Covid-19, you should be covered. If you haven’t been offered both doses yet or you’re medically exempt then you can also be covered.

If you’ve refused any doses of the vaccine or haven’t been able to have a dose you’ve been offered, you won’t be covered.