Best Backpacker Travel Insurance

Travel insurance for the budget backpacker

Backpacking is a great way to feel what is really going on in the world out there, but it can get a little close to the bone at times. We wouldn't like to stifle the sense of adventure in it, but it's good to have some solid, affordable basic insurance when you elect to go paddle about in the big wide world. It's what we do . . . good, solid affordable insurance you don't need to think about again. Never again, that is, until you really need to. then it'll simply work.

Whether it's plodding along a dusty Laotian roadside over the hills into Luang Prabang, getting used to the strange looks from the hill people as you perspire your way past them, or sipping one precious cold beer at a roadside stall outside Lashio, on the way down into Yunnan China, we will have you covered. Click here to book now.

When you're on the move you don't really give a toss about the contents of your pack but for five things; your credit card, your cash, your passport, and your new camera . . . and a picture of the one you left behind. Well, don't worry. If you're dumb enough to carry all that in your back pack, you won't have it to worry about for very long. . . and anyway, we'll have it covered.

So it boils down to this. You need to keep the maximum cash available for travelling, but you need to know that if you have a bad motorcycle prang on some Balinese back road, or find you've lost the lot in a guest house theft in Ulan Batur, you have a solution at hand. Well, if you insured yourself against it, we can get you out of it. And we'll take as little of your hard earned travelling money as we can manage.

So what's the deal on cheap online insurance cover for backpackers doing Europe, the USA or Australia?

A small premium will get you covered for six months of continuous travel, and it will cover about everything a backpacker holds important in these matters, without a whole load of bloat you just don't need.

Of course everyone is different, and by carefully planning your trip and taking the cover for that time alone, you can cut costs considerably. Once you've worked out the time you need covered, click on the blue panel at the top right of the page (the one that says, "Get a quote" . . . doh!) But whatever you elect to do, once you get your cover its time to RTFM (Read The Fine Manual) so that, if you need us, you know who to call, email, or even write a desperate letter to. The very plain and simple instructions will also tell you the steps you need to take to protect your insurance claim rights as you go through the various processes of being very ill, injured, or devoid of money and property. It's important. So even if you are sure you are bullet proof, read it, understand it, and keep a note of the important contact details somewhere you won't lose them. NO! NOT IN YOUR PASSPORT WALLET!!! RIGHT?!?!

Working holiday information for UK students in Australia and worldwide destinations

If you're young and footloose and want to keep the ramble going for as long as possible, working holiday visas are a great thing. There's a number of countries now co-operating on this scheme, but it seems the Australians have done most to push it along. Their contact is Immigration Department, All Forms Page.

A call to Australia House will get one of their excellent brochures outlining the other countries which participate in the scheme. You could be away from the UK until your pension comes up!

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