Gap Year Insurance & Working Holiday Visas
Taking a gap year or hitting the road with your backpack is exciting. Where to travel? What to do? You will be busy planning your itinerary and booking flights and hostels. But don't forget about insurance and visas, both of which are vital.
Why is travel insurance so important? Well, statistically you should be fine on your gap year trip. But sometimes things do happen, like they do in life at home. You may get sick, or have an accident and even in developed countries like Australia and New Zealand, USA and Canada, health services work differently and medical treatment is expensive. Insurance policies can protect you when things go wrong on your gap year or working holiday abroad.
Sorting out your visa is also an essential thing to do before you book your flights. Make sure you get your visa organised and your insurance policy booked by using the experts on these pages.
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Buying cheap travel insurance and sorting your visa
Intrax
Volunteering in Belize, Brazil, Ghana, India, Mexico, Peru, Thailand and more. Projects with children, education, health and the environment. Internships and Jobs in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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ACE Insurance
Travel insurance designed specifically for gap years.
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Navigator Travel Insurance
Great value travel insurance specifically for gap year backpackers and independent travellers.
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Endsleigh Insurance
Specialist travel insurance for your Gap Year, or Study/Work Placement Abroad. 24hr English speaking helpline for medical emergencies, trips home during period of cover, and a simple and reliable claims service.
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Travel Essentials - Visas and Travel Insurance
Get travelling with an essential travel insurance policy. We know that backpacker trips are done on a budget, but insurance is the one thing that you must build into your travel budget. It can save you loads of hassle and money worries if things go wrong while you are away. Insure yourself while you are on a gap year or year out and you can be sure that if your rucksack gets lost or stolen, or if you hurt yourself and need medical treatment, you can get it sorted out. You can even get insurance for your flights, in case they get cancelled or postponed. A long travel insurance policy for a gap year trip needn't be expensive either. Many of the policies offered by the reputable companies on this site start at less than a couple of hundred pounds.
Sorting out a travel visa for your destination can be a breeze using one of the visa specialists on this site. Whether you are looking for a visa to travel and work in the US, tourist visas for the USA, International Experience Canada visas, or working holiday visas for Australia and New Zealand, or visas for Europe, sort your visa application out well before you book flights. American visas are particularly tricky to sort out, so make sure you use a specialist. Getting all your travel documents in order before you go is really important, your passport should have at least 6 months validity after the end of your visa to be on the safe side, and if you are travelling through multiple destinations you need to make sure that you have sorted the right visas for each of the countries you will be visiting. If you are from an EU member country, and want to work in another member country, you won't need a visa or work permit as such, but you will probably need to sort out some paperwork if you end up living or working in one place for longer than 3 months, however, each country does have different requirements, so do your research before you go. So if you need visa help or info, check out our visa section to get support from a specialist.
