Travel insurance

When you are looking for travel insurance, there are many things to consider – from the price and features of the policy to the quality of service that comes with it. Here are some of the reasons you may choose Saga Travel Insurance:

Features you may not find elsewhere as standard 

• No upper age limit
• Option to protect family and friends of any age, even if they travel without you
• Cover for many pre-existing medical conditions
• Automatic cover for over 40 popular leisure activities, with optional protection for golf, scuba-diving and winter sports.

24–hour medical support

If you are covered by Saga Travel Insurance and become ill or injured during your trip, here are just some of the things we will pay for:

• Medical treatment
• Rescue services to take you to hospital
• The cost of getting you home to the UK if you are unable to use your return ticket
• Hospital benefit towards incidental expenses for each day you spend in hospital.

Saga Travel Assistance Helpline

If you are covered by Saga Travel Insurance, our Travel Assistance service is there to help you and provide 24–hour worldwide support including:

• How to replace lost or stolen passports, driving licences, air tickets, or other travel documents
• How to trace your luggage if it is lost or delayed
• Why, how, where and when you should contact local embassies or consulates
• How to transfer money out of the country if you need it
• Guidance for you and your relatives, friends or employers if you are unfortunate enough to go into hospital
• A 'phone home' service if there is an emergency
• A translation and interpretation service if you need it.

A fast, efficient claims service

At Saga, we operate a straightforward claims service with advice and help when you need it. It is a simple and personal process and therefore helps to take some of the worry out of a stressful time. All our claims advisers are based in the UK and you will speak to a person rather than an automated telephone menu. This can make a big difference if you have a medical emergency. We aim to ensure that every claim is dealt with quickly and with minimum fuss.

• Our medical emergency line is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Our Claims Advisers will be able to advise you, your travelling companion or the doctor on what steps to take to make a claim.

UK based call centres and no automated telephone menus

We aim to provide a high level of customer service and, during opening hours, your call will always be answered by a person rather than a telephone menu system.