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LEISURE ACTIVITIES

We automatically include cover as standard for a range of popular leisure activities
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Leisure activities and your travel insurance

If you're looking to do more than just relax on your holiday, you'll be relieved to know that we cover over 40 popular leisure activities. Plus optional cover for winter sports activities.

What activities does Saga Travel Insurance cover?

There are activities we cover as standard on and some which will be covered as long as they have been professionally organised and have professional supervision.

Activities covered as standard

The following activities are automatically included with Saga Travel Insurance policies:

  • Aerobics
  • Badminton
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Beach cricket, football and volleyball
  • Boogie boarding
  • Bowls
  • Cricket
  • Croquet
  • Curling
  • Cycling (no racing)
  • Fell walking
  • Fishing
  • Golf
  • Hiking/Trekking/Walking under 4,000
  • Ice skating
  • Jogging
  • Marathon running
  • Mountain biking on recognised routes
  • Rambling
  • Rounders
  • Sail boarding (within territorial waters) †
  • Sailing (within territorial waters) †
  • Scuba-diving down to 30 metres accompanied by a qualified diver or instructor*
  • Snorkelling
  • Softball
  • Squash
  • Surfing
  • Swimming
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Ten pin bowling
  • Tug of war
  • Volleyball
  • Walking
  • Water polo
  • Wind-surfing (within territorial waters) †

 

† No Personal Liability cover

* No Personal Accident or Personal Liability cover

Activities covered if professionally organised and supervised

Plus you must wear appropriate safety equipment and take all safety precautions

  • Abseiling
  • Archery
  • Banana boating
  • Black water rafting †
  • Bungee jumping
  • Camel/Elephant riding †
  • Canoeing/Kayaking (no white water)
  • Clay pigeon shooting †
  • Fencing
  • Flotilla sailing (with professional leader)
  • Go karting †
  • Gymnastics
  • Hiking/Trekking/Walking (above 4,000m and under 6,000m)
  • Horse riding (no jumping) †
  • Hot air ballooning
  • Indoor rock climbing (with belays)
  • Jet biking †
  • Jet skiing †
  • Paintballing
  • Parascending over water *
  • Pony trekking †
  • River tubing (no white water)
  • Rollerblading or skating
  • Safari (game watching)
  • Scuba-diving down to 30m, accompanied by a qualified diver or instructor *
  • Segway riding (organised tours only) †
  • Shooting (not Big game) †
  • Sleigh riding (as a passenger)
  • Swimming with dolphins
  • Trampolining
  • Water skiing (no jumping) †
  • White water rafting
  • Zip wiring/Zip lining
  • Zorbing

 

† No Personal Liability cover

* No Personal Accident or Personal Liability cover

Who underwrites Saga Travel Insurance?

Saga Travel Insurance is designed for people over 50 and is underwritten by Astrenska Insurance Limited, with claims administered on their behalf by Collinson Insurance Services Limited.

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