It’s important to have appropriate travel insurance before you travel.
Some countries will accept your passport/health insurance card for health-related costs, but your passport/health insurance card may not cover all health-related costs, so it is not a substitute for travel insurance. You should have both your [passport/health insurance card] and travel insurance before you travel.1
To be comprehensive, your travel insurance should cover2:
- Emergency treatment and hospital bills
• Check whether your policy covers treatment in public or private hospitals
- Emergency transport, for example an ambulance or helicopter
- Emergency repatriation for medical reasons
- Paying for a new ticket to come home if you can’t use your original ticket
- The cost of a family member or friend to stay with you or help you home
- Emergency dental treatment to relieve immediate pain
- 24-hour assistance helplines to advise you about appropriate treatment
- Repatriation costs in the event of death abroad
We recommend that you seek local advice regarding insurance requirements before travel.
