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(Single trip, annual, long stay and backpacker travel insurance. Special rates for the over 65)

We can provide cheap travel insurance, whether for over 65 travel insurance (or even over 75 or over 80), backpacker travel insurance, long stay travel insurance, annual travel insurance or winter sports travel insurance. Travel insurance is available for people of any age for a single trip and we can offer annual travel insurance up to 85.

If you have medical conditions cover is not normally a problem with our travel insurance. For each travel insurance quote we provide you with the contact number of the appropriate medical conditions screening line. We also have another travel insurance scheme for the elderly or with serious medical conditions -  or call us on 01207 509446 for help.

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Where are you traveling?

Type of policy wanted Single:  Annual:
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Do you live in? UK IOM EU Other

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Insurance for a Single Person

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Insurance for a Couple

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Two Unrelated people

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Single Parent Family

 Children aged under 2:

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Children aged 2:

Please call us if you need travel insurance for a different party.

Children aged 3 - 17:

Children aged 18-22:

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Business Goods:

Winter Sports:

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Wedding cover:

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  A: 44 Medomsley Road, Consett: DH8 5HA
T: 01207 509446
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E: consett@portwood.co.uk

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Office is closed on Tuesday till 10.00 for training

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Travel Insurance for the elderly (over 65, over 70 or over 75)

Unlike many providers of travel insurance, it does not matter if you are over 65. For the senior citizen travel insurance is available for up to 154 days and, unless you are over 85, annual travel (90 days a trip) can be covered..

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Holiday car hire excess insurance

We can extend your travel insurance if you intend to hire a car to provide holiday car hire excess insurance. Holiday car hire excess insurance pays certain expenses that may arise due to hiring a car e.g. fly-drive.

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Sections of a travel insurance policy

Travel insurance provides many benefits. 

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About the cancellation clause on travel insurance

For backpacker travel, long stay travel, and single trip travel, the travel insurance policy starts when the trip commences BUT cancellation cover starts immediately. For annual travel insurance, the cover is renewable but cancellation cover starts on the day the policy commences. So for an annual policy we recommend that cover commences as soon as possible even if you do not intend to travel for some time. Medical conditions are discussed below. Please note that if you go for the 'medical travel insurance' only button above then all additional options will be removed - other than extending cover for winter sports.

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Do we give advice?

Travel insurance is offered online on a non-advised service. It will be for you to decide whether the travel insurance meets your requirements. Full information is provided to help so we ask more questions than most. A discount may be given to make the policy cheaper but these only apply at the time the quote is given. Please note that the premium which will be quoted is for the whole Party (Single, Couple, two unrelated, family, or single parent family). If you want a quote for a larger party e.g. 4 adults, please call us on 01207 509446 and we'll provide you with a bespoke quote for your travel insurance..

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A note about medical conditions - if you are not covering everyone with us.

The largest travel insurance claims made are for medical conditions.  When buying travel insurance, we therefore urge people to use the medical screening facilities shown on the results page to ensure you can make a claim for medical conditions. May we also remind you that ,if you are buying travel insurance purely because you need cover for an elderly member of the party, it is possible that your own policy may not cover your additional expenses arising out of an incident involving the senior member of the party. This, we find, is one of the most common mistakes that people make when selecting the travel insurance they want. All we can do is to point this fact out.

Another point: most travel insurance policies will not pay out if the policy must be cancelled due to death or serious illness of elderly relatives or business colleagues at home. This is not mentioned on many travel insurance proposal forms but is included in the terms and conditions.

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Pregnant?

Is anyone needing travel insurance for pregnancy? Being pregnant, especially if a multiple birth is forecast, often means that the cheap insurance policy may not cover you if you are close to term when you return. Here is a link for general advice about being pregnant and air travel. As brokers we have access to several cheap policies and, uniquely, ask about the status of your pregnancy before quoting those insurance policies that will not exclude your pregnancy.

Ski and winter sports cover

If you enjoy winter sports travel and you want travel insurance, it is important that you look to ensure that the specific types of winter sports are covered. Whilst on-piste ski-ing is pretty well sure to be covered, off piste, cross-country may not be. Similarly ice skating, luge or bobsleigh may not be covered. We provide full details before you take out your quote but if in doubt please call us and we'll check the winter sports you intend to so are covered under the travel insurance. This leads us on to:

Hazardous activities when traveling

If you intend doing any hazardous activities check that your travel insurance covers them. All travel insurance policies have limitations on the hazardous activities that are covered. Whilst with backpacker travel, the travel insurances specifically include many hazardous activities the traveler should always check the policy. Please note we can arrange bespoke cover for one-off hazardous activities - or even create a travel insurance to cover such hazardous activities for the length of the trip.

Scuba Diving

We can quote for scuba diving to be included in the cheap travel insurance quote. Whilst the companies we quote for scuba diving are based on information in the insurance policies we recommend you check to ensure that scuba diving is covered for your experience/ qualifications and depth. Scuba diving may not be covered within 24 hours of arrival at the destination with some travel insurance.

Long Stay travel and Backpacker travel - a caveat

If you intend backpacker travel or student gap year travel and intend to travel back mid-way through your long stay then you should check that the travel insurance you take out will cover such an eventuality. This often happens if e.g. you are going to America for a year and will return during the break - so check the travel insurance..

Policy limits

As we are travel insurance brokers we offer deals on many policies - depending on whether you want annual, single trip, backpacker or long stay. Thus the policy limits vary - full details are provided in the policy summaries but below are some examples:

These are the major sections of cover. Others include: personal accident, legal expenses, delayed baggage, missed departure or curtailment etc

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