Travel Insurance when Sailing
These plans may include overseas medical expenses, medical evacuation, repatriation, and more, dependent on the selected policy. Claims are assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Travel insurance cover specifics vary by plan:
- Bare Essentials: Medical Evacuation and Repatriation up to $250,000.
- Essentials: Medical Evacuation and Repatriation up to $500,000.
- Comprehensive and Annual Multi-Trip: Unlimited Medical Evacuation and Repatriation.
Some conditions may apply to travel insurance when sailing: General exclusions to consider, but not limited to, a loss arising from:
Sailing is not generally excluded under the Travel Insurance Saver PDS. However, other general exclusions, conditions and limitations may apply. To know what you are and are not covered for, make sure you have fully read and understood the Product Disclosure Statement.
- There is no cover for sailing a private vessel in international waters.
- A member of the travelling party intentionally and recklessly placing themselves in circumstances, or undertaking activities which pose a risk to their personal safety (except in an attempt to save a human life); or
- Excluded Activities - hunting, playing polo, racing (except on foot), mountaineering using support ropes, paragliding, rock climbing, abseiling, participating in BASE jumping, running with the bulls, or pot holing; or
- Professional Activities - participating in, or training for, a professional sporting activity.
Cancellation cover and sailing
To provide travel insurance cover against cancellations and other unforeseen events, travellers may opt for plans offering optimal cancellation and holiday deferment cost cover.
The Bare Essentials plan provides a fixed limit of $2000, whereas Essentials, Comprehensive, and Annual Multi-Trip plans permit adjustment of cancellation and holiday deferment costs for an increase in premium.
Sailing and the Annual Multi-Trip plan
For enthusiasts planning multiple sailing trips within a year, the Annual Multi-Trip plan offers up to 45 days of coverage per trip, covering selected destinations. However, destinations with a 'DO NOT TRAVEL' advisory from the Australian Government's Smart Traveller website are not included.
Cover is subject to the policy terms, conditions, and limitations and exclusions set out in the Product Disclosure Statement. Always read the Product Disclosure Statement before making a decision about any travel insurance policy.
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