Family Travel Insurance.
Gone are the days of solo backpacking.
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This page is for Australian travellers only. Travelling with your family is a whole different ball game. While you might have pushed some boundaries when traveling by yourself or backpacking when you were young, you’d never do that with your family in tow… or would you? That’s where World Nomads Family Travel Insurance comes in, supporting you when things go wrong.
How does World Nomads Family Travel Insurance help me and my family?
World Nomads team is always there to help you navigate and locate local medical assistance, provide information and advice and assist in keeping your dream holiday on track.
We cover more than 150 activities and all our policies include those events our travelers most often encounter including:
- Medical including assistance locating local medical advice and clinics
- Cancellation
- Luggage
- 24/7 Worldwide assist.
You can also access our community of like minded travelers to give you their insights from their travels as well as language guides, safety information, travel guides and videos to plan your trip.
What’s not covered
Read your policy carefully as there are some exclusions including:
- If you change your mind you are not covered for cancelation or other expenses incurred as a result.
- You do anything illegal (You didn’t really think we’d cover that did you?)
- If you’ve taken drugs or alcohol
- Non-emergency treatment that can wait until you return home (it's not health insurance, it's for travel emergencies)
- Certain pre-existing medical conditions
How do I buy family travel insurance?
All you need to do is enter a few details about yourself and your holiday online and the ages of all your family members and we will generate an instant quote with both Standard and Explorer options.
Once you’ve selected the right level of cover for you and paid, you will get instant confirmation of your family travel insurance to your selected email.
Aches and Pains.
Woke up with terrible body aches and fever. Symptoms of flu or potentially dengue fever which is rampant in the region. Went to a 24-hour walk-in clinic to see a doctor. Doctor ordered blood tests to rule out dengue and chikugunya (high incidence in Singapore at the time) viruses.
Travel Insurance Benefits: how we can take care of you
Trip Cancellation
Protect your trip from unexpected cancellation.
- Explorer Plan: Unlimited
- Standard Plan: $5,000
Trip Protection
- Have you died?
- Has one of your relos died?
- Has a bushfire damaged your home?
We’ve got your back.
Emergency Medical Overseas
Take the pain out of medical costs.
- Explorer Plan: Unlimited
- Standard Plan: $5,000,000
Emergency Medical Insurance
- Need medicine?
- Accidentally injured?
- Suddenly sick?
We’ve got your back.
Emergency Medical Transport
We'll get you to hospital lickety-split
- Explorer Plan: Unlimited
- Standard Plan: $500,000
Evacuation and Repatriation
- Banged up overseas?
- Medivac needed home?
- You died overseas?
Help starts here.
Protect your gear
Cover your stolen or damaged gear and tech.
- Explorer Plan: $10,000
- Standard Plan: $2,000
Protect your gear
- Damaged docs?
- Passport pilfered?
- Tech trashed?
Help starts here.
- Overseas Medical Expenses
- Emergency dental treatment
- 24 hour assistance
- Emergency medical transport & repatriation
- Cancellation costs
- Trip interruption costs
- Compassionate emergency visit home
- Resumption of trip
- Theft or accidental damage to baggage and personal items
- Baggage delay over 12 hours
- Funeral expenses overseas or repatriation of remains
- Personal liability
We cover more than 150 activities you love + more
Here are several activities under each category that World Nomads love to do:
Not all activities, sports, and experiences are covered under every plan. You may have to upgrade the policy and sporting level to receive the cover you require for the activities you plan to do. Please read your policy wording carefully before you buy.
- Scuba diving
- Mountain biking
- Surfing
- Bungee jumping
- Skiing
Snow
- Bobsledding
- Ice Hockey
- Ice Skating
- Kite Wing
- Skiing
- Snowboarding
- Snow kiting
- Snowmobiling
- Tobogganing
Water
- Canoeing
- Kayaking
- Paddle Boarding
- Sailing
- Scuba Diving
- Snorkelling
- Surfing
- Tubing
- Windsurfing
Air
- Aerial Safari
- Ballooning
- Bungee Jumping
- Hang Gliding
- High Diving
- Hot Air Ballooning
- Passenger in a commercial aircraft
- Skydiving
- Tandem Skydiving
- Zip Line
Land
- Bushwalking
- Camel Riding
- Camping
- Caving
- Hiking
- Orienteering
- Motorbiking
- Mountain Biking
- Trekking
Sports
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Fencing
- Go Karting
- Golf
- Hockey
- Tennis
- Ultimate frisbee
- Volleyball
Experiences
- Childcare work
- General farm work
- Hospitality
- Restaurant
- Teaching
- Fruit Picking
- Admin work
- Office work
- WWOOFing
24/7 emergency assistance
If you need medical assistance or emergency medical evacuation our team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year before and during your trip.
Are you in need of emergency assistance right now?
Phone: +61 2 8263 0470 or Phone: +61 2 8292 1470 (reverse charges via an operator from anywhere in the world)
Contact the team
Before your trip, check the latest government advice for any travel alerts for your destination.