This strategic partnership aims to empower more young travellers to embark on journeys with confidence
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- Announcement follows successful affiliate partnership
- New partnership allows Gap 360 customers to purchase travel insurance with travel package
- Gap 360 customers will get access to World Nomads’ features such as SmartDelay™ and Air Doctor
London (November 2024): World Nomads, the global travel insurance provider and champion of adventurous, off-the-beaten-path travel, has announced a new partnership with Gap 360, which provides affordable youth and gap year travel opportunities to a wide range of travellers.
This strategic partnership aims to empower more young travellers to embark on journeys with confidence, allowing them to purchase travel insurance on the Gap 360 website with the soon-to-be-added feature of being able to bundle travel insurance with Gap 360 online travel packages.
Gap 360 has been one of World Nomads’ key affiliate partners for many years, delivering exceptional results under the referral model. Both target similar travelling demographics and serve a global market of travellers from school and further education leavers to university students and graduates, and young working people aged between 18 and 35.
Gap 360 offers a diverse range of 250 trips in over 50 countries from adventure excursions spanning trekking, sports, beach breaks and safaris, to international paid work placements and volunteering projects, learning and development trips and round the world adventures.
Key benefits of the partnership Include:
- Exclusive Travel Insurance Plans: Gap 360 travellers will receive access to World Nomads’ customisable travel insurance plans, which offer coverage for high-adventure activities that are often excluded by traditional insurers.
- Emergency Medical Assistance: World Nomads provides 24/7 Emergency Medical Assistance, ensuring that travelers can quickly access medical care, evacuation services, and other crucial support services worldwide.
- Product features: World Nomads policies include a number of features as standard across all policies. SmartDelay™ gives policy holders (and up to four additional passengers named on the policy) access to over 1,500 airport lounges worldwide if their flight is delayed by 90 minutes or more. The recently integrated World Nomads Powered by Air Doctor is a platform designed to connect travellers with trusted healthcare professionals around the world, ensuring they receive quality medical care wherever they may be in a language of their choosing.
Jane McLellan, Operations and Sales Director of Gap 360, said:
“We have a great relationship with World Nomads and find them so easy to work with. Their travel insurance policies are specific to young people and what they want out of a trip abroad.
“The collaboration between World Nomads and Gap 360 comes at a time when the demand for flexible, immersive, and responsible travel is on the rise and the partnership will emphasise how important the safety and security of our travellers is to us.
“Together, we look forward to inspiring a new generation of global explorers to travel further and more fearlessly, all while staying safe and protected.”
Jonathan Frankham, General Manager for World Nomads, UK and Europe, said:
“Gap 360 has been a valued partner in delivering travel solutions that meet the needs of young, adventurous travellers. We’re excited to expand our collaboration, allowing Gap 360 customers greater access to our flexible and adventure-friendly insurance offerings.
“This partnership represents a shared commitment to empower the next generation of explorers, providing peace of mind so they can embrace the world’s challenges and opportunities with confidence.
“It’s also an important milestone for our UK growth strategy with Collinson, reflecting our ongoing investment in building meaningful, reliable connections with key partners.”
For more information about World Nomads’ travel insurance, please visit www.worldnomads.com. To explore Gap 360’s wide range of travel experiences, please visit www.gap360.com.
ABOUT WORLD NOMADS
Since 2002, World Nomads has been protecting, connecting and inspiring adventurous and independent travelers by offering specialized travel insurance and safety advice.
Our travel insurance products cover travelers from more than 100 countries. World Nomads focuses on what we believe is important to travelers: emergency medical and evacuation costs, baggage cover, trip cancellation, trip delay and trip interruption costs. We offer cover for more than 150 adventure sports and activities, plus tech and gear. We believe travelers have the responsibility to give back, and through our Footprints program, customers can add a small donation to the price of their policy to help fund a community development project with one of World Nomads’ global nonprofit and charity partners.
We are part of a suite of global specialist travel insurers owned by nib Group, Australia’s third-largest provider of travel insurance and a leading global distributor of travel insurance through nib Travel. nib Group also provides health and medical insurance to more than 1.6 million Australian and New Zealand residents and more than 200,000 international students and workers in Australia.
Media Contacts:
Graham Lynch, World Nomads, UK & Europe
+353 876 831 784
Frances Tuke, LOTUS
worldnomads@wearelotus.co.uk
+44 7939401401