Cheap backpacker travel insurance at amazing premiums
Tailor made gap year cover
Get your parents off your back. Get cheap backpackers travel insurance quotes for your gap year at special low rates.
World First specialise in longstay holiday insurance for backpackers and gap year travellers. Premiums start at just £25. And we automatically cover over 75 sports and activities including white water rafting, scuba diving travel insurance, windsurfing and bungee jumping, skiing, snowboarding, and more.
Even if your plans change whilst you're travelling, we can alter our worldwide travel insurance policies to ensure you get to do all the activities you're confronted with, because let's face it, when you're travelling, nobody knows what's going to happen next!
“Everything about booking the policy with World First has been first rate”
Alison Hall - Northumberland
Peace of mind the world over
OK, you don't want to think about illness, losing your baggage or getting caught up in a personal liability dispute. But if things do go wrong, help is only a phone call away with our 24-hour emergency assistance service.
We cannot cover manual work, but can provide cover for working in restaurants, teaching, voluntary and chalet maid work. But we can cover most pre existing medical conditions. We offer medical travel insurance for over 1,000 different health problems.
If you are planning lots of short trips, rather than one long one, then have a look at our cheap annual travel insurance, which may be the better option.
Backpackers cover that travels better
At World First we have been arranging travel insurance cover since 1973. Every year we look after thousands of backpackers heading off around the globe. And because we are travel insurance specialists, we will be with you every step of the way and especially if you need to make a claim. Peace of mind the world over.
You can buy your policy online and download all your travel documents for instant cover. Or if you prefer to book by phone just call us on 0845 90 80 161 between 8 am and 6 pm or between 9am and 4pm on Saturdays. Either way you will benefit from the same unbeatable premiums.
Why World First?
- In-House Claims Team
- Over 75 Sports Automatically Covers
- 14-Day Money Back Guarantee On Policies
- Insurance for Most Pre-Existing Medical Conditions
- Travel for Up To 365 Days away from Home
- Directly Authorised By The Financial Services Authority
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