Sports and activities - snowboarding, mountaineering, surfing, golf

Fit to travel. Your Sports travel insurance from World First

Whatever sports you do on your holiday, whether it's a round of golf, water sports, bungee jumping or even scuba diving, a World First Sports travel insurance policy should be able to cover you. We offer low cost insurance premiums with a choice of the levels of cover for single and multi trips. All our policies include cover for over 75 sports and activities as standard – including scuba diving, sailing and jet skiing - with hundreds more covered by our activity packs. You can check if we cover your sport by looking at our list of over 75 insured sporting activities.

What this means is that you can go for it knowing that you've got the very best travel insurance behind you. We might not be able to talk you into taking your first ever bungee jump or scuba diving, but we can cover you for up to £10 million in emergency medical expenses, cancellation and curtailment, luggage and money with our Water Sports travel insurance, our Winter Sports travel insurance, our Mountaineering and Trekking insurance and our Adventure travel insurance.

It's easy to get a quote too, even if you have a medical condition. You can do it all online and get covered instantly or, if you prefer, you can talk to our UK based customer service staff. They can take you through everything in a matter of minutes and can even do medical screening right there and then.

Just call us on 0345 90 80 161 for an instant quote and cover in minutes.

"I love the range of options available..."

"I love the range of options available with this insurance! It's so hard to find travel insurance which covers climbing, and the ability to choose different activity packs for all sorts of activities is wonderful. I also like that there is still a good level of general travel cover, and a choice of thos - so many extreme sport insurance options don't really think about these things!"

Clara, Confirmed Purchaser (September 2018)

Hit the slopes with winter sports travel insurance

Book your winter sports travel insurance with World First and we won't hold you back on the slopes. Our ski travel insurance and snowboarding travel insurance policies offer a choice of cover with up to £10m in medical expenses cover available that also includes mountain rescue and repatriation. We'll also cover you if you go off-piste within resort boundaries or with a qualified guide. And even if there's no snow, you fall ill or can't ski we'll cover the unused portion of your ski pass and hired equipment. And it's all available online.

Golf
travel insurance

Playing a round? Our golf travel insurance will keep you on the fairway with cover for up to £300 for your clubs as standard – as well as all the usual benefits - and a choice of policies to suit your pocket, including up to £10 million emergency medical expenses cover.

Backpacker
travel insurance

If you've got a heart for adventure then you'll need to make sure you've got the right travel insurance. Taking out a World First Backpacker travel insurance policy will enable you to try all those sports and activities that make a backpacker's world tick. Bungee jumping? Diving? No problem.

Water sports insurance

Surfing? Kitesurfing? Windsurfing? Our water sports travel insurance covers them all...

Adventure travel insurance

No matter where you adventures take you, our adventure travel insurance goes with you...

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