Learn how trip delay insurance may help protect Canadians if their trip is unexpectedly delayed
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You’re counting down the days to your next epic getaway, and you’re doing all you possibly can to prepare. Even when you’ve done everything right, though, unexpected delays can happen. It’s frustrating to wait even longer to leave for your dream getaway, but it’s worse when you lose money. Unfortunately, there’s a chance you could be stuck with some unexpected costs if your trip is delayed. Most of us don’t factor these additional expenses into our travel budgets, but that’s where travel insurance for trip delays may come in handy.
If you incur additional, unplanned expenses for necessary transportation, accommodations, meals or essential phone calls due to a covered delay while you’re waiting to depart, you may be reimbursed for those expenses (up to the maximum benefits shown in your policy documents).
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World Nomads Travel Insurance plans include coverage for both trip interruption and trip delay, but those apply to different situations. Trip delay coverage may help when your arrival at a destination is delayed. For example, the Canadian Government estimates that Canadians make about 32 million visits to countries that are potentially impacted by hurricane season, which increases the potential for weather situations that could impact your trip. If an unexpected, named storm delays the start of your trip, trip delay insurance may help. This coverage provides a subsistence allowance that may reimburse you for unplanned costs for things like commercial accommodations, meals, essential telephone calls, and taxi fares which you may incur in the event your trip is delayed due to a covered risk (up to the maximum limits shown in your policy documents).Remember, this expenses must be reasonable – you may want to contact us before you buy that fancy steak dinner or book that 5 star hotel.
Trip interruption coverage may assist if the named storm happens while you’re travelling and you’re unable to continue your trip as planned. These benefits may provide reimbursement for your unused, prepaid, non-refundable, trip arrangements as well as additional transportation expenses you may incur if your trip is interrupted due to a covered reason.
Yes, it’s annoying, but trip delays are often out of your control and unfortunately are just a part of travelling. Hopefully your trip will be flawless and you’ll never have to deal with this part. If you do need to make a claim though, it’s important to know what to do.
Here are our most frequently asked questions about cover for trip delay. You can also find the answers to other questions in our Help Center or you can ask the customer service team.
World Nomads offers trip delay travel insurance that may cover a variety of reasons for delays, including:
World Nomads offers single trip and annual multi-trip travel insurance plans for Canadian residents, with some that offer additional benefits and higher limits of coverage. Only you can determine the best plan for your needs, but we encourage you to check out all of the plans side by side when you get a quote and compare the coverage. If you have any questions, contact our team and they will be happy to assist.
Travel insurance for trip delays may cover a variety of reasonable expenses (up to total and daily maximum limits). Some examples include:
Additional benefits for pet kenneling may be included in the Explorer, Epic, and Annual Multi-Trip travel insurance plans for Canadian residents. If your return trip home is unexpectedly delayed, you may have to call your pet boarding facility and extend your pet’s stay. You may be reimbursed for expenses if your cat or dog has to stay at the licensed commercial kennel for longer than expected because of a covered delay (up to maximum limits as shown in your policy documents).
World Nomads Standard and Explorer plans both include travel insurance for trip delays, but also offer several other benefits that may include:
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