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For information relating to policies purchased prior to 27 June 2024, please check the Policy Wording provided with your purchase. You can contact us if you need this sent to you again. For policies purchased from 27 June 2024 please see below.
Only the Explorer Plan may cover reasonable additional expenses you incur after leaving home should your travel plans be delayed or if you miss your connecting flight, through no fault of your own and due to an insured event.
If you’re delayed or miss your connection for an insured event, you may have cover for additional expenses.
If you are delayed reaching your departure point in the Ireland due to specific insured events, there is cover for additional travel and accommodation expenses to get you to your destination. Benefit limits and sub-limits apply.
Alternatively, if the only reasonable alternative transport results in you losing more than 50% of your trip, you can claim under the Cutting Short Your Trip section.
If you are covered under an Irish policy, you can claim up to €50 per person every 12 hours (after the first 12 hours have passed), up to a maximum €250 per person.
No policy excess is applied to Travel Delay claims.
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We’ll cover your reasonable additional accommodation (room only) and public transport expenses (Economy class) incurred if you don’t make it in time to board any onward connecting public transport on which you are booked to travel, including connections within your home country as a result of:
Cover for missed connections is not available to travellers on the Standard Plan.
Travel insurance is not designed to cover everything, so take the time to read the full description of coverage in the Policy Wording so there are no surprises if you do need to use it.
Here are just some situations where no cover is applicable:
Only the Explorer Plan can cover additional expenses should your travel plans be delayed through no fault of your own or if you miss your flight due to an insured event.
The policy isn’t designed to cover everything so take the time to read the terms, conditions, limitations and exclusions in the Policy Wording for full details, so there are no surprises if you need to use it. If you’re not sure if something is covered get in touch.
We’re here to help if you have a question about travel insurance.
Before your trip, check the latest government advice for any travel alerts for your destination.