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World Nomads travel insurance has been designed by travelers for travelers, to cover your trip essentials.

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Understand the key parts of World Nomads travel insurance

Travel Insurance for Trip Delays

Learn what's covered by travel insurance for the unfortunate event of a trip delay.

Travel Insurance for Trip Interruption

Learn how trip interruption cover can help if an unexpected illness or injury ruins your plans.

Travel Insurance for 150+ Adventure Sports and Activities

What’s covered by travel insurance for adventure sports.

Travel Insurance Cover for COVID-19

Find out what's covered if COVID-19 affects your travel plans.

Travel Insurance for Digital Nomads

Learn how your tech could be covered while you're working or traveling overseas.

Single Trip Insurance

Find out how you may be covered when you have a one-way trip ticket.

Holiday Travel Insurance

Going on holiday? World Nomads travel insurance can offer you overseas medical, cancellation cover, baggage cover, & emergency assistance.

Travel Insurance for Existing Medical Conditions

Most of our policies don’t cover pre-existing conditions, so don’t assume you’re covered.

Travel Insurance for Medical Evacuation

How travel insurance could help if you need to be medically evacuated.

Online travel insurance

Buy, extend, and claim online — anytime, anywhere.

Travel Insurance for Families

World Nomads offers travel insurance plans so you can make sure your loved ones are protected while on holiday.

Travel Insurance for Natural Disasters

Find out how natural disasters may be covered by travel insurance.

Travel Insurance for Health Emergencies

Find out why travel insurance isn't health insurance and learn the difference.

Travel Insurance for Travel Accidents

What's covered by travel insurance when your adventure turns into misadventure.

Does Travel Insurance Cover Terrorism?

Find out how we could help if you're caught up in a terror attack.

Travel Insurance for Lost or Stolen Passports

How travel insurance could help if your passport is stolen or lost while traveling.

Travel Insurance for Trip Resumption

Learn if we could help you get back on track after your trip's been interrupted.

Travel Insurance for Medical Repatriation

How travel insurance helps for medical repatriation.

Travel Insurance for Pregnancy

Learn what is and isn't covered by travel insurance if you're pregnant.

Travel Insurance for Stolen or Damaged Baggage

If your gear has been stolen or damaged, here's how we can help.

Travel Insurance for Delayed Baggage

Learn how travel insurance could help if your luggage misses your flight.

Travel Insurance for Death Overseas

Learn how travel insurance could help your family if you die overseas.

Flight Cancellation

I'm ready but my plane isn't. How am I covered?

Travel insurance for overseas medical

A visit to a hospital shouldn’t put your credit card into intensive care

Expat Travel Insurance

Flexible travel insurance and optional cover benefits for nomads wanting to work and travel around the globe.

Does Travel Insurance Cover Dental?

Learn how travel insurance may cover emergency dental treatment abroad.

Travel Insurance for Stolen or Lost Credit Cards

When your cards get stolen or lost and you need a replacement.

Travel Insurance for Trip Cancellation

Learn what's covered if you have booked and paid for your trip and unexpectedly need to cancel.

Buy travel insurance when away from home

Do you urgently need travel insurance? No problem - you can buy it while already holidaying abroad.

Travel Insurance for Assault

Get the medical treatment you need in the unfortunate event you've been attacked.

We cover 200+ activities you love + more

Snow

Water

Air

Land

Sports

Experiences

Scuba diving
Mountain biking
Surfing
Bungee jumping
Skiing

Snow Activities
- Included for all
  Curling Glacier walking - ice walking Ice skating – indoor Sleigh rides - horse drawn
- Optional extras
  Skiing / Snowboarding (in resort) Cross country skiing Heli or Cat Skiing / Snowboarding Skiing / Snowboarding(Terrain Park) Sledding Snow Biking Snowmobiling

Water Activities
- Included for all
  Banana boat rides High diving (up to 10m) Hydro foiling Jet boating Kite surfing Outrigger canoeing (inland / coastal waters) Rowing / sculling Sailing / yachting Sea canoeing (inland / coastal waters, grades 1-3) Snorkelling Speed boating (inland / coastal waters) Stand up paddle surfing Surf boat rowing Surfing Swimming pool Swimming with whales Tubing on rivers Water polo Water skiing / wakeboarding Windsurfing / sail boarding - inland or coastal waters
- Optional extras
  Black water rafting Cave diving / Cavern diving Fishing / angling Free diving (up to 50 metres) Jet skiing (inland / coastal waters, grades 1-2) Kite boarding Parasailing / parascending Riverboarding / hydro speeding (grades 1-3) Scuba diving (to 50 metres) Shark cage diving (to 50 metres) Spearfishing Water skiing - barefoot White water rafting

Air Activities
- Included for all
  Aerial safari Bungee / bungy jumping Canyon swing Fly by wire Hot air ballooning Zip line
- Optional extras
  Abseiling Parachuting / Parasailing / Parascending Skydiving / tandem skydiving

Land Activities
- Included for all
  Aerobics Air guitar Backpacking up to 4,500 metres Ballet Bowling Bushcraft up to 4,500 metres Bushwalking up to 4,500 metres Camel riding or trekking overnight Camping up to 4,500 metres Caving / spelunking - sightseeing Cycling / mountain biking (up to 6,000 metres) Dance Dirt boarding Dogsledding Dune buggy Fell running / fell walking up to 4,500 metres Fitness training Go karting Hiking up to 4,500 metres Hunting (except big game) In-line skating Kite flying Moped riding / scooter biking Motor biking - as a pillion passenger Orienteering Outdoor endurance Outward bound Paint balling Quad biking Rock climbing - bouldering Safari tours Sandboarding / sand skiing Segway tours Skateboarding - ramp / half pipe / skate park / street Snooker Stilt walking Theme parks / fairgrounds Tramping up to 4,500 metres Tuk Tuk - as a passenger War games - online gaming War games / military simulation
- Optional extras
  Backpacking up to 6,000 metres Bushcraft up to 6,000 metres Bushwalking up to 6,000 metres Camping up to 6,000 metres Canyoning Cycling / biking - independent cycle touring Fell running / fell walking up to 6,000 metres Hiking up to 6,000 metres Kite buggy Kite wing Land surfing Rock climbing (indoor / outdoor) Trekking up to 6,000 metres

Sports Activities
- Included for all
  American football - gridiron Australian Rules Football (AFL) Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Cheerleading Clay pigeon shooting Cricket Croquet Darts Dodge ball Fencing Floorball Football Frisbee Golf Gym training Gymnastics / acrobatics Handball Hockey Horse riding - leisure/social/non-competitive riding Korfball Lacrosse Martial arts training - non-contact Netball Racquetball Rambling - up to 4,500 metres Rifle range / sports shooting Roller hockey Roller skating Rollerblading Rounders Running/ jogging (marathon distance or less) Soccer Softball Squash / racquet ball Stoolball Table tennis Tchoukball Tennis Trampolining Ultimate frisbee Volleyball Wake skating Wakeboarding Weight training Yoga - in class, alone / home practice
- Optional extras
  Bicycle polo Boxing Marital arts (training) Rugby - league / union Via ferrata Yoga (teaching)

Experience Activities
- Included for all
  Working - any professional, clerical or administrative work. Working - as a classroom teacher or classroom assistant Working - au pair, nanny or child minder Working - retail, bar or hospitality work involving light duties only
- Optional extras
  Working - general work and manual work not involving the use of mechanical or industrial machinery; at a height not exceeding 2 metres above ground level

Activities shown as "Included for all" are automatically included in both the Standard and Explorer plans. All sports listed as "Optional extras" will need to be added to your policy at the time of purchase. The list is intended as a guide only and there may be conditions or exclusions to cover. For details, read this helpdesk article, the Policy Wording or contact us.

24/7 emergency assistance

Whether you need medical assistance or emergency evacuation, our teams are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year before and during your trip.

Are you in need of emergency assistance right now?
Phone:+353 21 237 8008 or +353 21 237 8003 (calls are not toll free. You can claim your itemised call costs)

Contact the team

This information does not apply to residents of Australia, Canada, EEA, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, Brazil or USA. You should carefully read the Terms of Business and the Policy Wording, which contains all cover terms, conditions, limits and exclusions, to make sure this insurance is right for you.

WorldNomads.com Pty Limited (ABN 62 127 485 198) at Governor Macquarie Tower, Level 18, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia markets and promotes travel insurance products of nib Travel Services Limited at PO Box 1051, Grand Cayman KY1-1102, Cayman Islands, a Class B (iii) Insurer regulated by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority and licensed to carry on business within the Cayman Islands under License Number 1446874 under The Insurance Law, 2010.