Some travellers don’t need the level of coverage in a package plan – they need a travel medical plan instead – and they can avoid the extra expense that comes with a package plan. The following explains how to determine what type of travel insurance plan you need.

1. You need a travel medical plan when …

… your travel is domestic, relatively cheap, or outside your health insurance network.

Travel medical insurance plans cover your emergency medical care when you’re traveling outside your health insurance network. Many U.S. based health insurance plans do not cover their members when they leave the U.S. and they apply out-of-network charges for travel outside the health insurance network area, which means the traveler pays a higher portion of the bill.

Essentially, you need a travel medical plan when you’re not worried about recovering your non-refundable trip costs, your trip is relatively inexpensive, and you know you will be outside your health insurance network area (and therefore won’t have coverage for medical care).

2. You need a package plan when …

… your travel is expensive, once-in-a-lifetime, or you’re on a budget.

Travel insurance package plans cover a wide range of travel risks, including trip cancellation, travel interruption, emergency medical care, baggage loss, and evacuations as well as features like travel delays, car rental, and more. Cancellations can occur for a number of reasons, and when you want coverage for trip cancellation, you’ll need to buy a package plan.

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