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The best travel insurance is a policy that provides cover specifically for you and your trip. Everyone is looking for the best travel insurance in Australia, but no one company can be considered the best for everyone. Every traveller and every trip are different. To find the right policy for you, first you should get a quote and then compare the benefits. Hopefully by comparing a number of policies you'll be able to find a policy for your trip that stands out from the rest.
If you're looking for cover for a road trip or travelling anywhere within Australia, our domestic travel insurance policy provides certain cover for domestic travel, or for overseas trips, our international travel insurance policies provides certain cover for travelling overseas. To qualify for our domestic or overseas policies, amongst other eligibility criteria, you must be a permanent or temporary resident of Australia or Australian citizen. You must also possess a current Australian Medicare health card or are covered by an Australian private health insurance policy.
Fast Cover is an Australian-owned and Australian-run travel company. All our travel insurance specialist sales and claims teams are based in Australia. We provide policies for both domestic Australian and international trips.
We all love holidaying, but all holidays aren't necessarily equal. We've created guides for all types of vacations to help you choose the best holiday insurance for your trip. Make sure you consider the PDS as there are always policy terms, conditions, exclusions and limits that apply to every policy. It’s also important to consider what activities you may be participating in as some activities require an add on pack and an additional premium to be paid.
Domestic trips, whether they may be driving, flying, bus or train vacations within Australia.
Overseas holidays to New Zealand, Pacific, Asia, Europe or Worldwide regions.
A cruise holiday on a sea or ocean on both Australian and international waters.
Snow sports trips including skiing, snowboarding, snow mobiling and heli-skiing.
International Experience Canada (IEC), working holiday visas, volunteering or backpacking.
Either riding or being a passenger on a moped, scooter or motorcycle.
For 2 adults and up to 10 dependent children who are under 21 years of age.
Travellers who are over 60 years of age and up to and including 89 years of age.
Buying online travel insurance comes with some great benefits. You can get an online travel insurance quote and lock in the price. When you're ready to buy online, do it with confidence knowing there is a 25-day money back guarantee, even if you have a change of mind. As soon as you buy your policy, your travel cancellation cover commences*. Once overseas, you'll have access to our 24/7 helpline should you need it.
The price on your quote is 'Locked In' for 48 hours.
Buy with confidence! Get a full refund if you cancel for any reason within 25 days from when you buy a policy and you have not started your trip, made a claim or used your policy to obtain a visa~.
As soon as you buy a single trip policy with a cancellation benefit, your cancellation cover is activated immediately*. COVID-19 Benefits and already overseas policies have a no cover waiting period.
Once you have completed a quote and compared your insurance options, you can buy travel insurance direct from Fast Cover. Alternatively, if you prefer to book over the phone or have any questions you can call our friendly team directly on 1300 409 322.
Buying travel health insurance is important for anyone planning a holiday. Regardless of whether it's a short domestic break within Australia, or you’re travelling round-the-world! With Fast Cover, you can travel confidently knowing you've got emergency medical cover in place for your holiday. So buy travel insurance for your holiday and enjoy every minute of your vacation, knowing you have some protection in place, instead of worrying about your health if something goes wrong medically on your trip.
When you need us most, wherever you are in the world, our expert assistance team are ready and waiting to help 24/7.
Cap-Free Overseas Emergency Medical Assistance & $20,000 funeral or repatriation of remains cover*.
Cap-free Overseas Emergency Medical & Hospital Expenses.
The earlier you buy travel insurance, the earlier we can provide cover for money you've spent on hotels, flights or tours in the event of unexpected sickness, injury, family emergencies or natural disasters.
Fast Cover provides domestic and international travel insurance with COVID-19 Benefits if you or other travellers listed on your certificate of insurance are diagnosed with COVID-19 coronavirus from a PCR test or confirmed in writing by a medical practitioner*.
Cover under our COVID-19 Benefits can provide certain cover for COVID-19 if you or other travellers listed on your policy contract COVID-19 and your trip is cancelled, your trip is disrupted and most importantly, if you need emergency overseas medical treatment for COVID-19 or repatriation back home to Australia*.
The best travel insurance policy is one which is able to cover you for the things that you want to be covered for, and may include cover for example, unexpected medical and hospital expenses, cancellation cover in case you're not able to go on your trip, cover for your luggage in case they're lost or stolen and also cover for travel delays.
Being able to customise your policy to the type of seniors holiday you're taking is also an important consideration when looking for the best travel insurance policy for your trip. That way, you're not paying for things that you don't want cover for!
For more information, refer to our Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).
You can buy your Travel Insurance up to 12 months before your Departure Date.
Note:For more information, refer to our Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).
The value of insurance can certainly be worth it when you consider the cost is relatively small compared to the cost of your total holiday. Costs can easily be $100 000 AUD or more for an unexpected overseas hospital visit. These costs can easily escalate with extended hospital stays and when a medivac is required to bring you back to Australia. You can also travel with the knowledge that you have 24 hour support from the Emergency Assistance team if an emergency occurs.
For more information, refer to our Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).
You can buy it any time before or after you have booked flights, accommodation, cruises or tours. You can even book it right up until you are boarding a flight if you are a last-minute person or have forgotten to buy it earlier.
For more information, refer to our Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).
You can buy cancellation insurance after you have booked flights, accommodation, tours or cruises, and you can buy it right up until the departure date of your holiday. The earlier you buy a policy that covers cancellation, the longer you will be covered for any deposits or money you have paid for your trip.
Cover is subject to the policy terms, conditions, limits and exclusions in the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).
The cost of travel insurance is calculated on your specific trip and considers a number of factors including but not limited to:
The best way to find out the cost of insurance is to get a quote and compare the price.
For more information, refer to our Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).
Whether you need insurance is a decision for yourself and should certainly be considered for anyone who cannot predict the future. It is designed to provide cover for unexpected and unforeseen circumstances such as stolen luggage or medical emergencies which you have no way of knowing if they will or won't happen.
For more information, refer to our Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).
Travel insurance is designed to cover you for unexpected events. Generally speaking, anything that has already happened prior to policy purchase (e.g. an already erupting Bali volcano causes flights to be cancelled) or is likely to happen (e.g. going to hospital for an existing medical condition not listed as covered on your policy) are things you cannot claim.
We do note that every traveller's situation is different. In the event of a claim, our friendly claims team will assess each situation on a case by case basis.
Cover is subject to the policy terms, conditions, limits and exclusions in the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).
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^ Price as at 27/10/2024 compared to the price calculated today for this policy.
* See Product Disclosure Statement for full terms and conditions and exclusions and limits that apply.
~ 25 day money back guarantee ends 25 days after the policy purchase date or on the Departure Date of your trip, whichever comes first. No refund is available if you have submitted a claim or intend to make claim under the policy or used your policy to obtain a visa. See the Product Disclosure Statement for more details.
Δ $5,000 combined limit for COVID-19 Trip Cancellation and Disruption for Comprehensive and Snow Sports Plus policies. Benefit limits vary for other policies.