Travel Insurance for Christmas Island

Christmas Island Travel Insurance

Whether you’re travelling overseas or within Australia, it’s always important to choose the right travel insurance for your specific destination.

If you’re travelling to Christmas Island, you should consider a policy that provides 24 hour emergency assistance as well as cover for what’s most important to you such as:

Cancellation
Luggage & Personal Effects
Rental Vehicle Insurance Excess
Travel Delay Expenses
Special Event Transport Expenses
Accidental Death
Personal Liability

Travel Insurance for a holiday on Christmas Island

For a holiday on Christmas Island with Fast Cover, select 'Christmas Island', 'Australia' or 'Australia (Domestic)' which will provide you with cover for travel to Christmas Island as well as the rest of mainland Australia.

Also consider the type of holiday you’re taking and what activities are on your itinerary to ensure your travel insurance policy will provide cover for all of the fun things you want to do such as:

Swimming in The Grotto cave pools
Scuba diving and snorkelling at Flying Fish Cove
Teeing off at the Christmas Island Golf Club
Bird watching
Bushwalking, cycling and trekking
Watching the annual Christmas Island Red Crab Migration
Sailing and boating
Water sports like windsurfing, kayaking and canoeing
Adventure sports like caving, deep sea fishing and outdoor rock climbing^#

Fast Cover offers great value travel insurance options to suit all travellers to Christmas Island.

Benefits of Fast Cover Christmas Island Travel Insurance

24 Hour Emergency Assistance
Unlimited Cancellation Cover
Rental Vehicle Insurance Excess Cover
Cover for Luggage & Personal Effects
Optional Cover for Adventure Sports & Activities

See the tables below for more benefits:

Medical Benefits	Basics	Domestic Plus	Standard Saver	Comprehensive	Snow Sports Plus	Frequent Traveller Saver
Overseas 24/7 Emergency Medical Assistance^ sub-limits:	Unlimited	–––	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Funeral/cremation Overseas and/or bringing your remains home (per person)	$20,000		$20,000	$20,000	$20,000	$20,000
Overseas Emergency Medical & Hospital Expenses^	Unlimited	–––	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Overseas Emergency Dental	$500	–––	$750	$1,000	$1,000	$1,000
Overseas Emergency Evacuation & Repatriation	Unlimited	–––	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Overseas Hospital Cash Payment^ sub-limits:	–––	–––	–––	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000
Daily Limit (per person)				$50	$50	$50
Accidental Death Travellers Aged 80 to 89:	–––	$25,000 $20,000	–––	$25,000 $20,000	$25,000 $20,000	$25,000 $20,000
Death of a Dependant (per Dependant)		$5,000		$5,000	$5,000	$5,000
Permanent Disability^ Travellers Aged 80 to 89:	–––	–––	–––	$50,000 $20,000	$50,000 $20,000	$25,000 $20,000
Permanent Disability of a Dependant (per Dependant)		$5,000		$5,000	$5,000	$5,000
Loss of Income^ sub-limits:	–––	–––	–––	$10,400	$10,400	$10,400
Weekly Limit (per person) - up to 26 weeks				$400	$400	$400

Financial Benefits	Basics	Domestic Plus	Standard Saver	Comprehensive	Snow Sports Plus	Frequent Traveller Saver
Trip Cancellation Expenses sub-limits:	–––	Unlimited	$25,000	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Travel Agents Cancellation Fees		$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500
Close Relatives with a Pre-existing Medical Condition		$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000
Personal Liability	$1,000,000	$5,000,000	$2,500,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000
Trip Disruption Expenses sub-limits:	–––	$50,000	$30,000	$50,000	$50,000	$50,000
Close Relatives with a Pre-existing Medical Condition		$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000
Trip Resumption Expenses	–––	$3,000	$2,000	$3,000	$3,000	$3,000
Luggage & Personal Effects sub-limits:	Optional	$7,500	$5,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000
Personal computers,video recorders or cameras (per item)	$3,000	$3,000	$3,000	$3,000	$3,000	$3,000
Mobile phones (per item)	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500
Tablets (per item)	$1,000	$1,000	$1,000	$1,000	$1,000	$1,000
All other unspecified items (per item)	$750	$750	$750	$750	$750	$750
Luggage and Personal Effects stolen from a Locked Storage Compartment of an unoccupied vehicle during daylight hours	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000
Passports, Credit Cards & Credit Card Fraud^	–––	–––	$2,000	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000
Special Event Transport Expenses	–––	$5,000	–––	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000
Rental Vehicle Excess sub-limits:	–––	$5,000	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
Return of Rental Vehicle		$500	$500	$500	$500	$500
Travel Delay Expenses sub-limits:	–––	$2,000	–––	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000
Daily Limit (per person) (we will pay up to $200 for each full 24 hours beyond the initial 6 hour delay)		$200		$200	$200	$200
Delay of Luggage and Personal Effects^	–––	–––	–––	$750	$750	$750
Theft of Cash^	–––	–––	–––	$250	$250	$250

Snow Sports Benefits	Basics	Domestic Plus	Standard Saver	Comprehensive	Snow Sports Plus	Frequent Traveller Saver
Snow Sport Equipment	–––	$1,500	–––	–––	$1,500	–––
Snow Equipment Replacement Hire	–––	$1,500	–––	–––	$1,500	–––
Snow Prepaid Expenses	–––	$750	–––	–––	$750	–––
Snow Resort Closure sub-limits:	–––	$1,000	–––	–––	$1,000	–––
Daily Limit (per person)		$100			$100

COVID-19 Benefits	Basics	Domestic Plus	Standard Saver	Comprehensive	Snow Sports Plus	Frequent Traveller Saver
COVID-19 Overseas Emergency Medical, Hospital & Medical Evacuation Expenses	Unlimited	–––	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Funeral/cremation Overseas and/or bringing your remains home (per person)	$20,000	–––	$20,000	$20,000	$20,000	$20,000
COVID-19 Trip Cancellation & Disruption	–––	$3,500	$3,000	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000

Please note: This is only a summary of benefits. Policy terms, conditions, limits, sub limits and exclusions apply to each cover type. Benefit limits shown are for Single and Duo (per person) policies. Pooled Benefits mean that Family policy benefit limits apply for the whole family and are double the corresponding benefit limit under a Single policy, except for certain benefits - please refer to the Product Disclosure Statement for full details. ^Cover under these Benefits are excluded while travelling within Australia.

Top 5 tips for safe travel to Christmas Island

Get a health check-up before you leave home.
Tell your doctor if you plan to try any new adventure sports or activities.
Familiarise yourself with the regions you’re travelling to, transport options and activities.
Scan, print and keep digital copies of all your travel documents handy.
Download the Smartraveller app to receive up to date travel alerts and warnings.

Traveller Testimonials

Excellent service

Made a claim which was received in less than two weeks. Would recommend to any one and will use again when able to travel. Customer service was excellent.

Heather – Productreview.com.au

Impressed

The insurance was easy to purchase online while easily able to compare different policies which were also reasonably priced. In addition, there were options of the excess you wish to pay should you need to make a claim. I was pleasantly surprised and impressed. I will purchase with them again for sure.

Aimee – Productreview.com.au

A friend in need is a friend indeed

The policy was of good value, especially when one unexpectedly becomes ill. Easy to set up, just answer questions. Computer system, easy to follow. The customer support was excellent. My queries were efficiently handled and with courtesy.

Joe – Productreview.com.au

5 steps to buying Fast Cover travel insurance for Christmas Island

Select 'Christmas Island', 'Australia' or 'Australia (Domestic)' and follow a few simple steps online for a FREE instant online quote.
Consider the benefits included in each policy.
Select the level of cover that’s right for your domestic trip to Christmas Island.
Read the Product Disclosure Statement.
Consider the Financial Services Guide.

^#Activities are only covered by this policy if you have paid the additional premium for the Adventure Pack.

Things you need to know

^* See Product Disclosure Statement for full terms and conditions and exclusions and limits that apply.

^# Available with our Comprehensive policies only.

^** No cover is provided for pregnancy, childbirth or related complications unless it is a single, uncomplicated pregnancy up to and including 23 weeks. In any event we will not pay medical expenses for regular antenatal care, childbirth at any gestation or care of the newborn child. Complications mean any secondary diagnosis occurring prior to, during the course of, concurrent with, or as a result of the pregnancy, which may adversely affect the pregnancy outcome.

⁺ Statistics based on 'Travel by Australians' quarterly report for June 2013, 'Tourism Industry Facts & Figures at a Glance' September 2012, Cruise Industry Source Market Report: Australia 2013 and Fast Cover Customers.

² 5% saving is based on the cost of a Duo policy versus the cost of two single policies. Excess reduction discount based on excess reduction cost under a Duo policy versus cost under two single policies. Duo policies do not provide cover for any dependent children.

⁴ Price based on an 18 day Basics policy to South Pacific region for Single traveller aged 50 years old or younger with $200 excess.

⁶ Must be accompanied by a professional instructor or guide.