Important Information

Our policies include cover for Covid-19: See full details

There is no cover for cancellation caused by a change in FCDO/government advice, other than as a result of fire, earthquake, storm, flood, riot or civil unrest.

Our policies will not provide any cover if you travel to a destination where the FCDO is advising against all, or all but essential travel. Please check the latest advice before you travel. www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice

Covid-19: Travel insurance cover details

Updated: 3rd January 2023

Our insurance will cover you to travel provided the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is not advising against all, or all but essential travel to your destination.

Cover for Covid-19 is included on all policies, here are the details:

If you contract Covid-19 abroad our policies provide the following cover:

Emergency medical treatment and repatriation, when medically necessary, if you contract Covid-19 whilst abroad.
Cover for additional accommodation & transport costs (limits apply) if you are unable to return home due to contracting Covid-19 and being told to self-isolate abroad.

If you contract Covid-19 before you travel, our policies provide cancellation in the following circumstances:

if you, anyone insured on the policy, or a travel companion catch Covid-19 within 14 days of your trip starting.
if you, anyone insured on the policy, or a household member have to self-isolate at home due to Covid-19.
if you, anyone insured on the policy, or a family member are hospitalised or die due to Covid-19.

Our policies will not provide any cover if:

You travel to a destination where the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is advising against all, or all but essential travel.

Our policies do not provide cover for:

Cancellation caused by a change to FCDO or government travel advice, other than as a result of fire, earthquake, storm, flood, riot or civil unrest.
Cancellation if your travel provider cancels or postpones your trip.
Denied entry to the country or territory you are travelling to.

Check the latest information:

Government COVID-19 travel advice
Check the latest advice for travel and Covid-19
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-abroad-from-england-during-coronavirus-covid-19

FCDO advice for your destination
Find out whether the FCDO is advising against travel for your destination, as well as the rules and restrictions when you arrive, including entry requirements.
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice

Travel Insurance: Quotation

Important Notice

Please be advised that School Trip Cover is no longer issuing cover for new policies.

Existing policies are still on cover until their expiry date and can be amended if required.

If you have an existing policy and have a query or need to get in touch please contact us on 0330 094 5789 or email us at help@schooltripcover.com

If you need to make a claim please use the contact details in your policy wording, or visit our claims page to find out more. Claims Information »

The Republic of Ireland, The Channel Islands, The Continent of Europe, West of the Ural Mountains, Madeira, Canary Islands, Iceland, the Azores, Mediterranean Islands and non-European Countries bordering the Mediterranean (excluding Egypt, Algeria, Israel, Lebanon, Libya & Syria).

Step 1 - Trip Details

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This policy is only available to UK residents

Start Date:

Please choose a start date.

Return Date:

Please choose an end date.

Destination: (Country)

Please list all of the countries you will be travelling to.

Please enter a destination.

Please fill out the above empty destination field.

Name of the Group Leader:

(Who will be travelling with the group)

Please choose the Group Leader's Title.

Please enter the Group Leader's First Name.

Please enter the Group Leader's Last Name.

Date of Birth:

No. of Travellers:

(Please enter the number of children and adults in the following age ranges, excluding the group leader named above)

Children 0 - 11

Children 12 - 18

Please add at least one child traveller.

Adults 19 - 55

Adults 56 - 64

Adults 65 - 75

Do you require the following cover?

Winter Sports:

Sports and Activities:

A (Included as Standard)

What type of cover do you require?

How many people are travelling?

Step 2 - Quote

The standard excess is the amount you will generally have to pay towards the cost of a claim.

Your policy schedule will show the excess payable on each section of your policy.

This is the is the amount you will generally have to pay towards the cost of a claim under the medical and repatriation section of the policy.

Additional cover including Terrorism and Search and Rescue can be added at the next stage.

Schedule of Benefits

Step 3 - Options

Please ensure that you have additional cover you require by adding the appropriate cover extensions below.

Sports and Activities (Hazardous Activities)

To ensure that you will be covered whilst taking part in any sports or activities you must add the appropriate cover extension below.

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Step 5 - Name and Contact Details

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Sports and Activities

The following sporting activities when participated in for recreational purposes incidental to a trip and not in organized competitions or in any professional capacity are not considered to be HAZARDOUS PURSUITS and are not subject to the special provisions of the endorsement below:

Roller Skating, Basket Ball, Bowls, Snorkelling, Cricket, Cycling, Squash, Tennis, Volley Ball, Fishing, Water Polo, Golf, Racket Ball, Rambling, Badminton, Rounders, Football. Cover for the following activities that are considered to be HAZARDOUS PURSUITS is included for recreational purposes only and not for competitions or any professional activity subject to the following endorsement:

The exclusion of HAZARDOUS PURSUITS in the General Exclusions is deleted only with respect to cover under Section 6 Medical and Repatriation Expenses and under Section 2 CURTAILMENT cover (but not CANCELLATION) for participation in the following HAZARDOUS PURSUITS on a non-professional (amateur) and recreational basis provided that YOU ensure the activity is adequately supervised and that appropriate safety equipment (such as protective head wear, life jackets etc.) are worn at all times and YOU do not participate in such HAZARDOUS PURSUITS for more than 90 days in any one PERIOD OF INSURANCE. The acceptable HAZARDOUS PURSUITS list is:

Category A

Your Insurance automatically covers you for the following activities:

Aerobics
Angling (not open water)
Animal Sanctuary (no big-game)
Archery
Assault Courses (No high ropes)
Athletics (track & Filed)
Badminton
Bamboo Rafting (only on inland waters or coastal waters within a 12 mile limit of land)
Banana Boating
Baseball
Basketball
Beach games
Blade Skating
Board Sailing (only on inland waters or coastal waters within a 12-mile limit from land)
Body Boarding/Boogie Boarding (only on inland waters or coastal waters within a 12 mile limit from land)
Bowling
Bowls
Canoeing, kayaking, river rafting (including white water rafting up to grade 3)
Catamaran Sailing (inland waters only) European Waters only.
Clay Pigeon Shooting
Climbing Wall (Indoor up to 25 metres)
Cricket
Croquet
Cross Country Running
Curling
Cycling (but not Stunt or race BMX and mountain bikes)
Dancing
Dinghy Sailing (inland waters only) within a 12 mile limit from land
Dragon Boat Racing
Fell walking, rambling and trekking
Fishing (not open water)/Sea Fishing
Football
Frisbee
Fruit or Vegetable Picking (under 3metres)
Glass Bottom Boats
Goalball
Golf
Gymnastics
Handball
Hobbie Catting (only on inland waters or coastal waters within a 12 mile limit from land) European Waters
Hockey (not ice)
Horse riding (no Polo, Hunting, Jumping)
Ice-skating (rink only)
Jet Boating
Jogging
Kite Boarding
Kite Surfing
Laser Tag
Netball
Non-Manual Labour
orienteering
Paint Balling
Parascending (towed by boat)
Rafting, canoeing and kayaking (including white water up to grade 3)
Pilates
Pony Trekking
Power Boating (non-competitive)
Rackets
Racquet Ball
River Punting
Roller skating/Blading
Rounder’s
Rowing
Safari/Safari Trekking (not involving use of firearms)
Scuba diving (to 18 metres)
Segway (supervised)
Skateboarding/Scooters
Snooker, pool and billiards
Snorkelling
Softball

Category B

Provided you have paid the appropriate premium you will be covered for all of the activities listed in Category A plus the following activities:

Breathing Observation Bubble (BOB) up to 18 metres
Bungee Jump No PA cover
Camel/Elephant Riding
Charity Rallies (No Racing)
Cycle Touring
Deep Sea Fishing
Dog Sledging
Farm Work (manual, excluding the use of powered machinery)
Fencing
Fives
Flying a private plane or small aircraft
Flying as a passenger in a private or small aircraft
Go Karting (Specific use) up to 250cc
Gorilla Trekking
Hiking (between 2,000 and 3,000 metres altitude)
Hot Air Ballooning
Hydro Zorbing
Kayaking European waters only
Manual Work (ground level only, no machinery)
Motorcycling (over 50cc - no racing) as a rider or passenger when wearing a helmet, provided the rider
holds an appropriate UK Motorcycle licence to ride the motorcycle
mountain biking (casual, not endurance or racing)
Passenger Sledge
Quad Biking (no racing) under 125cc as a rider or passenger when wearing a helmet, provided the rider
holds an appropriate UK licence
Rap jumping (within organiser's guidelines)
Scuba Diving (between 18 and 30 metres)
Sea Canoeing/Kayaking – inland waters only European waters only
Trekking (between 1,001 and 3,000 metres altitude)
via ferrata
White Water Canoeing/Rafting (Grade 4)
Wind Tunnel Flying
Work Abroad (manual, ground level only, no machinery)

Category C

Provided you have paid the appropriate premium you will be covered for all of the activities listed in Category A and B plus the following activities:

Abseiling
American Football
Animal Sanctuary
Archaeological Digging
Boxing (+AMC)
canyoning
caving
Devil Karting
Dirt Boarding
Farm Work
Fell Running/Walking
Gaelic Football
Glacier Skiing
Hiking (between 3,000 and 6,000 metre altitude)
Horse Jumping
Hurling
Ice Fishing
Kayaking – Sea (within Coastal Waters)
Kendo (Training only)
Kick Boxing (Training only)
Lacrosse
Manual Work (including the use of light hand held machinery) hand held
Martial Arts (Training only)
Motor Cycling over a 125CC. Must have a full Clean License and be over the age of 25 years as a rider or passenger when wearing as helmet.
Octopush/Water Hockey
Off Piste Skiing (with a professional guide on designated pistes within the resort)
Outdoor Endurance Events
Parachuting
Paragliding
Parascending (over land)
Roller Hockey
Rugby
Shark Diving (Cage)
Shinty
Sail Boarding
Sand Boarding
Sand Dune Surfing/Skiing
Sand Yachting
Skiing (Cross Country)
Snow Go Karting up to a 125cc
Snow Parascending
Snow Scooting
Snow Tubing
Snow Zorbing
Snow Kiting
Snowcat Driving
Snowcat Skiing
Tree Top Canopy Walking
Trekking (between 3,000 and 6,000 metre altitude)
White Water Canoeing (Grade 5 to 6)
White Water Rafting (Grade 5 to 6)
Yachting (racing / crewing) - outside Coastal waters but within European waters

Winter Sports

Extends your policy to provide cover for you when skiing or snowboarding and provides the following additional cover:

Ski equipment up to £500 (single article limit of £250)
Ski Hire up to £250
Ski pack up to £400
Piste closure £35 for each 24hrs up to £500 provided you are skiing north of the earth’s equator between 1st January and 30th April, or south of the earth’s equator between 1st June and 31st October and the ski resort is higher than 1600 metres above sea level.
Avalanche closure £35 for each 24hrs up to £500

Benefits are per person, and an excess may apply. Please see the policy wording for full details.

UK Residents

United Kingdom is defined as the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, BFPO and the Channel Islands.

You must have resided within the United Kingdom for no less than 6 months, and have not spent more than 6 months abroad in the year prior to purchasing the policy, have a permanent United Kingdom address and be registered with a United Kingdom General Practitioner.

Cover must be purchased and effective before you leave the United Kingdom.

Start Date

This is the date your group will depart school to go on your trip.

The policy must cover you for the entire duration of the trip from when you leave school/home to when you return back to school/home.

All trips must include a pre-booked outbound and return journey to and from the UK for the insurance to be valid.

NB. If you are travelling overnight you must enter the date you actually arrive back.

Return Date

This is the date your group will arrive back at school after the end of your trip.

The policy must cover you for the entire duration of the trip from when you leave school/home to when you return back to school/home.

All trips must include a pre-booked outbound and return journey to and from the UK for the insurance to be valid.

NB. If you are travelling overnight you must enter the date you actually arrive back.