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Why Buy It?

Quibbles

The Essential Expanded plan has $15,000 Secondary Emergency Medical coverage (can be upgraded to $30,000), $100,000 Emergency Medical Evacuation (can be upgraded to $200,000) and higher overall benefits

The Essential Expanded plan has a $50 medical deductible (can be eliminated & you get an extra $15,000 medical for $10 - $55 per person depending on your age)

The Essential Basic plan has $10,000 Secondary Emergency Medical coverage (can be upgraded to $30,000) & $100,000 Emergency Medical Evacuation

The Essential Basic plan has a $50 medical deductible (you get an extra $20,000 medical for $4 - $20 per person depending on your age). The Essential Basic doesn't cover pre-existing conditions & supplier financial default, either.

You have to buy the Expanded plan no later than 14 calendar days after your initial trip deposit date to cover pre-existing conditions & supplier financial default

The maximum trip cost you can insure for pre-existing conditions is $15,000 per person. If your per person trip cost exceeds $15,000 you still have pre-existing conditions coverage on the first $15,000 per person trip cost.

The lowest trip cost you can cover is $0. This means you won't have any trip cancellation, nor pre-existing conditions coverage.

A $0 trip cost changes your policy's effective date potentially causing you a problem. Read this: Don’t Insure A $0 Trip Cost To Save Money

You can insure a maximum trip cost of $100,000 per person with both Essential plans

Travel Guard can advance payment to a medical facility if needed to secure Your admission

The lowest trip cost you can cover is $0. This means you won't have any trip cancellation, trip interruption, financial default nor pre-existing conditions coverage

The Essential Expanded covers 1 child 17 & under free with each related adult on the same policy

The Essential plans have a 180 day Pre-existing Condition Lookback Period

You have a 14 day Free Look Period

Travel Guard's maximum trip length is 365 days

Everyone with the same itinerary is considered a traveling companion

Essential Basic DOC

Essential Expanded (Silver) DOC

A brief description is below. For complete coverage, terms, conditions and exclusions, select the desired Essential Basic or Essential Expanded DOC. You may click on the link to view or download it

Plan Name

Essential Basic

Essential Expanded (Silver)

Secure online order link (you don't pay extra fees using us)

Essential Basic's secure online purchase page

Essential Expanded's (Silver) secure online purchase page

Money Back Guarantee

14 days

Trip Cancellation (per person)

Up to the insured amount

Trip Interruption (per person)

Up to the insured amount

Emergency Medical (per person) - Travel Guard can advance payment to a medical facility if needed to secure Your admission

$10,000 ($50 deductible)

$15,000 ($50 deductible)

Emergency Medical Evacuation / Repatriation (per person)

$100,000

Your deadline to waive the Pre-Existing Condition exclusion

No Pre-Existing Condition Waiver

Your Initial Trip Deposit Date plus 14 calendar days

Pre-Existing Condition Lookback Period

180 Days

Travel Baggage (per person)

$500 ($50 deductible)

$750 ($50 deductible)

Travel Baggage Delay (per person)

$100 (after 24 hours)

$200 (after 24 hours)

Travel Delay (per person)

$500 ($100 a day after 12 hours)

Travel Supplier Financial Default

No Financial Default Coverage

14 Day Wait if purchased by your Initial Trip Deposit Date plus 14 calendar days

Damage To Your Rental Car (Not available to residents of NY & WA)

Yes, as a separate plan

24-hour Assistance Services

Included

Terrorist Incident coverage in Itinerary City

"...in a city to which you were scheduled to arrive within 30 days"

Optional Upgrades

• Optional upgrade to $20,000 medical & $200,000 evacuation is available
• Up to $500,000 Flight Insurance

• Optional upgrade to $20,000 medical & $200,000 evacuation is available
• Up to $500,000 Flight Insurance

Some More Details:

• Secondary medical coverage
• Optional upgrade to $20,000 medical is available

• Secondary medical coverage
• Optional upgrade to $20,000 medical & $200,000 evacuation is available
• One child age 17 & under is free for each related adult 18 or older on the same policy

Insurance Underwriter

National Union Fire Insurance Company (A Rated)

Secure online order link (you don't pay extra fees using us)

Go to the Essential Basic's secure online order form

Go to the Essential Expanded's secure online order form

The Travel Guard Essential Basic Plan Prices

Trip Cost Per Person (US dollars)

Ages
0 - 34

Ages
35 - 59

Ages
60 - 69

Ages
70 - 74

Ages
75 - 79

Ages
80 - 84

Ages
85+

$0

13

19

24

28

41

51

60

$1 - 250

16

23

27

33

43

59

67

$251 - 500

18

27

30

38

45

68

74

$501 - 1,000

31

39

49

67

81

105

125

$1,001 - 1,500

40

53

67

88

116

138

176

$1,501 - 2,000

54

71

92

125

151

179

227

$2,001 - 2,500

69

89

114

154

186

221

278

$2,501 - 3,000

83

105

136

184

222

261

330

$3,001 - 3,500

98

111

159

214

256

302

381

$3,501 - 4,000

111

122

180

243

292

351

432

$4,001 - 4,500

124

139

228

272

326

397

483

$4,501 - 5,000

138

155

256

302

362

444

533

$5,001 - 5,500

159

183

281

355

397

498

585

$5,501 - 6,000

178

211

306

388

432

551

636

$6,001 - 6,500

194

231

334

422

467

602

687

$6,501 - 7,000

210

250

362

455

502

653

738

$7,001 - 8,000

231

272

406

514

573

735

842

$8,001 - 9,000

259

295

450

575

644

815

944

$9,001 - 10,000

287

317

496

633

717

896

1,049

The Essential Basic's Medical Upgrade cost (extra $30,000 Medical & No Deductible)

You need to add Travel Guard's $3 per policy service fee to these prices:

$4

$6

$8

$10

$12

$15

$20

Per Day Rate for Trips Over 30 Days

$5

5

6

7

8

9

10