Compare domestic, worldwide travel insurance quotes in NZ

You never know when you might need to cancel a flight and when that happens, your chosen airline can charge you a hefty fee for doing so or will not return your deposit. Standard travel insurance policies often cover this cost so that you can cancel your flight right up to the day of the flight at no cost at all. This applies to flight delays too.

With so many bags constantly being lugged around, there are bound to be a few bags here and there that end up in the wrong place and it’s often out of your control. If you have travel insurance in NZ, your insurer will cover the purchase of a few essentials, meaning you won’t have to bear the brunt of the loss of your GoPro, laptop, camera and whatever else you may have lost.

When you compare travel insurance policies in NZ, you may notice that most policies offer medical and dental cover. This may be just something simple like drugs for a cold or allergy while you’re overseas, or it could be something a little more complicated like surgery. Some policies may even pay for someone to escort you back home if you’re feeling really unwell.

If you’ve rented a car while you’re overseas and it gets stolen or damaged then your travel insurance policy may be able to help you out, by providing cover for the excess you’ll need to pay for when you make a claim.

In the event that you accidentally damage property or are liable for damage to a person, your travel insurance provider may provide cover to pay the costs including legal fees to defend your claim and legal costs if you’re wrongly arrested or detained. While we hope it would never come to this, it doesn’t hurt to have the assurance that you would be covered if you were liable for something. Even the cheapest travel insurance policies in NZ usually provides cover for this.