Unlock ancient wonders with our travel insurance for Egypt
Unlock ancient wonders with our travel insurance for Egypt
Where are you going?
Enter your trip destination. If you’re traveling to multiple destinations, select the country where you’ll be spending the most time.
Important: We’re unable to provide coverage for any OFAC-sanctioned country. Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
Going to Cuba? You’ll need our preapproval to get travel insurance coverage for a trip to Cuba. Please call our customer service team at 1-800-228-9792 to speak with us about your trip to Cuba.
Our travel insurance for Egypt helps protect your health and finances while you explore the country's historic sites and cities. We’re here to help you find coverage that fits your trip.
How our travel insurance for Egypt can help you
If you’re heading into the desert for an excursion ...
You'll likely have limited access to medical facilities. Our travel health insurance for Egypt offers medical evacuation coverage if you need to be transported to a hospital.
If your itinerary includes a Nile cruise …
They run on tight schedules, and a travel mishap can prevent you from boarding on time. Our trip interruption coverage can help reimburse eligible unused portions of your cruise.
If you’re going on a hot air ballon ride over Luxor …
You may be interested in our adventure activities upgrade. It offers coverage for higher-risk activities, like scuba diving beyond 75 feet, hang gliding, and of course, hot air ballooning.
If you arrive in Cairo, but your bags don’t …
Our baggage benefits can help reimburse the cost of eligible essential items until your bags catch up. Think: basic toiletries, clothing, sunscreen, and the like.
Here's what you get with our comprehensive travel insurance for Egypt
If you’re searching for our best travel insurance for Egypt, you’re in the right place. Our comprehensive plans are designed to offer essential support throughout your trip, including trip cancellation coverage, emergency medical benefits, baggage protection, and more.
Review the table below to see what’s included, what’s not, and the benefit limits for each plan.
Before you buy: Planning activities like hot air ballooning over Luxor or scuba diving in the Red Sea? Or renting a car to travel between Egyptian cities on your own schedule? Our comprehensive plans offer up to nine optional upgrades, including coverage for certain adventure activities and rental car damage.
- Up to $50,000 trip cancellation
- Up to $75,000 trip interruption
- Up to $2,000 travel delay
- Up to $250,000 emergency medical*
- Up to $1,000,000 emergency evacuation and repatriation
- Up to $10,000 trip cancellation
- Up to $12,500 trip interruption
- Up to $1,000 travel delay
- Up to $50,000 emergency medical
- Up to $250,000 emergency evacuation and repatriation
- Up to $10,000 trip cancellation
- Up to $10,000 trip interruption
- Up to $600 travel delay
- Up to $25,000 emergency medical
- Up to $200,000 emergency evacuation and repatriation
| Our plan benefits and coverage details | Ultimate | Advantage | Essential |
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| Trip cancellation, interruption, delay, and inconvenience | |||
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Protects travel investments and recovers nonrefundable, prepaid costs if your trip is canceled for an eligible reason.
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100% of trip cost ($50,000 maximum)
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100% of trip cost ($10,000 maximum)
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100% of trip cost ($10,000 maximum)
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Protects unused, prepaid, and nonrefundable expenses and additional transportation to join the departed trip or return home if your trip is interrupted for an eligible reason.
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150% of trip cost ($75,000 maximum)
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$125% of trip cost ($12,500 maximum)
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100% of trip cost ($10,000 maximum)
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional expenses — such as accommodations, local transportation, and meals — if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason.
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$2,000 ($250 per day maximum)
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$1,000 ($250 per day maximum)
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$600 ($200 per day maximum)
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Reimbursement for luggage and personal articles if your bags are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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$2,000 ($500 per item limit)
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$1,000 ($500 per item limit)
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$750 ($500 per item limit)
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Reimbursement for personal articles — such as reasonable additional clothing and toiletries — if your bags are delayed by a common carrier.
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$500
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$200
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$200
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional lodging, meal expenses, and the prepaid, unused, and nonrefundable portion of the trip if you miss a connection for an eligible reason.
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$750
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$500
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$150
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Reimbursement for travel inconveniences such as a closed ski resort, golf course, or beach at your destination, or cruise disablement due to an eligible reason.
Closed attractions: $200 maximum Closed beach: $200 maximum Cruise disablement: $200 maximum |
$600
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Not included
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Not included
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| Emergency evacuation and repatriation | |||
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Coverage for physician-ordered medical evacuation to a hospital or home if an injury or sickness occurs while traveling. Also includes coverage for repatriation of remains if you pass away while traveling.
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$1,000,000
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$250,000
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$200,000
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| Emergency medical expense | |||
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Coverage for emergency medical treatment if you have a sickness or injury while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of NH have up to $50,000 in emergency medical coverage with the Ultimate plan. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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$250,000
*$50,000 for NH residents |
$50,000
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$25,000
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Coverage for emergency dental treatment if you’re injured while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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$500
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$500
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$500
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If you meet the plan purchase requirements listed, exclusions for pre-existing conditions are waived. Exclusions do not apply to NH residents.
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Included if plan is purchased within 21 days of first trip payment and full trip cost is insured
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Not included
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Not included
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This represents the number of days to “look back” at changes in medical history and determine if a claim is related to a pre-existing medical condition. The days are counted backward from the day preceding the policy purchase date.
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90 days
Does not apply to NH residents |
120 days
Does not apply to NH residents |
180 days
Does not apply to NH residents |
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If you need to file a claim, your plan benefits will be used first as primary coverage. Our Essential plan provides excess medical coverage unless you’re a CT resident, in which case you’d have primary coverage.
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Included
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Included
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Not included (secondary coverage)
Included for CT residents |
| Accidental death and dismemberment | |||
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Coverage if you have an eligible loss, such as your life or a limb, as a result of an eligible injury while on an insured trip. Exclusions may apply. See policy for details.
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$25,000
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$20,000
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$10,000
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Coverage if you’re exposed to weather or disappear due to an accident that results in an eligible loss.
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$25,000
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$20,000
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$10,000
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| Other benefits | |||
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If you need help while you’re traveling, our team of assistance experts is available 24/7 to help you with medical emergencies, language interpretation, prescription refills, and much more.
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Included
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Included
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Included
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We can provide coverage at no additional cost to one travel companion aged 17 years old or younger per each insured adult traveler. Each insured adult traveler on the Ultimate plan must be aged 18 years or older for the child to be eligible. The child’s individual trip cost must be equal to or lower than the insured adult’s individual trip cost for coverage to apply. If upgrades are selected and included in the policy, each traveler will be charged the applicable premium for the upgrade.
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Yes
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No
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No
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The plan you choose will provide coverage for a trip length up to the number of days shown. It’s important to check that the plan’s maximum trip length will insure your entire trip or coverage may not apply.
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Up to 180 days
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Up to 30 days
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Up to 30 days
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We offer coverage for most U.S. states and international locations, excluding trips to, through, or from destinations sanctioned by Zurich Group or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
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All domestic and international locations without Zurich Group or OFAC sanctions. For a list of our restricted destinations, please check our travel alerts page.
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All domestic and international locations without Zurich Group or OFAC sanctions. For a list of our restricted destinations, please check our travel alerts page.
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All domestic and international locations without Zurich Group or OFAC sanctions. For a list of our restricted destinations, please check our travel alerts page.
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This is the number of days after purchasing your policy during which you may cancel your policy and receive a premium refund, as long as you have not departed or filed a claim. We count the date you purchase your policy as day one of your review period.
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21 days
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21 days
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21 days
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We provide coverage for certain sports and activities, including kayaking, horseback riding, and hiking. To include coverage for excluded activities, such as skiing or scuba diving more than 75 feet, consider adding our adventure activities upgrade.
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Included, but limited to eligible activities (optional upgrade available for additional activities)
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Included, but limited to eligible activities (optional upgrade available for additional activities)
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Included, but limited to eligible activities (optional upgrade available for additional activities)
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| Optional upgrades | |||
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If you include this upgrade, you can be reimbursed up to 75% of your prepaid, nonrefundable trip costs (up to $7,500) if you need to cancel your trip. You must cancel at least two days prior to your scheduled departure date. To get cancel for any reason coverage, you must insure all your nonrefundable trip expenses in your plan, your trip cost can’t be more than $10,000, and you must purchase the upgrade 31 days or more before your departure date. You also must purchase the cancel for any reason upgrade with the Ultimate plan within 21 days of your initial payment for your trip. Subsequent arrangements must be insured within 14 days of booking those arrangements. Cancel for any fortuitous reason in NY.
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Available (75% of insured trip cost up to $7,500)
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Not available
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Not available
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage up to $50,000 ($100 deductible) for collision, vandalism, windstorm, theft, hail, fire, or flood damage to your rental car while on your trip. This upgrade is not available in all destinations, including Costa Rica, Ireland, Jamaica, and Mexico. Please contact our customer service team at 1-800-228-9792 to check if coverage is available for your trip.
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Available ($50,000 with a $100 deductible)
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Available ($50,000 with a $100 deductible)
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Available ($50,000 with a $100 deductible)
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can increase your emergency medical expense coverage limit by $250,000. Not available to NH residents.
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Available (additional $250,000)
Not available to NH residents |
Not available
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Not available
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have protection for the following activities that are excluded from coverage in our base plans: snow skiing, skydiving, parachuting, free falling, cliff diving, B.A.S.E. or base jumping, hang gliding, parasailing, travel on any air supported device other than a regularly scheduled airline or air charter company, mountain climbing, free climbing, scuba diving at a depth greater than 75 feet, and participating in underwater activities if the depth of the water is greater than 75 feet. This upgrade provides up to $10,000 coverage for an organized search & rescue by appropriate authorities, should you or a traveling companion become lost, disoriented, or missing during your trip. It also offers up to $100,000 coverage in case an event on your trip results in imminent physical danger to you and your traveling companions and you require additional accommodations, transportation, or extrication from your destination. This upgrade isn’t available to IL residents. Exclusions on activities listed above don’t apply to IL residents.
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Available (waives exclusions on certain activities)
Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
Available (waives exclusions on certain activities)
Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
Available (waives exclusions on certain activities)
Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if you suffer from the permanent loss of life from an eligible injury while boarding, as a passenger on, or disembarking from an aircraft of a commercial airline or air charter company licensed to carry passengers for hire during a trip, up to the maximum eligible amount selected. This upgrade isn’t available to NH residents.
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Available ($200,000, $500,000, or $1,000,000)
Not available to NH residents |
Available ($200,000, $500,000, or $1,000,000)
Not available to NH residents |
Available ($200,000, $500,000, or $1,000,000)
Not available to NH residents |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason and you have extra pet boarding fees. Plus, if your pet traveling with you has a sickness or injury, you can have coverage for pet veterinarian expenses up to the maximum eligible amount. This upgrade isn’t available to NY and VA residents.
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Available
Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
Available
Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
Available
Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
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Reimbursement for expenses such as the cost of repairs if you cause accidental damage to your accommodations.
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Available ($2,000)
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Available ($2,000)
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Available ($2,000)
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Protect travel investments and recover nonrefundable, prepaid costs up to $10,000 per person. This applies if you need to cancel your trip due to your previously approved time off being revoked or your business being rendered unsuitable for business due to an eligible event and you’re required to work during your insured trip. To get cancel for business reasons coverage, you must purchase the upgrade 31 days or more before your departure date. You must also purchase the cancel for business reasons upgrade with the Ultimate plan within 21 days of your initial payment for your trip.
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Available (100% of insured trip cost up to $10,000)
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Not available
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Not available
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Increase your benefit limit for lost or stolen baggage and add coverage for lost or stolen electronics and professional equipment. This also includes benefits for sporting equipment delay or rental if delayed by a common carrier.
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Available (additional $3,000)
Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
Available (additional $4,000)
Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
Available (additional $4,250)
Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
| Our plan benefits and coverage details | ||
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| Ultimate | Advantage | Essential |
| Trip cancellation, interruption, delay, and inconvenience | ||
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Protects travel investments and recovers nonrefundable, prepaid costs if your trip is canceled for an eligible reason.
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Protects unused, prepaid, and nonrefundable expenses and additional transportation to join the departed trip or return home if your trip is interrupted for an eligible reason.
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional expenses — such as accommodations, local transportation, and meals — if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason.
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Reimbursement for luggage and personal articles if your bags are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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Reimbursement for personal articles — such as reasonable additional clothing and toiletries — if your bags are delayed by a common carrier.
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional lodging, meal expenses, and the prepaid, unused, and nonrefundable portion of the trip if you miss a connection for an eligible reason.
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Reimbursement for travel inconveniences such as a closed ski resort, golf course, or beach at your destination, or cruise disablement due to an eligible reason.
Closed attractions: $200 maximum Closed beach: $200 maximum Cruise disablement: $200 maximum |
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| Emergency evacuation and repatriation | ||
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Coverage for physician-ordered medical evacuation to a hospital or home if an injury or sickness occurs while traveling. Also includes coverage for repatriation of remains if you pass away while traveling.
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| Emergency medical expense | ||
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Coverage for emergency medical treatment if you have a sickness or injury while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of NH have up to $50,000 in emergency medical coverage with the Ultimate plan. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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*$50,000 for NH residents |
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Coverage for emergency dental treatment if you’re injured while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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If you meet the plan purchase requirements listed, exclusions for pre-existing conditions are waived. Exclusions do not apply to NH residents.
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This represents the number of days to “look back” at changes in medical history and determine if a claim is related to a pre-existing medical condition. The days are counted backward from the day preceding the policy purchase date.
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Does not apply to NH residents |
Does not apply to NH residents |
Does not apply to NH residents |
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If you need to file a claim, your plan benefits will be used first as primary coverage. Our Essential plan provides excess medical coverage unless you’re a CT resident, in which case you’d have primary coverage.
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Included for CT residents |
| Accidental death and dismemberment | ||
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Coverage if you have an eligible loss, such as your life or a limb, as a result of an eligible injury while on an insured trip. Exclusions may apply. See policy for details.
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Coverage if you’re exposed to weather or disappear due to an accident that results in an eligible loss.
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| Other benefits | ||
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If you need help while you’re traveling, our team of assistance experts is available 24/7 to help you with medical emergencies, language interpretation, prescription refills, and much more.
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We can provide coverage at no additional cost to one travel companion aged 17 years old or younger per each insured adult traveler. Each insured adult traveler on the Ultimate plan must be aged 18 years or older for the child to be eligible. The child’s individual trip cost must be equal to or lower than the insured adult’s individual trip cost for coverage to apply. If upgrades are selected and included in the policy, each traveler will be charged the applicable premium for the upgrade.
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The plan you choose will provide coverage for a trip length up to the number of days shown. It’s important to check that the plan’s maximum trip length will insure your entire trip or coverage may not apply.
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We offer coverage for most U.S. states and international locations, excluding trips to, through, or from destinations sanctioned by Zurich Group or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
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This is the number of days after purchasing your policy during which you may cancel your policy and receive a premium refund, as long as you have not departed or filed a claim. We count the date you purchase your policy as day one of your review period.
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We provide coverage for certain sports and activities, including kayaking, horseback riding, and hiking. To include coverage for excluded activities, such as skiing or scuba diving more than 75 feet, consider adding our adventure activities upgrade.
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| Optional upgrades | ||
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If you include this upgrade, you can be reimbursed up to 75% of your prepaid, nonrefundable trip costs (up to $7,500) if you need to cancel your trip. You must cancel at least two days prior to your scheduled departure date. To get cancel for any reason coverage, you must insure all your nonrefundable trip expenses in your plan, your trip cost can’t be more than $10,000, and you must purchase the upgrade 31 days or more before your departure date. You also must purchase the cancel for any reason upgrade with the Ultimate plan within 21 days of your initial payment for your trip. Subsequent arrangements must be insured within 14 days of booking those arrangements. Cancel for any fortuitous reason in NY.
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage up to $50,000 ($100 deductible) for collision, vandalism, windstorm, theft, hail, fire, or flood damage to your rental car while on your trip. This upgrade is not available in all destinations, including Costa Rica, Ireland, Jamaica, and Mexico. Please contact our customer service team at 1-800-228-9792 to check if coverage is available for your trip.
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can increase your emergency medical expense coverage limit by $250,000. Not available to NH residents.
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Not available to NH residents |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have protection for the following activities that are excluded from coverage in our base plans: snow skiing, skydiving, parachuting, free falling, cliff diving, B.A.S.E. or base jumping, hang gliding, parasailing, travel on any air supported device other than a regularly scheduled airline or air charter company, mountain climbing, free climbing, scuba diving at a depth greater than 75 feet, and participating in underwater activities if the depth of the water is greater than 75 feet. This upgrade provides up to $10,000 coverage for an organized search & rescue by appropriate authorities, should you or a traveling companion become lost, disoriented, or missing during your trip. It also offers up to $100,000 coverage in case an event on your trip results in imminent physical danger to you and your traveling companions and you require additional accommodations, transportation, or extrication from your destination. This upgrade isn’t available to IL residents. Exclusions on activities listed above don’t apply to IL residents.
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Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if you suffer from the permanent loss of life from an eligible injury while boarding, as a passenger on, or disembarking from an aircraft of a commercial airline or air charter company licensed to carry passengers for hire during a trip, up to the maximum eligible amount selected. This upgrade isn’t available to NH residents.
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Not available to NH residents |
Not available to NH residents |
Not available to NH residents |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason and you have extra pet boarding fees. Plus, if your pet traveling with you has a sickness or injury, you can have coverage for pet veterinarian expenses up to the maximum eligible amount. This upgrade isn’t available to NY and VA residents.
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Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
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Reimbursement for expenses such as the cost of repairs if you cause accidental damage to your accommodations.
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Protect travel investments and recover nonrefundable, prepaid costs up to $10,000 per person. This applies if you need to cancel your trip due to your previously approved time off being revoked or your business being rendered unsuitable for business due to an eligible event and you’re required to work during your insured trip. To get cancel for business reasons coverage, you must purchase the upgrade 31 days or more before your departure date. You must also purchase the cancel for business reasons upgrade with the Ultimate plan within 21 days of your initial payment for your trip.
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Increase your benefit limit for lost or stolen baggage and add coverage for lost or stolen electronics and professional equipment. This also includes benefits for sporting equipment delay or rental if delayed by a common carrier.
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Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
Here's what you get with our on-trip travel insurance for Egypt
Need Egypt travel insurance ASAP? Our Travel Med Go plan offers essential medical and emergency benefits while you’re abroad, making it a practical option for travelers who need coverage quickly but haven’t departed yet.
Review the table below to see what’s eligible for coverage, what’s not, and the benefit limits for this on-trip plan.
Before you buy: Because this plan doesn’t include trip cancellation coverage, it may not be the right fit if you’re planning an Egypt itinerary in advance or booking non-refundable flights, tours, or cruises. In that case, consider our Ultimate, Advantage, or Essential plans.
- Trip cancellation
- Up to $50,000 emergency medical
- Additional $250,000 emergency medical upgrade available
- Up to $250,000 emergency evacuation and repatriation
- Up to $1,000 baggage and personal effects
| Our plan benefits and coverage details | Travel Med Go |
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| Trip interruption and delay | |
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Protects unused, prepaid, and nonrefundable expenses and additional transportation to join the departed trip or return home if your trip is interrupted for an eligible reason.
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$1,000 maximum
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional expenses — such as accommodations, local transportation, and meals — if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason.
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$500 ($200 daily limit)
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional lodging, meal expenses, and the prepaid, unused, and nonrefundable portion of the trip if you miss a connection for an eligible reason.
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$300
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Reimbursement for luggage and personal articles if your bags are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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$1,000 ($500 per item limit)
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Reimbursement for personal articles — such as reasonable additional clothing and toiletries — if your bags are delayed by a common carrier.
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$500
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| Emergency evacuation and repatriation | |
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Coverage for physician-ordered medical evacuation to a hospital or home if an injury or sickness occurs while traveling. Also includes coverage for repatriation of remains if you pass away while traveling.
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$250,000
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| Emergency medical expense | |
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Coverage for emergency medical treatment if you have a sickness or injury while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of NH have up to $50,000 in emergency medical coverage with the Ultimate plan. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MS, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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$50,000
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Coverage for emergency dental treatment if you’re injured while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VA, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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$500
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This represents the number of days to “look back” at changes in medical history and determine if a claim is related to a pre-existing medical condition. The days are counted backward from the day preceding the policy purchase date.
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180 days
Does not apply to NH residents |
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If you need to file a claim, your plan benefits will be used first as primary coverage. Our Essential plan provides excess medical coverage unless you’re a CT resident, in which case you’d have primary coverage.
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Included
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| Accidental death and dismemberment | |
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Coverage if you have an eligible loss, such as your life or a limb, as a result of an eligible injury while on an insured trip. Exclusions may apply. See policy for details.
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$10,000
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Coverage if you’re exposed to weather or disappear due to an accident that results in an eligible loss.
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$10,000
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| Other benefits | |
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If you need help while you’re traveling, our team of assistance experts is available 24/7 to help you with medical emergencies, language interpretation, prescription refills, and much more.
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Included
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The plan you choose will provide coverage for a trip length up to the number of days shown. It’s important to check that the plan’s maximum trip length will insure your entire trip or coverage may not apply.
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Up to 60 days
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We offer coverage for most U.S. states and international locations, excluding trips to, through, or from destinations sanctioned by Zurich Group or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
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All domestic and international locations without Zurich Group or OFAC sanctions. For a list of our restricted destinations, please check our travel alerts page.
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This is the number of days after purchasing your policy during which you may cancel your policy and receive a premium refund, as long as you have not departed or filed a claim. We count the date you purchase your policy as day one of your review period.
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21 days
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We provide coverage for certain sports and activities, including kayaking, horseback riding, and hiking. To include coverage for excluded activities, such as skiing or scuba diving more than 75 feet, consider adding our adventure activities upgrade.
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Included, but limited to eligible activities (optional upgrade available for additional activities)
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage up to $50,000 ($100 deductible) for collision, vandalism, windstorm, theft, hail, fire, or flood damage to your rental car while on your trip. This upgrade is not available in all destinations, including Costa Rica, Ireland, Jamaica, and Mexico. Please contact our customer service team at 1-800-228-9792 to check if coverage is available for your trip.
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Available ($50,000 with $100 deductible)
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can increase your emergency medical expense coverage limit by $250,000. Not available to NH residents.
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Available (additional $250,000 for emergency medical expense only)
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have protection for the following activities that are excluded from coverage in our base plans: snow skiing, skydiving, parachuting, free falling, cliff diving, B.A.S.E. or base jumping, hang gliding, parasailing, travel on any air supported device other than a regularly scheduled airline or air charter company, mountain climbing, free climbing, scuba diving at a depth greater than 75 feet, and participating in underwater activities if the depth of the water is greater than 75 feet. This upgrade provides up to $10,000 coverage for an organized search & rescue by appropriate authorities, should you or a traveling companion become lost, disoriented, or missing during your trip. It also offers up to $100,000 coverage in case an event on your trip results in imminent physical danger to you and your traveling companions and you require additional accommodations, transportation, or extrication from your destination. This upgrade isn’t available to IL residents. Exclusions on activities listed above don’t apply to IL residents.
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Available (provides coverage for certain additional activities not included in the base plan)
Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if you suffer from the permanent loss of life from an eligible injury while boarding, as a passenger on, or disembarking from an aircraft of a commercial airline or air charter company licensed to carry passengers for hire during a trip, up to the maximum eligible amount selected. This upgrade isn’t available to NH residents.
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Limit options: $200,000, $500,000, or $1,000,000) Not available to NH residents |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason and you have extra pet boarding fees. Plus, if your pet traveling with you has a sickness or injury, you can have coverage for pet veterinarian expenses up to the maximum eligible amount. This upgrade isn’t available to NY and VA residents.
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Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
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Reimbursement for expenses such as the cost of repairs if you cause accidental damage to your accommodations.
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Available ($2,000)
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Increase your benefit limit for lost or stolen baggage and add coverage for lost or stolen electronics and professional equipment. This also includes benefits for sporting equipment delay or rental if delayed by a common carrier.
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Available (additional $4,000)
Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
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Protects unused, prepaid, and nonrefundable expenses and additional transportation to join the departed trip or return home if your trip is interrupted for an eligible reason.
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional expenses — such as accommodations, local transportation, and meals — if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason.
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional lodging, meal expenses, and the prepaid, unused, and nonrefundable portion of the trip if you miss a connection for an eligible reason.
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Reimbursement for luggage and personal articles if your bags are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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Reimbursement for personal articles — such as reasonable additional clothing and toiletries — if your bags are delayed by a common carrier.
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Coverage for physician-ordered medical evacuation to a hospital or home if an injury or sickness occurs while traveling. Also includes coverage for repatriation of remains if you pass away while traveling.
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Coverage for emergency medical treatment if you have a sickness or injury while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of NH have up to $50,000 in emergency medical coverage with the Ultimate plan. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MS, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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Coverage for emergency dental treatment if you’re injured while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VA, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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This represents the number of days to “look back” at changes in medical history and determine if a claim is related to a pre-existing medical condition. The days are counted backward from the day preceding the policy purchase date.
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If you need to file a claim, your plan benefits will be used first as primary coverage. Our Essential plan provides excess medical coverage unless you’re a CT resident, in which case you’d have primary coverage.
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Coverage if you have an eligible loss, such as your life or a limb, as a result of an eligible injury while on an insured trip. Exclusions may apply. See policy for details.
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Coverage if you’re exposed to weather or disappear due to an accident that results in an eligible loss.
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If you need help while you’re traveling, our team of assistance experts is available 24/7 to help you with medical emergencies, language interpretation, prescription refills, and much more.
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The plan you choose will provide coverage for a trip length up to the number of days shown. It’s important to check that the plan’s maximum trip length will insure your entire trip or coverage may not apply.
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We offer coverage for most U.S. states and international locations, excluding trips to, through, or from destinations sanctioned by Zurich Group or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
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This is the number of days after purchasing your policy during which you may cancel your policy and receive a premium refund, as long as you have not departed or filed a claim. We count the date you purchase your policy as day one of your review period.
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We provide coverage for certain sports and activities, including kayaking, horseback riding, and hiking. To include coverage for excluded activities, such as skiing or scuba diving more than 75 feet, consider adding our adventure activities upgrade.
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage up to $50,000 ($100 deductible) for collision, vandalism, windstorm, theft, hail, fire, or flood damage to your rental car while on your trip. This upgrade is not available in all destinations, including Costa Rica, Ireland, Jamaica, and Mexico. Please contact our customer service team at 1-800-228-9792 to check if coverage is available for your trip.
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can increase your emergency medical expense coverage limit by $250,000. Not available to NH residents.
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have protection for the following activities that are excluded from coverage in our base plans: snow skiing, skydiving, parachuting, free falling, cliff diving, B.A.S.E. or base jumping, hang gliding, parasailing, travel on any air supported device other than a regularly scheduled airline or air charter company, mountain climbing, free climbing, scuba diving at a depth greater than 75 feet, and participating in underwater activities if the depth of the water is greater than 75 feet. This upgrade provides up to $10,000 coverage for an organized search & rescue by appropriate authorities, should you or a traveling companion become lost, disoriented, or missing during your trip. It also offers up to $100,000 coverage in case an event on your trip results in imminent physical danger to you and your traveling companions and you require additional accommodations, transportation, or extrication from your destination. This upgrade isn’t available to IL residents. Exclusions on activities listed above don’t apply to IL residents.
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Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if you suffer from the permanent loss of life from an eligible injury while boarding, as a passenger on, or disembarking from an aircraft of a commercial airline or air charter company licensed to carry passengers for hire during a trip, up to the maximum eligible amount selected. This upgrade isn’t available to NH residents.
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Limit options: $200,000, $500,000, or $1,000,000) Not available to NH residents |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason and you have extra pet boarding fees. Plus, if your pet traveling with you has a sickness or injury, you can have coverage for pet veterinarian expenses up to the maximum eligible amount. This upgrade isn’t available to NY and VA residents.
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Reimbursement for expenses such as the cost of repairs if you cause accidental damage to your accommodations.
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Increase your benefit limit for lost or stolen baggage and add coverage for lost or stolen electronics and professional equipment. This also includes benefits for sporting equipment delay or rental if delayed by a common carrier.
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Here's what you get with our flight travel insurance for Egypt
Flying to Egypt and looking for coverage that focuses on air travel? Our flight plans offer some of our cheapest travel insurance for Egypt and are built around air protection. Flight Insure Plus also offers additional benefits for medical emergencies, missed connections, and baggage protection. Review the table below to see what’s included, what’s not, and the benefit limits for each plan.
Before you buy: If you’re flying to Egypt, keep in mind that our flight plans don’t include optional upgrades like adventure activity coverage or rental car damage protection — both of which may be useful for travelers planning Red Sea excursions, hot air balloon rides, or independent driving. For more flexibility and added protection, consider our Ultimate, Advantage, Essential, or Travel Med Go plans.
- Up to $1 million accidental death for air travel
- Up to $10,000 emergency medical and dental
- Up to $100,000 emergency evacuation and repatriation
- Up to $1,000 baggage and personal effects
- Up to $50 missed connection
- Up to $1 million accidental death for air travel
- Emergency medical
- Emergency evacuation and repatriation
- Baggage and personal effects
- Missed connection
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Benefit for loss of life as a result of an eligible injury while boarding, as a passenger on, or disembarking from an aircraft of a commercial airline or air charter company licensed to carry passengers for hire during a trip.
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Up to $1 million
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Up to $1 million
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Coverage for emergency medical treatment if you have a sickness or injury while traveling on an insured trip and emergency dental treatment if you're injured while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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$10,000
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Not included
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Coverage for physician-ordered medical evacuation to a hospital or home if an injury or sickness occurs while traveling. Also includes coverage for repatriation of remains if you pass away while traveling.
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$100,000
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Not included
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This represents the number of days to “look back” at changes in medical history and determine if a claim is related to a pre-existing medical condition. The days are counted backward from the day preceding the policy purchase date.
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180 days
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Not applicable
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If you need to file a claim, your plan benefits will be used first as primary coverage. Our Essential plan provides excess medical coverage unless you’re a CT resident, in which case you’d have primary coverage.
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Reimbursement for luggage and personal articles if your bags are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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$1,000 ($250 per item limit)
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Not included
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Reimbursement for personal articles — such as reasonable additional clothing and toiletries — if your bags are delayed by a common carrier.
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$500
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Not included
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional lodging, meal expenses, and the prepaid, unused, and nonrefundable portion of the trip if you miss a connection for an eligible reason.
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$50
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If you need help while you’re traveling, our team of assistance experts is available 24/7 to help you with medical emergencies, language interpretation, prescription refills, and much more.
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Included
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The plan you choose will provide coverage for a trip length up to the number of days shown. It’s important to check that the plan’s maximum trip length will insure your entire trip or coverage may not apply.
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Up to 180 days
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Up to 180 days
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We offer coverage for most U.S. states and international locations, excluding trips to, through, or from destinations sanctioned by Zurich Group or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
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All domestic and international locations without Zurich Group or OFAC sanctions. For a list of our restricted destinations, please check our travel alerts page.
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All domestic and international locations without Zurich Group or OFAC sanctions. For a list of our restricted destinations, please check our travel alerts page.
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This is the number of days after purchasing your policy during which you may cancel your policy and receive a premium refund, as long as you have not departed or filed a claim. We count the date you purchase your policy as day one of your review period.
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Benefit for loss of life as a result of an eligible injury while boarding, as a passenger on, or disembarking from an aircraft of a commercial airline or air charter company licensed to carry passengers for hire during a trip.
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Coverage for emergency medical treatment if you have a sickness or injury while traveling on an insured trip and emergency dental treatment if you're injured while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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Coverage for physician-ordered medical evacuation to a hospital or home if an injury or sickness occurs while traveling. Also includes coverage for repatriation of remains if you pass away while traveling.
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This represents the number of days to “look back” at changes in medical history and determine if a claim is related to a pre-existing medical condition. The days are counted backward from the day preceding the policy purchase date.
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If you need to file a claim, your plan benefits will be used first as primary coverage. Our Essential plan provides excess medical coverage unless you’re a CT resident, in which case you’d have primary coverage.
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Reimbursement for luggage and personal articles if your bags are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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Reimbursement for personal articles — such as reasonable additional clothing and toiletries — if your bags are delayed by a common carrier.
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional lodging, meal expenses, and the prepaid, unused, and nonrefundable portion of the trip if you miss a connection for an eligible reason.
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If you need help while you’re traveling, our team of assistance experts is available 24/7 to help you with medical emergencies, language interpretation, prescription refills, and much more.
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The plan you choose will provide coverage for a trip length up to the number of days shown. It’s important to check that the plan’s maximum trip length will insure your entire trip or coverage may not apply.
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We offer coverage for most U.S. states and international locations, excluding trips to, through, or from destinations sanctioned by Zurich Group or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
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This is the number of days after purchasing your policy during which you may cancel your policy and receive a premium refund, as long as you have not departed or filed a claim. We count the date you purchase your policy as day one of your review period.
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Important:
* This coverage only applies to emergency medical expenses that first arise during your trip. You’ll have a $50 deductible if your primary residence is in Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Vermont, or Washington. Residents of New Hampshire are eligible for up to $50,000 emergency medical and dental coverage with the Ultimate plan.
Why vacation with our travel insurancefor Egypt?
Personalize your policy
With up to nine optional upgrades — including rental car damage and adventure activity coverage — you can customize your policy for Nile cruises, Red Sea excursions, guided tours, and more.
25+ years’ experience
With decades of experience supporting travelers across the globe — including trips to Egypt — we design coverage that helps keep up with the way you travel, backed by innovative technology.
24/7 travel support
From Cairo to Luxor to the Red Sea coast, our 24/7 travel assistance provider is here whenever you need help — whether it’s replacing lost travel documents or finding emergency medical care.
Get to know our coverage a little bit more
From ancient sites to desert excursions, our benefits and optional upgrades help you tailor your policy to fit the way you travel across Egypt.
Unpack our benefits
Our best travel insurance for Egypt offers emergency medical, delay, and baggage benefits you can count on. Our plans are built to help support the realities of traveling throughout the country.
Discover our upgrades
Want travel insurance to Egypt from the USA with added flexibility? With up to nine optional upgrades — from cancel for any reason coverage to pet care — our plans let you customize your policy to match the way you travel.
Pack our Travel On app
Keep your policy in your pocket — and more. Travel safer with our app’s tap-to-call 24/7 assistance, destination information, and real-time safety alerts.
Preparing for yourtrip to Egypt
It’s certainly a trip to get to Northern Africa. Here’s how to ease or mitigate your symptoms of anxiety before, during, and after your next trip to Egypt.
Here are 10 ways you can travel more responsibly in the country and embrace responsible tourism in the land of the Pharaohs.
Here are seven ways how our travel insurance can help save you money and make your trip to Egypt even smoother.
Want to know more about our travel insurance for Egypt?
You don’t need emergency medical coverage to enter Egypt, but it’s a good idea to have coverage in place before you go. Emergency medical care abroad can get expensive quickly, and U.S. health plans don’t typically cover treatment overseas. Egypt travel insurance with emergency medical benefits can help you feel more prepared and provide financial support if you need care during your trip.
Egypt doesn’t require travel insurance for U.S. short-term visitors. That said, many travelers choose to purchase coverage anyway to help protect against things like medical emergencies, travel delays, or lost luggage. It’s a simple way to help you feel prepared while traveling through the country.
Staying informed while traveling in Egypt doesn’t have to be complicated. Our Travel On app delivers real-time travel safety alerts to policyholders based on your location, so you can stay aware of things like health advisories, security updates, or local disruptions while focusing on your trip.
We also recommend reviewing the U.S. Department of State’s Egypt travel information and enrolling in STEP (Smart Traveler Enrollment Program). These tools help you receive official updates and make it easier to adjust plans if conditions change.
Whether you’re spending most of your time in Egypt or adding nearby destinations to your itinerary, our travel insurance to Egypt from the USA can cover your entire trip — unless you plan to visit one of our blocked destinations with elevated risks or travel restrictions.
If you’re visiting several countries in the region, select Egypt or the country where you’ll spend the most time when starting your quote. For example, if your main destination is Egypt with shorter stops in Jordan or the UAE, you can list “Egypt” as your destination.
It's never a bad call! Even when you’re part of a guided tour, unexpected situations can still come up — such as itinerary changes, medical needs, or missed connections. Egypt travel insurance can help protect you financially if your plans are disrupted or if you need emergency medical care while on your trip.
Whether you’re moving between historic sites on a packed schedule or traveling with a group across different regions, having coverage in place can add an extra layer of reassurance if something doesn’t go as planned.
If you’re planning to rent a standard car in Egypt, our rental car damage upgrade can help protect you against eligible incidents like theft or accidental collisions.
Some travelers choose to get around Egypt by hiring drivers, taking trains, or using local transportation, but rental cars are also available — especially in major cities. Just keep in mind that this upgrade only covers standard passenger cars. If you plan to rent specialty vehicles, such as off-road SUVs for desert excursions, you’ll want to review coverage options offered directly through local rental companies.
Whether you’re taking a relaxing Nile cruise or hiking through desert landscapes near Luxor or Aswan, our base policies offer coverage for many recreational activities you may enjoy during your trip.
For more extreme experiences — like hot air ballooning over Luxor, scuba diving beyond 75 feet in the Red Sea, or parasailing in coastal resort areas — you can add our adventure activities upgrade to your Ultimate, Advantage, Essential, or Travel Med Go plan.
If you’re planning something unique, always check with our team first to confirm it’s eligible for coverage — better safe than sorry when it comes to high-risk adventures in Egypt’s deserts, mountains, or open waters.
You can. If an unexpected situation — such as illness or a natural disaster — forces you to cancel your Egypt trip, our Ultimate, Advantage, and Essential plans include trip cancellation coverage for eligible reasons.
If you want even more flexibility, our cancel for any reason* upgrade lets you cancel your trip for reasons outside standard coverage and receive up to 75% of your insured trip cost back. This upgrade is available exclusively with our Ultimate plan, as long as you cancel at least two days before departure.
To qualify, the upgrade must be purchased within 21 days of your first trip payment, no less than 31 days before departure, and you must insure the full value of your prepaid, nonrefundable trip costs — up to $10,000 per person.
*Cancel for any fortuitous reason in NY. Not available if Israel and/or the West Bank are destinations on your trip.
All of our plans include cruise coverage, so you can enjoy your journey along the Nile or the Red Sea with added protection. If your cruise is delayed, you miss a scheduled stop, or you need emergency assistance while onboard, our plans can help support your finances and your trip.
Learn more about our cruise travel insurance now.
It’s best to buy Egypt travel insurance as soon as you’ve booked your flights, cruises, or accommodations. Purchasing early helps you get the most value out of your plan — especially if you want trip cancellation benefits, which only apply to unexpected events that occur after your coverage begins.
If you’re traveling during popular seasons — like winter months when many travelers visit Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan — securing your plan early can help you prepare for potential travel delays or busy airports.
Buying early also gives you time to review your coverage and consider optional upgrades, such as rental car damage protection or adventure activity coverage for things like hot air ballooning or Red Sea scuba diving.
It can (under our emergency medical coverage), if you qualify for our pre-existing condition exclusion waiver, which is available with the Ultimate plan only.
To be eligible, you’ll need to:
- Purchase your plan within 21 days of your first trip payment.
- Insure 100% of your prepaid, nonrefundable trip cost.
- Be medically able to travel when you buy the plan.
If you meet these requirements, the waiver may allow coverage for certain pre-existing conditions, giving you added confidence as you prepare for your Egypt adventure.
Private hospitals in Egypt can be expensive for tourists, especially at well-known facilities in major cities like Cairo or resort areas. Visitors are often expected to pay upfront for treatment, which can add up quickly without coverage.
With Travelex travel insurance, eligible medical expenses are typically reimbursed after care is received, rather than paid directly to the hospital. That means you would pay the provider first, then submit a claim for reimbursement according to your plan’s benefits and limits. In some emergency situations, our 24/7 assistance provider can help coordinate care and guide you through next steps, including offering a hospital admission guarantee charge up to the policy limit, but reimbursement is the most common process.
If you find yourself in Egypt needing medical care, call our emergency assistance provider to see how they can help make the situation less stressful.
Our Egypt travel insurance offers coverage throughout Egypt, including popular regions such as Sinai, the Red Sea coast, and desert areas. You don’t need special coverage or higher benefit limits just because you’re visiting these locations.
As always, your coverage applies according to the benefits and limits of the plan you choose, and we recommend reviewing your itinerary alongside your policy to make sure it aligns with the activities you have planned.
