Business travel insurance

What is business travel insurance?

Business travel insurance is suited for any business-related trips. For example, if you worked in your company’s office in L.A., but had a meeting with a client in New York, you should consider insuring your trip.

Travel insurance for business trips provides coverage for emergency medical expenses, delayed luggage, and more as well as additional benefits and upgrades that are suited for business-related trips. Such advantages include the cancel for work reasons benefit, which is available on the Travel Select plan as an early purchase benefit. This means if you purchase your policy within 15 days of your initial trip payment, you’ll be eligible for coverage in scenarios such as: if you’re required to stay and work away from home for longer than expected, involved in a merger, or your company is unsuitable for business from a natural disaster.

Why would I need travel insurance for my business trips?

You may think your company's insurance policies will cover any travel, but this may not be the case. If you're not required to frequently travel, there’s a good chance your company does not have a travel insurance plan in place for you. Or, if you work for a smaller business, it’s possible your company does not provide any travel insurance option for employees required to travel.

Thankfully, Travelex’s Travel Select plan is available for any individual wanting to protect their work trip. This plan provides coverage for canceled or delayed flights and lost or stolen valuables including work laptops or phones.

What are the benefits of having business travel insurance?

Some of the benefits of having travel insurance for an upcoming business trip include:

• If you have arranged a team-building trip for you and your team, you will all have access to the 24/7 travel assistance hotline should you require support while on your trip.
• You can be covered if any items such as your work phone or laptop are lost, damaged or stolen while traveling.
• You are able to receive coverage for both domestic as well as international business trips.
• If you need to rent a car while traveling, you can include the car rental collision upgrade with the Travel Select plan.
• If your flight is delayed and you are required to seek temporary accommodation or pay for food and local transportation, you can make a claim for reimbursement of the cost.

Which Travelex travel insurance plan is best?

If you're planning on taking a business trip, the Travelex plan that may best suit your needs is the Travel Select plan. When purchased within 15 days of your initial trip payment, Travel Select provides coverage for events relevant to business travelers, such as interrupted, delayed or canceled trips, as well as for lost or stolen items including cell phones and laptops.

The Travel Select Plan also includes core travel insurance protection in addition to multiple benefits ideal for business trips, including coverage for emergency medical expenses, baggage delays, missed connections, and access to 24/7 travel assistance.

Travel Select also has several optional upgrades which allow you to better customize your policy. For example, if you need to rent a car while on a business trip, Travelex’s car rental collision upgrade provides coverage if your rental car is damaged or vandalized while in your possession.

With Travelex travel insurance, your work trip can take many different forms and still receive optimal protection.

How do I get a quote for my business trip?

If you have an upcoming business trip you’d like to receive protection for, you can get a free online quote today. Be sure to choose Travel Select as this plan is best suited for work trips, and includes cancel for work reasons coverage when purchased within 15 days of your initial trip payment.