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Want the recipe to a smoother trip? Check out our travel insurance for foodie trips.

How our travel insurance for culinary vacations can help you

Sudden travel hiccups can pop up any time and spoil your fun — and finances. Our travel insurance for foodie trips can help you stay on track so you can focus on your appetite for adventure.
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If you want medical benefits …

From food poisoning to a third-degree burn, our emergency medical coverage can help.

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If you want to protect your belongings …

We can help you replace your essentials, so your culinary creations don’t miss a beat.

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If you want trip cancellation coverage …

We offer it on our Ultimate, Advantage, and Essential plans to help you avoid losing your entire trip cost.

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If you want 24/7 support …

Our assistance provider is here for you anytime, anywhere — from finding a local doctor to replacing travel documents.

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Here's what you get with our comprehensive plans for culinary travel

Looking for trip cancellation coverage and a wide variety of benefits? Dig into our comprehensive travel insurance for foodie trips below to see which level of coverage may pair well with your getaway. 

Before you buy: Going on a culinary adventure close to home? Our plans only offer coverage for trips at least 100 miles from your primary residence. Be sure to check your destination’s distance from your home before getting your policy.

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Ultimate

For travelers who want maximum protection.
  • 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

Advantage

For travelers who want a step up from basic coverage.
  • 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

Essential

For travelers who want reliable coverage at a lower cost.
  • 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

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 culinary vacations?

You can match your coverage to your trip and move forward with a team that understands the ups, downs, and surprises of travel.
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With up to nine optional upgrades like cancel for any reason and rental car damage, you can add coverage that fits your culinary travel needs.

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25+ years' experience

25+ years’ experience 

We’ve been helping foodies explore the world safely for decades, and we’re always innovating to make your experience even better.

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24/7 travel support

From finding a local doctor to replacing lost travel documents, our assistance provider is here to help you every bite of the way.

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Our benefits and upgrades are the secret sauce to smoother culinary travels — made for every foodie and trip.

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two Black travelers with travel insurance for culinary vacations explore a colorful spice market with a guide
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Unpack our benefits

Looking for the recipe to help protect your finances while traveling? From trip cancellations to emergency medical coverage, our wide range of benefits is here for you.

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Discover our upgrades

Want to add extra flavor to your travel insurance for foodie trips? We offer up to nine optional upgrades to help you season your plan to fit your travel needs.

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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. 

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Tips and tricks forculinary vacations in the USA and abroad

Want to travel smarter? Read these before you set off on your gastronomic getaway.
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Here’s our easy-to-follow guide to help you figure out what to include — and what you can leave out.

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Want to know more about our travel insurance for culinary vacations?

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While travel insurance isn’t always mandatory, it’s a smart choice for anyone embarking on a culinary vacation in the USA or abroad. Imagine planning the ultimate foodie trip, only to have it interrupted by unforeseen events like flight delays, lost luggage, or a sudden illness.

Travel insurance is like having a sous chef for your travel plans — always there to assist when things don’t go as expected. If you hit a snag, we can reimburse eligible nonrefundable, prepaid costs, and our 24/7 assistance provider can help you get back on track.

Yes, it does! If you find yourself sidelined by a bad batch of oysters or an overly adventurous street food choice, travel insurance can help reimburse medical expenses related to food poisoning and allergies.

Whether you need a quick visit to a local clinic or more extensive care, we’re here for you. Plus, our 24/7 assistance provider can help you find medical care and arrange translation services if the doctor speaks a different language. So go ahead and explore those bold flavors — but maybe skip the mystery meat if it’s looking a little too mysterious!

Whether you have stomach troubles from Crohn’s disease or a glucose imbalance because of diabetes, we offer a waiver for the pre-existing condition coverage exclusion with our Ultimate plan. This way, you can get the treatment you need to continue your culinary adventure.

Here’s what to do for pre-existing condition coverage to apply:

  • Purchase our Ultimate plan within 21 days of your first trip expense.
  • Insure your entire prepaid, nonrefundable trip cost.
  • Be healthy enough to travel when you buy our Ultimate plan.
  • Add coverage for any additional trip costs (like cooking classes or wine tours) within 21 days of booking them.

Absolutely! Many foodie trips go beyond the kitchen and include activities like foraging for truffles in the woods, hiking to remote vineyards, or even zip-lining to a jungle cooking class. Our base plans offer coverage for a variety of outdoor adventures.

If our base plans exclude coverage for your intended activity — like skydiving, bungee jumping, and scuba diving — you can have coverage through our adventure activities upgrade. It adds an extra layer of protection to your plan, ensuring that you protect your more thrilling experiences.

Our adventure activities upgrade is available on our Ultimate, Advantage, Essential, and Travel Med Go plans, so you can customize your coverage to match your exhilarating itinerary.

There’s no need to cry over spilled milk — we can help! If you’re traveling with a guided culinary tour and it gets canceled or interrupted because of an eligible reason like severe weather, our trip cancellation and interruption benefits can help reimburse you for your nonrefundable and prepaid costs.

What if you have a travel delay and miss your culinary tour at your destination? We can reimburse nonrefundable and prepaid culinary tours if you’re delayed for five consecutive hours or more (six on our Essential plan) and can’t attend your event. That way, you can save your appetite for the next delicious opportunity and keep your foodie dreams alive.

Our plans don’t cover damage to equipment provided by your cooking class, so we recommend being extra careful with any tools or appliances. However, we can help if you get hurt in your class — just call our 24/7 assistance provider and they can help you find medical care nearby.

Our baggage and personal effects benefit can help! It’s on our Ultimate, Advantage, Essential, Travel Med Go, and Flight Insure Plus plans.

Here are the coverage limits per person for our baggage benefit:

Want extra protection for your cooking items or security for electronics? You can add our baggage upgrade to our Ultimate, Advantage, Essential, or Travel Med Go plan to increase the benefit limit and have electronics coverage.

Yes, as long as you avoid visiting one of our blocked destinations where our coverage won’t apply.

Wondering what you’d enter as your destination when you get a quote? If you’re staying within one region (like Europe or the Caribbean), you can enter it as your destination. You can also select the country where you’ll spend most of the trip. So, if you’re visiting Italy for one week and France for three days, you’d choose “Italy” as your destination.

You can find out right now with a quick travel insurance quote! Just hit the orange “Get quote” button or scroll to the top of this page and enter your destination. After entering a few trip details, you’ll see your plan and pricing options.

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