Youth Travel Insurance

WHAT DOES YOUTH TRAVEL INSURANCE OFFER?

Our youth travel insurance offers travel insurance if you are travelling around the world (excluding the USA for one year. It includes cover for travellers working on a casual basis while on a holiday (i.e., bar and restaurant work, fruit picking (which does not involve working at heights or machinery), working in the Kibbutz or Au pairing, etc.). This policy gives medical emergency cover of up to 5 million rand and you get baggage cover up to R10,000.

This policy ends when you return to South Africa but our youth travel insurance offers Home Leave

What is HOME LEAVE ?

NO COVER WHEN YOU RETURN TO YOUR HOME

Youth travel insurance cover ends when you return to South Africa. The home leave allows 60 (sixty) consecutive days; after that, the policy will end if you do not continue your international Journey.
A home visit entitles you to a maximum of one return visit to your home before your intended return date up to a maximum duration of 60 (sixty) days.
The cover is suspended from the time you arrive at your departure point to your home and starts again when you exit the airport at your overseas destination. During this period, No Cover is provided by the policy.

WHO WOULD SELECT YOUTH TRAVEL INSURANCE COVER?

Our products are designed according to:

the country you are travelling to,
type of travel (Business or Leisure)
age group

If you are a young person between 16 and 30 years travelling for up to a year to a broad spectrum of countries in different continents for leisure purposes this is tailored for you.

TIME-SENSITIVE BENEFITS

You must purchase Your policy within 48 hours of making a part or full payment towards Your travel arrangement to qualify for the following benefits:

Section 3.3: Postponement or Cancellation relating to COVID-19
Section 3.5: Cancellation for any reason
Section 3.6: Curtailment for any reason
Section 6: Travel supplier Insolvency

NOTE: You can only qualify to purchase additional top-up cover for Sections 3.3, 3.5, and 3.6 if you purchased your policy within 48 (forty-eight) hours of paying for your trip.

Help and Advice

If you need advice or help in deciding if Youth travel insurance is the most suitable product to buy online click here or contact us.

When you purchase your travel insurance policy, you will receive the policy terms and conditions and a policy certificate (outlining the benefit and limit of liability), however, if you not receive the policy documentation, please contact our assistance service.

It is easy to buy your travel insurance online. You may use a valid credit or debit card. We use a secured gateway payment via Nedbank Iveri which is safe and trustworthy.

Emergency Assistance Service is operated by International Medical Rescue, in the event of any illness, injury, accident or hospitalization which requires Inpatient and Outpatient treatment anywhere in the world, you must contact IMR at +27 (0) 10 2116981 or email assist24@africa-assist.co.za.

Understand your policy wording

See the schedule of benefits summary by clicking on the “View Benefits” tab at the top of the page. Each section is explained providing what is covered and what is not covered and the conditions applicable. For your convenience we have provide short pop-up explanations of what the schedule of benefit means with a read more link if you would like to read more detail. It is important to read through the policy wording and familiarize yourself with the terms, conditions and exclusions.

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Policy Terms