Whether you’re heading off for a weekend city break in Europe or for a long term adventure backpacking around another continent you may be wondering if Post Office travel insurance can provide you with the cover you want.

Before you decide you can check out the comparison table above to see what policies from various different travel insurers could offer you.

The Post Office Travel Insurance has various options for: Single Trip insurance,  Multi Trip insurance and Backpacker’s insurance and is underwritten by Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) SE and Europäische Reiseversicherung A.G. (ERV), and administered by Collinson Insurance Services Limited. They provide travel insurance for: individuals, couples, young persons, groups and families.

Post Office Single Trip Travel Insurance features:

• 5 choices of cover from Super Economy to Premier Plus
• Optional golf cover
• Optional cruise cover
• Optional business trip cover
• Optional winter sports cover

Post Office Annual Multi-Trip features:

• 5 choices of cover
• Choices of duration – you can go away for up to 183 days in the policy year with up to 60 days cover for each trip
• Optional cover for snow sports
• Optional cover for cruises
• Optional business trip cover
• Optional cover for golfing holidays

Post Office Backpacker Insurance features:

• 2 levels of cover – Super Economy and Economy
• Optional cover for Winter sports
• Optional excess waiver cover
• Up £2m emergency medical cover

However before you decide on a policy you should shop around and compare providers to try and find the policy that suits you best.

When looking into travel insurance it’s important that you make sure that your policy will cover you for the things you will be doing when you’re travelling, even if you need to purchase optional extras.

For example if you are going skiing it is wise to ensure your policy will provide cover for winter sports.

You will find that different insurers may have different eligibility criteria’s for who and what they are willing to provide travel insurance for.

You can use the comparison tables on this page to help you look at what different providers may be able to offer you and you can click the links to apply online.