Backpacker Travel Insurance

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Hi I am travelling to Australia for a year on a working holiday visa with Type 1 diabetes. Does anyone know of any companies who do relatively cheap travel insurance that will cover me? Thanks

 

[AndBreathe]

Hi I am travelling to Australia for a year on a working holiday visa with Type 1 diabetes. Does anyone know of any companies who do relatively cheap travel insurance that will cover me? Thanks

For starters, I'd just compare the rates on the usual aggregation sites, then see what comes back.

 

[azure]

I checked the insurance company I always use and they have a maximum trip length of three months, so you may have to go for a company who offered a specialist longer length policy. But do make sure they cover pre-existing conditions.

 

[AndBreathe]

Backpacker insurance is an insurance category of its own. I've seen a few content with trips up to 24 months. Some allow multiple trips back to base (almost like annual insurance), and others for a single trip, just longer.

When I first looked - first time I was travelling for longer than 3 months, I was astonished to find these sort of policies available to those up to 65 years old. Some others just go up to 25/26-ish. Places like moneysupermarket, comparethemarket or gocomparre are a decent starting point.

As @azure says, make sure your diabetes status is clear, and they're likely to want additional information from you.