Travel Insurance- over 80?

chauhan89

Hi everyone I was hoping for some advice, My granddad is travelling to India this month and he turned 80 not so long ago. I've tried looking everywhere for travel insurance for him, but seems like companies just won't provide it... The only one I found that does travel insurance for over 80's was Columbus Direct and they quoted over £450!

Any advice on what to do?

Thanks in advance!

brodev

I have no experience with them but Age Concern offer travel insurance with no upper age limit. It may be worth getting a quote from them

Incapuppy

chauhan89 wrote: »

Any advice on what to do?

Have a look at the Travel Insurance article at the top of this page. There is a section on over 65s.

anna42hmr

chauhan89 wrote: »

Hi everyone I was hoping for some advice, My granddad is travelling to India this month and he turned 80 not so long ago. I've tried looking everywhere for travel insurance for him, but seems like companies just won't provide it... The only one I found that does travel insurance for over 80's was Columbus Direct and they quoted over £450!

Any advice on what to do?

Thanks in advance!

i have recently had that problem for my nan to take her to canada next year to visit my aunt, (she is 79 now but will be 80 when we travel) the highest we had quotes from were around 480 and funny enough these were the companies that should specialise for older people (saga and age concern) the one we ended up getting a cheaper quote from (and high enough cover) was direct line at around £150 for single trip insurance for 2 weeks next year, (including that we declared her diabetes and hypertension but wont be covered for these under policy)

i found this article helpful http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/cheap-travel-insurance and also used moneysupermarket.com to help get a couple more quotes for companies, one thing you may find, is that due to the age of the person, some of the insureres wont accept quotes a long way ahead of time, which is a risk if you have already booked the trip

chauhan89

Thank you all for your help! I tried money supermarket but no results came up at all...

I will try age concern!

Thanks again!

lisyloo

We went with Egg who do up to 86 for single trips.
We did not specify any conditions, so we just "winged it" there.

beattiesman

try www.insureforallco.uk i used these for my mum who is 84

WestieFan

My dad is 89 and only got his first passport 3-4 years ago!
He gets his travel insurance from Marks & Spencer, around £40 for Europe I think.