Gap year in Spain - what insurance

reddoggybag

Hi my daughter is hoping to go to Spain in September for a year Au Pairing what insurance does she need? Gap year or travel. Any help advice will be very much appreciated.

Voyager2002

What insurance do you think is needed? Against any possible medical costs, certainly: does she need insurance for possessions as well?

She should ask her host family what kind of medical insurance they have, and enquire whether she could be added to their policy or take out similar cover for herself.

Fluff15

Endsleigh are a student insurance company who do gap year insurance (which I think is what she needs). I have no idea how good it is, but I know that they're a reputable company that caters to students.

If she's in Spain, she will need an NIE number to work. She needs to go to the nearest police station with a foreigners’ department and take her passport, and two passport sized photographs too.

Dunroamin

Don't let her forget her EHIC in addition to any insurance she takes out.

LCarey

I have gone away for the summer while at Uni and I just got a longer term travel insurance, but if your daughter is away for the full year I would suggest looking into gap year travel to cover her whole time there.