help, single mum taking son on "mini cruise" to amsterdam - insurance help!

sarahpopple

Hi there, i couldn't find anything to help me on the forums previously - please forgive me if i have missed it...

i'm taking my 6 year old to holland on the P&O "mini cruise" over night on the ferry each way and 2 nights in a hotel in holland.

looking at insurance, cruises command a higher premium - i can understand if you're on a long cruise round the world or something, but not for an over nighter to europe surely?

does anyone have experience of this - and can recommend any good insurance companies to choose from?

thank you so much, i would really appreciate any help
Sarahpopple

lisyloo

Aren't you just going on an overnight ferry?
Are you looking for the wrong category of insurance.

What quotes have you had?

sarahpopple

Hi Lisyloo, thanks for replying. looking at usual insurance, between £10 and £16 for the trip... but then i notice "cruising insurance" option and though the trip is in essence an overnight ferry... it is marketed as a "mini cruise" so i cynically think that is the worst happened, and i didn't have the "cruise" part in my insurance... they would void it! perplexed....

Tammykitty

Many normal travel insurance will cover the basics of a cruise.
The cruise option will usually just covers extra's like missing departure at a port, being confined to your cabin etc.


Some insurance won't cover cruises as part of standard insurance, and insist you take the separate travel insurance


https://boughtbymany.com/news/article/do-you-need-cruise-travel-insurance/


Have just done a quote for insurance and virgin don't seem to exclude cruise cover, and was getting a £16 quote