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Trip Delay
The trip delay travel insurance benefit provides financial protection when your travel plans are unexpectedly interrupted due to covered reasons such as inclement weather, mechanical breakdowns, or other unforeseen events.
Plans that Offer This Benefit
$2,000 ($200/day) - 3 hours
$1,500 ($150/day) - 6 hours + Optional Upgrade Available
$500 ($100/day) - 12 hours
Delays Can Happen to Anyone
If your trip is delayed for a specified period, this benefit can reimburse you for additional expenses like meals, accommodations, and transportation incurred during the delay. It helps you out while waiting for your journey to resume, offering peace of mind and support during travel disruptions.
What Trip Delay Can Cover
Provides reimbursement for a covered reason, up to the maximum benefit amount, for the unused, forfeited, prepaid non-refundable payments or deposits for the travel arrangements, reasonable additional expenses, plus the additional transportation cost paid if your trip is delayed from the original departure time to:
- join your trip if you must depart after your scheduled departure date or travel via alternate travel arrangements;
- rejoin your trip from the point where you interrupted your trip to the next scheduled destination; or
- transport You to your originally scheduled return or final destination of your trip.
Optional Trip Delay Upgrade
With the Worldwide Trip Protector Deluxe plan, you can add this optional upgrade which increases coverage by $500, bringing the maximum benefit amount total to $2,000. Additional cost applies.
Covered Reasons for Trip Delay
- a traffic accident you are not directly involved in, while en route to your scheduled departure city or destination
- common carrier delay
- documented theft of passports or travel documents
- you are hijacked or quarantined
- inclement weather that causes a delay or complete cessation of services
- unannounced strike resulting in complete cessation of services
- due to a natural disaster, mandatory evacuation order or recommendation by local government authorities
- security breach, civil disorder or riot while at an airport or other port for the amount of consecutive hours shown on the plan document
Coverage and benefit eligibility may vary by state. Read your plan document for full details.
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Find Your Perfect Travel Insurance Match
Trip insurance isn’t one-size-fits-all—because no two trips are the same. The right coverage depends on where you’re headed, how long you’ll be away, and what kind of traveler you are. Whether you’re a senior setting sail on a cruise, a student studying abroad, or planning to travel solo on a high-energy adventure, we make it easy to get a travel protection quote tailored to your journey. Select your traveler type or trip type to explore personalized plans—and discover travel protection to fit your needs, your pace, and your style of travel.
Education Center
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This website contains highlights of the plans developed by Travel Insured International, which include travel insurance coverages underwritten by United States Fire Insurance Company, Principal Office located in Morristown, New Jersey, under form series T7000 et al, T210 et al and TP-401 et al, and non-insurance Travel Assistance Services provided by C&F Services and Blue Ribbon Bags (on select plans only). The terms of insurance coverages in the plans may vary by jurisdiction and not all insurance coverages are available in all jurisdictions. Insurance coverages in these plans are subject to terms, limitations and exclusions including an exclusion for pre-existing medical conditions. In most states, your travel retailer is not a licensed insurance producer/agent, and is not qualified or authorized to answer technical questions about the terms, benefits, exclusions and conditions of the insurance offered or to evaluate the adequacy of your existing insurance coverage. Your travel retailer may be compensated for the purchase of a plan and may provide general information about the plans offered, including a description of the coverage and price. The purchase of travel insurance is not required in order to purchase any other product or service from your travel retailer. CA DOI toll free number is 800-927-4357. The cost of your plan is for the entire plan, which consists of both insurance and non-insurance components. Individuals looking to obtain additional information regarding the features and pricing of each travel plan component, please contact Travel Insured International. P.O. Box 6503,Glastonbury, CT 06033; 855-752-8303; [email protected]; California license #0I13223. While Travel Insured International markets the travel insurance in these plans on behalf of USF, non-insurance components of the plans were added to the plans by Travel Insured and Travel Insured does not receive compensation from USF for providing the non-insurance components of the plans.