What makes our travel cancellation insurance different
Travel cancellation insurance protects you if a reason of force majeure prevents you from travelling at the last moment, thus avoiding the loss of the expense incurred. As well as cancellation, delay or interruption of the trip will be covered.
What our travel cancellation insurance covers
- Health problems: Travel cancellation insurance covers illness, accidents or surgical procedures that prevent you from making the trip.
- Contingencies in your home or business premises: If your property is robbed, there is a fire or you have documentation stolen before you travel, you can recover the expenses.
- Employment issues: Have you been dismissed and can't afford to make the trip? Do you have to report to work immediately or start a new job? With this coverage, you won't have to worry.
- Administrative and legal causes:
- If you are called for jury service or as a polling officer, or have to sit official exams.
- Court summons, divorce proceedings.
- Adoption processes, grant awards.
- Problems with your vehicle: If your vehicle suffers a breakdown or accident that prevents you making the trip, you will also be covered.
You can supplement your travel cancellation insurance by taking out private, non-contractual civil liability cover for personal or material damage caused to third parties, including:
- Paying compensation to injured parties arising from the insured party's civil liability.
- Legal and court defence expenses.
- Court-ordered bonds.
Travel cancellation insurance includes Basic travel assistance services:
- Medical, surgical, pharmaceutical and hospitalisation costs abroad.
- Convalescence in a hotel.
- Search for and transport of luggage.
- Shipment of medication.
- Information service.
These guarantees can be extended with Full or extended travel assistance, which, in addition to the above, covers:
- Transport or repatriation.
- Travel for family members in the event of hospitalisation.
- Loss, damage or theft of luggage, or delay in its arrival.
FAQs
An insurance policy that will cover any trip you have planned to make in the event of common risks such as illness, administrative or judicial events that coincide with the dates of your trip, work-related reasons and any of the cases described on this page or in the general terms and conditions of the travel cancellation policy.
If an unforeseen event occurs, Occident will cover the cost of the trip you have missed.
You can contact one of our agents. Our agents search engine will help you to find the one closest to you. You can also phone us or ask us to call you. We will give you a quote with a price for what you require and you will be able to contract it on the spot.
If you are going to travel abroad, or if you are a regular traveller, it is advisable to cover the usual contingencies that can prevent you from travelling, so that you can recover the money you paid for the trip.
Yes. Travel cancellation insurance covers any booking to make a trip.
There are many. For example:
- You are unable to go on a trip because of illness.
- You need to cancel the trip because your home has been robbed.
- If you have found a new job that means you cannot travel on the days you had planned.
- The vehicle in which you were going to travel has broken down.
- You are summoned to court during the period when the trip was to take place.
If you wish to include those travelling with you in the same booking within the Travel cancellation policy, you need to pay a supplement. To arrange this, you must contact a broker.
We have insurance for the cancellation of tickets or activities with the same cover for expenses, in the event of the cancellation of the tickets you have reserved or the event/activity you were going to attend.