Backpacker Insurance

“The traveller sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.”
Gilbert K. Chesterton

And backpackers are travellers! They have a hunger to see more, discover more, experience more, meet more people and go more places. Backpacker insurance is part of their stock in trade because they have been around enough to be able to cope with most anything, but to know there are certain things you can’t do alone or times when you can’t go it alone.

iTrek know how to support those who like to travel away from the crowds, or to travel their own path through the crowds. We understand that you like to tread lightly on the earth and be a burden to no one. Therefore, we provide the best and the cheapest cover for backpackers and take into account both your financials and your safety. Benefits such as:

• Unlimited overseas emergency assistance, medical and hospital expenses and up to $15,000 repatriation of remains.
• Cash in hospital and up to $10,000 emergency expenses and up to $2,000 travel delay.
• Up to $5,000 for lost travel documents, credit cards and cheques, and for resumption of trip.
• Travel Assist that provides 24/7 contact and assistance, hospital case management, lost passport assistance, updates to those back home and more.

Experienced backpackers understand that part of travelling lightly on the earth is providing for yourself and not imposing financial hardship on others. If you’re injured and need hospitalisation or evacuation – someone pays. If you don’t have sufficient funds it falls to your family, and the expense can be crippling. If you have even our basic cover – it is all taken care of. And when you think how cheap it is, and how easy and direct it is to take out cover online, there’s no case.

And, to complement our cheap insurance for backpackers we give away with each 12 to 18 month comprehensive backpackers travel insurance policy your choice of a Lonely Planet Shoestring Guide giving you the low down on all major, and some out of the way, backpacker trails and responsible travel tips and guidelines, worldwide – and for absolutely Free.

At $50 rrp it’s a great way to set out. The selected guides include Europe including the UK, Central America, China, Africa, South East Asia, Australia and others.

Backpacker insurance is just another form of responsible travel – but then we’re confident you know that already.

• Always travel with at least one pack of cards – great for breaking the ice or saving your sanity.
• Many major libraries have Internet access as well and for free. Do a little research about the city your in or your possible next destination – if needs be hop onto the iTrek site to check out details or place a claim.
• Take a journal or some kind of book to record all those incidents you think you will never forget, because the day will come when you do forget – then read it again and embark on your journey again with fresh eyes.