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Holiday Insurance Web offer single trip, annual multi-trip, backpackers and winter sports cover for those looking to ski or snowboard. They are particularly attractive to those with a large family as they cover up to 7 children free of charge when travelling with a parent.
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What we like:
- Straightfoward Holiday Insurance product
- Up to 7 children (under 18 or 23 if in full time education) are covered free of charge.
- Married, unmarried, single or same sex parents are treated in the same way as long as they all live at the same address.
- Children in full time education go free up to the age of 23
What we are not so keen on:
- Narrow set of activities allowed for those taking winter sports package
Single trip cover
Cover trips from 2 to 90 days for individuals, couples or families aged up to a maximum of 64. Sports and activities covered are listed here.
Annual (Multi trip) cover
Holiday Insurance Web covers holidays up to 31 days long (24 days if going skiing or snowboarding) for those up to 64 years old. Sports and activities covered are detailed here.
Winter Sports
Annual multi trip policies from Holiday Insurance Web cover 24 days of ski and snowboarding cover per year. Cover for off piste skiing and boarding is limited to within resort boundaries or with a guide. No search and rescue cover and only a few winter activities covered. See Sports guide for a full list. For wider information regarding ski insurance see our guides in our Ski section.
Backpacking Cover
Backpacking cover from Holiday Insurance Web can cover periods of up to 12 months.
Long Stay
Similar to Backpacking cover above
Travel Insurance for Cruises
No mention of cruise cover made on their website. See our article on travel insurance for cruises for more information
Pre-existing Medical Conditions
No cover offered for pre existing conditions.
Travelling whilst Pregnant
Holiday Insurance Web offers both cancellation and cover and medical cover for complications in pregnancy providing no previous complications during this or any earlier pregnancies. Also provides cover for those who discover they are due to have a baby whilst away (or just before their holiday), providing the holiday was booked and insurance taken out before the discovery.
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Sports and activities covered free of charge (as long as they are not undertaken on a professional basis)
(please check the companies current terms and conditions at time of booking to ensure there have been no changes, and for any further conditions that apply)
| Angling | Archery* | Athletics (not incl. marathons)* | Badminton |
| Banana Boating | Baseball * | Basketball | Billiards |
| Body Boarding | Bowling | Boxing Training (no Contact) | Camel Riding* |
| Canoeing | Catamaran Sailing** | Clay Pigeon Shooting | Climbing (On Climbing Wall) |
| Cricket* | Croquet | Curling | Cycling (non touring)* |
| Dancing | Darts | Dinghy Racing | Dinghy Sailing |
| Elephant Ride | Fell Walking | Flag American Football | |
| Football | Golf | Gymnastics | Helicopter Rides (passenger) |
| Hiking | Horse Riding | Horse Trekking | Horse / Reindeer Sleigh |
| Hot Air Ballooning (passenger) | Ice Cricket* | Jet Skiing* | Kite Surfing (on a lake)* |
| Light Aircraft Rides(passenger) | Martial Arts Training | Motorcycling under 125cc*(as a means of transport only) | Mule Trekking |
| Netball | Orienteering | Paint Balling* | Pony Trekking |
| Pool | Rambling | Rifle Range* | Ringos |
| Rounders | Rugby League* | Rugby Union* | Sailing In & Off Shore** |
| Scuba Diving (Max. 30m) | Sledging | Snooker | Snorkelling |
| Snow-shoeing | Soccer | Soft Ball | Squash* |
| Surfing* | Swimming | Swimming With Dolphins | Table Tennis |
| Ten Pin Bowling * | Tennis | Tobogganing (Winter) | Touch Football |
| Trampolining | Trekking | Tubing | Tug-Of-War |
| Volleyball | Wake Boarding | Walking | Walking Up Sydney Harbour Bridge |
| Water Polo | Water Skiing | Wheelchair Basketball | Windsurfing (on a lake) |
** no Personal Liability / offshore rescue cover and other restrictions apply
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