Backpacker or GAP Year Insurance Providers

Gap year travel insurance in a nutshell is travel insurance that covers an extended period of time (typically over 30 days). A detailed overview of or gap year insurance is discussed in this link Backpacker travel insurance.  The recommended companies to book backpackers travel insurance are:

• Columbus Direct: (Columbus Direct Backpacker Policy)
• Direct Line: (Direct Line Discoverer Policy)
• Direct Travel:  (Direct Travel Backpacker Policy)

The recommendation is based upon these companies not abandoning their customers during the Icelandic ash cloud incident.  There are many other companies that offer backpacker travel insurance some of these are:

• Go Travel Insurance: (Go Travel Insurance Backpacker Policy)
• Flexicover Insurance: (Flexicover Gap Year Policy)
• The AA: (AA Backpacker Policy)
• American Express: (American Express Gap Year / Backpacker Policy)
• JS Insurance: (JS Insurance Backpacker Policy)