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    Backpacker & Longstay Travel Insurance

    If you are about to set off on a Backpacking trip, are off on your 'Gap' year or taking a trip lasting up to 18 months, our Backpacker & Longstay policy could be the one for you.

    It is essential when travelling that you have adequate backpacker travel insurance because accidents and illnesses can and do happen for a variety of reasons, and failure to have appropriate backpackers insurance could leave you footing huge bills for medical or travel expenses.

    24/7 travel insurance for backpackers and longstay trips has been set up with one main aim - to provide travellers aged up to 55 with essential travel cover at the best price possible.

    Benefits of 24/7 Backpacker & Longstay travel insurance includes: For full details of the 24/7 Backpacker & Longstay policy click here

    When buying your backpacker & longstay travel insurance, make sure you check the insurance policy carefully as they can vary from insurer to insurer - you need to know exactly what you are and aren't covered for.

    Some handy tips on shopping for backpacking travel insurance:

    • Check what the policy covers you for. Make sure adequate emergency medical and repatriation cover is included.
    • Where are you going and how long are you going for? Make sure you're covered for every destination and the whole of your trip, including your departure and return dates.
    • If you're going to be involved in any activities or plan on working abroad, check the policy to make sure that these are covered. Click here for details of activities on our 24/7 Backpacker & Longstay policy. If in doubt, contact us to ensure you will be fully covered.
    • If you have any existing medical conditions, be sure to check the travel insurance policy carefully as it may be necessary to disclose these to the travel insurance provider or complete online medical screening. Don't forget, this includes those of anyone you are travelling with.
    • If you are taking any valuable items with you (such as cameras, laptops, jewellery, ipods or computer games machines), check the policy limits for such items. It may be necessary to get these covered under your Home Insurance policy.

    4 Activity Packs Available under 24/7 Backpacker & Longstay:

    Please scroll over the letters to see what activities are available on the 24/7 Backpacker & Longstay policy

    All activities below are covered on an amateur/non-professional basis, unless otherwise stated and all activities involving waterborne craft exclude cover for personal liability.

    You will be covered for all activities listed in the packs up to and including the one purchased.

    Activity Pack 1 - covered as standard
    • Abseiling
    • Aerobics
    • Amateur Athletic Field Events/Track Events
    • Angling
    • Animal Sanctuary/Refuge Work
    • Archery
    • Athletics
    • Badminton
    • Ballooning - Hot Air
    • Bamboo Rafting
    • Banana Boating
    • Bar Work
    • Baseball
    • Basketball
    • Beach Games
    • Biathlon
    • Billiards
    • Bird Watching
    • Body Boarding
    • Bowling
    • Bowls
    • Boxing Training
    • Bridge
    • Bridge Swinging
    • Bungee Jumping
    • Camel Trekking
    • Camping
    • Canoeing (excluding white water)
    • Canoeing + White Water Rafting (grade 1 to 3)
    • Caravanning
    • Catamaran Sailing (In-shore)
    • Chess
    • Clay Pigeon Shooting
    • Climbing
    • Cricket
    • Croquet
    • Curling
    • Cycle Touring
    • Cycling
    • Dancing
    • Darts
    • Deep Sea Fishing
    • Diving
    • Driving any Motorised Vehicle
    • Elephant Trekking (UK- Booked)
    • Fell Running
    • Fell Walking
    • Fencing
    • Fishing
    • Fives
    • Flag Football
    • Flying as passenger other than in a full licensed passenger carrying aircraft (private/small airline) and for no other purpose
    • Flying ex crew/pilot
    • Football - Beach Kick Around
    • Fresh Water/Sea Fishing
    • Frisbee
    • Fruit or Vegetable Picking
    • Glass Bottom Boats
    • Gliding (learning - non competition)
    • Golf
    • Gorilla Trekking
    • Gymnastics
    • Highland Games
    • Hiking up to 1,000 metres
    • Hill Walking up to 2000m
    • Historical Research
    • Horse Riding
    • Hot Air Ballooning
    • Indoor Skating
    • Jet Boating
    • Jet Skiing
    • Jet Skiing (non incidental)
    • Jogging
    • Kayaking (up to grade 2 rivers only)
    • Keepfit
    • Kiting
    • Korfball
    • Labour (Manual)(work that involves the lifting or carrying of heavy items less than 25kg, work at below the level of 2 storeys high but excluding any form of work underground)
    • Long Distance/Sprint
    • Low Ropes
    • Manual Labour (work that involves the lifting or carrying of heavy items less than 25kg, work at below the level of 2 storeys high but excluding any form of work underground)
    • Marathons
    • Model Flying
    • Motorcycling with appropriate UK licence
    • Mountain Biking (on road non-racing)
    • Netball
    • Orienteering
    • Petanque
    • Pigeon Racing
    • Pony Trekking
    • Pool
    • Power Lifting
    • Quoits
    • Rackets
    • Rafting
    • Rambling under 1,000m
    • Rap Running/Jumping
    • Raquet Ball
    • Re-Enactment
    • Refuge Work/Animal Sanctuary
    • Restaurant Work
    • Rifle Range
    • Ringos
    • River Walking
    • Rock Scrambling (under 4,000m)
    • Rounders
    • Rowing
    • Running
    • Sprint/Long Distance
    • Safari (UK Organised)
    • Safari Trekking
    • Sail Boarding
    • Sailing/Yachting inshore recreational (inland and coastal waters)
    • Scuba Diving to 30m (if qualified or with qualified instructor - not solo)
    • Sea Fishing
    • Shinty
    • Shooting
    • Shooting (target range - not hunting)
    • Small Bore Target Shooting
    • Snooker
    • Snorkelling
    • Softball
    • Sprint/Long distance
    • Squash (amateur)
    • Surfing (amateur)
    • Swim Trekking
    • Swimming
    • Swimming with Dolphins
    • Sydney Harbour Bridge
    • Table Tennis
    • Team Games
    • Ten Pin Bowling
    • Tennis
    • Track Events/Amateur Athletic Field Events
    • Trekking 1,000 metres
    • Triathlon
    • Tubing
    • Tug of War
    • Vegetable or Fruit Picking
    • Volleyball
    • Water Skiing (amateur)
    • Waterskiing/Windsurfing/Snorkelling
    • Weight Lifting
    • Whale Watching
    • White Water Rafting + Canoeing (grade 1 to 3)
    • Windsurfing
    • Working
    • Yachting inshore and recreational (inland and coastal waters)
    • Yoga



    Activity Pack 2 - Additional premium required
    • Adventure Racing (up to 6 hours)
    • Adventure Racing (up to 12 hours)
    • Airsoft
    • American Football
    • Big Foot Skiing
    • Blade Skating
    • Bobbing
    • Breathing Observation Bubble (BOB)
    • Canoeing (White Water)
    • Canyoning
    • Cat Skiing
    • Cross Country Running
    • Cross Country Skiing
    • Dragon Boat Racing
    • Dry Slope Skiing
    • Elephant Riding/Trekking (non-UK booked)
    • Equestrian
    • Falconry
    • Flying crew/pilot
    • Flying Helicopter (Pilot)
    • Football - Amateur
    • Gaelic Football
    • Glacier Walking
    • Gliding
    • Gliding (non competition)
    • Go Karting
    • Gorge Walking (no ropes)
    • Handball
    • Harness Racing
    • High Diving
    • Hobie Catting (In-shore)
    • Hockey
    • Hockey (Ice) With Full Body Protection
    • Horse Jumping (no Polo, Hunting)
    • Horse Riding (Eventing)
    • Husky Dog Sledding
    • Hydro Zorbing
    • Ice Hockey
    • Ice Skating
    • Indoor Climbing (on climbing wall)
    • Iron Man
    • Judo
    • Jousting
    • Karate
    • Karting
    • Kayaking (grade 3 rivers only)
    • Kayaking (In-land waters)
    • Kendo
    • Kick Sledging
    • Kite Boarding
    • Lacrosse
    • Land Skiing
    • Land Yachting
    • Langlauf
    • Martial Arts(Training Only)
    • Modern Pentathlon
    • Mono Skiing
    • Mountain Biking (off road non-racing)
    • Mountain Boarding
    • Mountain Walking up to 1000m
    • Mountaineering up to 1000m
    • Off Road Motorcycling (up to 250cc)
    • Off-piste skiing
    • Paint Balling/War Games
    • Parasailing (over water)incidental
    • Parascending (Over water)
    • Parascending (over water, non incidental)
    • Passenger Sledge
    • Polo cross
    • Power Boating
    • Professional Entertaining (acrobats,dancing and the like)
    • Quad Bikes
    • Rambling up to 2,000m
    • River Tubing
    • Rodeo
    • Roller Blading (Line Skating/Skate Boarding)
    • Line Skating (Roller Blading/Skate Boarding)
    • Roller Hockey
    • Roller skating
    • Rugby (amateur game)
    • Rugby League
    • Rugby (training)
    • Rugby Union
    • Safari (non UK Organised)
    • Sand Boarding
    • Sand Dune Surfing/Skiing
    • Sand Yachting
    • Shark Cage Diving
    • Skateboarding
    • Ski Boarding
    • Ski Dooing
    • Skiing
    • Skiing - Cat
    • Skiing - Mono
    • Skiing - Nordic
    • Sky Diving (max 2 jumps)
    • Sledging
    • Sledging/Toboganning
    • Sleigh riding(reindeer, horses or dogs)
    • Snow Biking
    • Snow Blading
    • Snow Bobbing
    • Snow Mobile/Ski Doos
    • Snow Mobiling
    • Snow Parascending
    • Snow Scooting
    • Snow Shoe Walking
    • Snow Tubing
    • Snowboarding
    • Snowcat Driving
    • Soccer
    • Speed Sailing
    • Speed Skating
    • Speed Trials/Time Trials
    • Sphereing
    • Street Hockey
    • Summer Tobogganing
    • Taw Kwon Do
    • Telemarking
    • Toboganning/Sledging
    • Trampolining
    • Tree Top Canopy Walking
    • Trekking 2000m
    • Under 17 Driving (not public roads)
    • War Games/Paint Balling
    • Water Polo (amateur)
    • Water Ski Jumping
    • White Water Rafting (grade 4 to 6)
    • Winter sports
    • Wrestling
    • Zorbing (Hydro)



    Activity Pack 3 - Additional premium required
    • Boardsailing
    • Buggying
    • Caving/Pot Holing
    • Pot Holing/Caving
    • Cyclo Cross
    • Devil Karting
    • Dinghy Sailing
    • Dirt Boarding
    • Extreme Sports
    • Glacier Skiing
    • Heliskiing
    • Hurling
    • Hydrospeeding
    • Ice Climbing
    • Ice Go Carting
    • Ice Windsurfing
    • Kite Buggying
    • Kite Surfing
    • Mountaineering up to 2,000m
    • Octopush
    • Outdoor Endurance Tests
    • Paragliding
    • Parascending (over land)
    • Power Gliding
    • Power Kiting
    • River Bugging
    • Rock Climbing (under 2,000m)
    • Skeleton
    • Ski Biking
    • Ski Blading
    • Ski Randonee
    • Ski Touring
    • Ski Yawing
    • Skiing - Freestyle
    • Skiing - Glacier
    • Skiing - Snowcat
    • Snow Carting
    • Snow Go Karting
    • Snow Kiting
    • Trekking 3000m
    • Via Ferratta
    • Wake Boarding
    • Wind Tunnel Flying
    • Winter Walking (poles & special shoes)



    Activity Pack 4 - Additional premium required
    • Adventure Racing (up to 24 hours)
    • Assault Courses including High Ropes
    • Black Water Rafting (Grades 1 to 3)
    • Blowcarting
    • BMX Freestyle & Racing
    • Cave Diving
    • Cycle Racing
    • Freestyle Skateboarding
    • Gliding (competition)
    • Hang Gliding
    • Micro Lighting
    • MotoCross
    • Motor Racing/Rallies/Competitions (all types)
    • Mountaineering up to 3,000m
    • Parapenting/Paraponting
    • Polo
    • Scuba Diving to 40m (if qualified and with qualified instructor - not solo)
    • Ski Flying
    • Ski Mountaineering
    • Ski Run Walking
    • Skiing - Off Piste Without a Guide
    • Slack-Lining
    • Wicker Basket Tobogganing
    • Zip Trekking
    • Zorbing



    If the 24/7 Backpacker & Longstay travel insurance policy does not cover your activity try 24/7 Sports & Activities - click here for details.

    If your chosen activity is not listed, please contact us on 0845 260 1580 (8am-6pm Monday - Friday excluding Bank Holidays) to ensure you are properly covered.

    Finally, to help you have a safe trip check our travellers checklist page.

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    † price based on an individual aged 18-40 taking a Backpacker & Longstay Single Trip "Standard" policy for 31 days in Europe.