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The World in Your Backpack: Student Travel Insurance

November 29, 2007 By Damian Tysdal

Traveling students often think they are invincible as they encounter some of the first and most significant travel experiences of their lives. However, as parents and friends know, travel carries some risk even for the young and seemingly invulnerable among us. Emergencies do happen, especially in unfamiliar surroundings.

Travel insurance for students can make sure such emergencies are covered

Although some Student Travel Insurancestudent discount cards or credit cards do come with insurance, it’s generally quite minimal, so it’s a good idea to obtain additional coverage. For a student who is carrying all of their important items in a backpack while traveling by train or plane between countries, even luggage loss could cause major problems.

If a student is spending a semester or a year at a foreign college or university, any routine illness may be complicated by the unfamiliar surroundings, susceptibility to different varieties of virus or bacteria, or by the obstacles of communicating in a foreign language.

Long-term coverage is available for students who spend months abroad at a time

Costs of insurance may vary depending on the risks associated with the country where the student will be spending his or her time.

Although students are often some of the youngest and healthiest travelers, there is still an undeniable risk of illness or medical emergency when traveling to another state or country. Different weather or climate conditions or different diet can cause people to be more likely to catch whatever germs are going around. Travel insurance for students means that the student can rest easy knowing that he or she is covered in case they do get sick, and parents can worry less about their traveling son or daughter.

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About Damian Tysdal

Damian Tysdal is the founder of TravelInsuranceReview, and he believes travel insurance should be easier to understand. See more from Damian on Google+.

About this website

My name is Damian, and I started this website in 2006 to help travelers understand travel insurance.

The site features company reviews, guides, articles, and many blog posts to help you better understand travel insurance and pick the right plan for your trip (assuming you actually need travel insurance).

I am also a licensed travel insurance agent, and you can get a quote and purchase through this site as well.

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