Heading overseas as a student adds another layer of consideration to your trip. Our travel insurance plans may provide an extra layer of protection while you're away. Here are some benefits that student travellers might find useful.
If you get sick or injure yourself overseas, you may be able to claim unlimited medical expenses incurred overseas. Cover will not exceed 12 months from onset of illness or condition.
With Freely, you'll get 24/7 access to medical and emergency specialists, telehealth and geo-specific safety alerts designed to keep you safe.
If your luggage gets lost, stolen or damaged, we may reimburse you for the cost of your bag and its contents (limits apply and depreciation may apply). You can purchase additional coverage with our Luggage Item Limit Increase Trip Extra.
Travel opens your eyes in ways a classroom can't. All our overseas plans include medical expenses cover, your choice for trip cancellation cover and varying luggage cover limits as standard.
~ Medical and dental cover will not exceed 12 months from onset of the illness or injury.
#The level of cover applies per policy.
^Limits, sub‑limits, conditions and exclusions apply.
*Liability collectively for Sections 12. Accidental Death, and 13. Disability is $25,000 on the Explorer plan, and $30,000 on the Explorer Pro plan.
ΔItem limit applies for any one item, set, or pair of items including attached and unattached accessories.
Build on your student travel insurance plan by adding Trip Extras to get pay-per-day cover for activities like skiing, motorcycle riding and adventure sports, as well as increased limits for your valuable items and extra cancellation cover.
The Australian Government website Smartraveller considers travel insurance “as important as a passport” if you’re heading overseas – and students are no exception!
If you get sick or injured while you’re overseas, the cost of medical treatment can be a real nightmare – this is especially true if you are somewhere with an expensive healthcare system. Travel insurance can provide a layer of protection against unexpected medical costs that may arise while abroad.
For students who like to travel with smartphones, cameras and laptops, travel insurance can also come in handy if those items are damaged or stolen while travelling, as well as other valuable belongings like passports.
Besides offering cover for things like medical incidents and damaged belongings, Freely gives travelling students 24-hour access to medical and emergency support and live chat with our customer support team, both accessible in just a few clicks when you have the Freely app downloaded to your phone.
Freely is a travel insurance and safety app that provides cover for all sorts of sticky situations you might encounter when travelling or studying overseas, from medical emergencies to laptop theft.
Freely’s overseas plans offers unlimited medical expenses(cover will not exceed 12 months from onset of illness or condition), 24-hour medical and emergency assistance and telehealth access, with e-script capabilities in over 70 countries and across dozens of languages. Plus, with the Freely app, you’ll receive real-time safety alerts for your location.
Students travelling with Freely can also enjoy cover for their trip and belongings, live chat with our team, as well as the option to add extra cover for activities on-the-go, such as snow sports and moped rental, with our Trip Extras.
Please note, however, that university fees are not considered a travel expense under the policy and therefore aren’t covered.
All Freely's plans automatically cover over 75 activities you might do when travelling or studying abroad.
These include abseiling, archery, ballooning, bungee jumping, flying fox, horse riding, jet and banana boating, sail boarding, off-road or 4WD driving (organised tour), mountain biking, jet skiing, kayaking, paragliding, parasailing, snorkelling, white water rafting, surfing, safari tours and scuba diving (up to 30 metres if diving with a diving school or qualified instructor).
If you want to take part in a higher-risk activity, we offer a range of pay-per-day Trip Extras that you can add to your base policy for the days you need extra cover. You can do this before you go or in real-time on your trip via the the Freely app. Once you’ve added and paid for a Trip Extra using the Freely app, your extra cover kicks in immediately.
For instance, our Snow Sports Trip Extra covers you for skiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling. Our Adventure Activities Trip Extra extends our cover to things like triathlons, rock climbing, skydiving and trekking. If you’d like to ride a scooter or motorcycle overseas (even as a passenger), you will need to add our Motorcycle and Moped Riding Trip Extra in order to be covered.
Conditions and exclusions apply. Be sure to read our PDS to understand what’s covered.
Often, being a student gives you access to cheaper deals on transport, tech, travel and even food. Use your student ID wherever possible!
PDS stands for product disclosure statement. It’s a document that financial service providers (including travel insurance companies) publish so that customers fully understand what they’re purchasing. Freely’s PDS includes information about how our travel insurance policies work: the benefits, conditions and exclusions, as well as our complaints-handling procedure – among other things.
Give someone back home a detailed itinerary, and make a plan to keep in touch regularly. We suggest adding an emergency contact to your account in the Freely app too, so they can be reached if required.
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