Travel Protection Plan

Our Travel Protection Plan

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A new grandchild, an unexpected wedding invite, a retirement party, or a major family get-together; you don’t want to miss out on important events and still travel on the trip of a lifetime.

We offer Travel Protection in partnership with Trip Mate, which can help you navigate the unexpected by protecting your investment:

PART A*: BENEFITS BEFORE YOU TRAVEL:
  • Non-Insurance Trip Cancellation Waiver
  • Cancel For Any Reason: If you must cancel your trip, even up to the day of departure, you’ll retain the full value of your trip, including your deposit. You will be reimbursed in cash for certain specified reasons; for any other reason other than a specified reason, you can receive a travel voucher. (See plan documents here).
  • No Age Restrictions: Our prices will never go up based on age, unlike other plans which may have a higher plan cost.
  • Pre-Existing Medical Condition: Retain up to 100% cash reimbursement of your trip cost if you need to cancel due to any pre-existing medical condition. You must be able to travel at the time you purchase this plan, and you must buy the plan within 14 days of making your initial trip deposit.

It is important to have your coverage prior to traveling and while you are on your adventure

PART B TRAVEL BENEFITS**:
Expect the unexpected

Flight delays; missed connections; baggage delayed, lost, or damaged; a medical emergency—be prepared for unexpected events with our Travel Protection Plan.

  • Trip Interruption: We protect up to 150% of Trip Cost (more than the price of your trip) in the event of a trip interruption, while other plans cover the base cost your trip.
    • The plan also includes many covered reasons, with Covid-19 treated the same as any other sickness under the plan. This coverage includes the insured, their traveling companion(s), and their family members.
  • Trip Delay: Provides benefits up to $400 per day (up to $2,000) for reasonable expenses—such as meals, lodging, and additional transportation—when you are delayed twelve consecutive hours or more for a covered reason.
  • Missed Connection: Up to $2,500.
  • Baggage Delay: $300 per day, up to $1,500.
  • Baggage & Personal Effects: Up to $3,000.
  • Security Evacuation: Up to $10,000
  • 24-hour Non-insurance Emergency Assistance.

Medical Expense

  • Accident & Sickness Medical Expense: Up to $50,000 in medical expenses and $1,000 in emergency dental expenses.
  • Accidental Death & Dismemberment: Up to $25,000.
  • Medical Evacuation and Repatriation of Remains: Up to $500,000 in medical evacuation and repatriation of remains.

Please note: Coverage and maximum amounts may vary by state and may not be available in all states. Please visit the Trip Mate website for details and important disclosures.

24-hour Non-insurance Emergency Assistance

“The way things are in the world now, you just can’t take a chance anymore. I have taken many trips, and I’ve always used the Traveler Protection Plan for myself and my travel companions—and I’ve never regretted it one bit. It may seem like trip protection is an added expense, but it’s worth it in the end when you have to use it—that’s when it becomes truly valuable.”


Jane Hart, 20-time traveler from Bluffton, SC

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For more details and information on Grand Circle's Waiver and Trip Mate’s post-departure insurance and services, including plan and pricing details, click here.

*Part A Provided by Grand Circle and serviced by Trip Mate, a Generali Global Assistance & Insurance Services brand

Cancellation Waiver is available for purchase separately in NY. In NY and MN a different cancellation waiver is available.

**Part B Provided by United States Fire Insurance Company and serviced by Trip Mate, a Generali Global Assistance & Insurance Services brand

This advertisement contains highlights of the plans developed by Trip Mate, a Generali Global Assistance & Insurance Services brand, which include travel insurance coverages underwritten by United States Fire Insurance Company, Principal Office located in Morristown, New Jersey, under form series T7000 et al, T210 et al and TP-401 et al, and non-insurance Travel Assistance Services provided by Generali Global Assistance, FootprintID and Blue Ribbon Bags and a non-insurance Cancellation Fee Waiver provided by Overseas Adventure Travel. The terms of insurance coverages in the plans may vary by jurisdiction and not all insurance coverages are available in all jurisdictions.

Insurance coverages in these plans are subject to terms, limitations and exclusions including an exclusion for pre-existing medical conditions. In most states, your travel retailer is not a licensed insurance producer/agent, and is not qualified or authorized to answer technical questions about the terms, benefits, exclusions and conditions of the insurance offered or to evaluate the adequacy of your existing insurance coverage. Your travel retailer may be compensated for the purchase of a plan and may provide general information about the plans offered, including a description of the coverage and price. The purchase of travel insurance is not required in order to purchase any other product or service from your travel retailer. CA DOI toll free number is 800-927-4357. The cost of your plan is for the entire plan, which consists of both insurance and non-insurance components. Individuals looking to obtain additional information regarding the features and pricing of each travel plan component, please contact Trip Mate, a Generali Global Assistance & Insurance Services brand; P.O. Box 527, Hazelwood, MO 63042; 1-866-900-8452; [email protected]. We are licensed in all states. While Trip Mate markets the travel insurance in these plans on behalf of USF, non-insurance components of the plans were added to the plans by Trip Mate, and Trip Mate does not receive compensation from USF for providing the non-insurance components of the plans.

For information on the Plan Documents, important notices and disclaimers, visit the Trip Mate website.

Please note: Our Travel Protection Plan must be purchased before or at the time of final payment. It may not be purchased after the trip has been paid for in full. In MN and NY a different cancellation waiver is available. Available for purchase separately in NY.