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No winter holiday is complete without a skiing adventure. Essential Travel offers you affordable travel insurance for 7 different types of skiing and many other winter sports when you add Winter Sports cover to your quote.

Winter Sports cover is available to add onto any of our policies and includes cover for an additional 26 different winter sport. You can add your cover for winter sports as you make your way through the booking process.

Winter sports insurance can cover

Medical Expenses up to £10 million
Hospital Benefit up to £1,200
Personal Accident up to £30,000
Cancellation and curtailment up to £5,000
Mountain and Helicopter Rescue
Repatriation to the UK
Ski passes, piste closure

Helmet Safety - Wearing a helmet is a requirement for your winter sports travel insurance when taking out a policy with Essential Travel. Failure to wear a helmet could invalidate your entire policy.

Ski travel insurance options

Essential Travel's policies are structured so that the best policy for you depends on your trip.

Single Trip with Winter Sports:

- for one-off trips up to 87 days with 17 days of skiing (ages 2 - 65)
Annual Multi Trip with Winter Sports:

- for multiple trips throughout the year of up to 45 days each, with up to 17 days for skiing/wintersports per year (ages 2 - 65)
Backpacker with Winter Sports:

- continuous trips for 2 years with up to 31 days skiing per policy (ages 18 - 55)

*If you are 65 or older, find out about Travel Insurance for Over 65s.

Why our insurance?

Medical Conditions

UK, Europe and Worldwide

Medical Emergencies

Baggage Cover

24/7 Emergency Helpline

Single, Annual and Backpacker

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FAQs:

Which sports are covered with a winter sports policy?

Listed in the table below are a range of ski-related activities and other winter sports that you are covered for at no extra cost with your Winter Sports add-on.

Winter Sports covered in the same quote

Air boarding	Glacier Walking
Big Foot Skiing	Huskey Dog Sledging organised and non-competitive
Blade Skating	Ice Karting
Bum Boarding	Ice Skating
Cross Country/Nordic Skiing	Ice Windsurfing
Dog Sledging	Kick Sledging
Dry Skiing	Langlauf
Ski - blading	Snow mobiling
Skiing - alpine	Snow Shoe Walking
Skiing off piste with a guide	Snow Tubing
Skiing on piste	Tobogganing
Sledging	Winter Walking (using crampons and ice picks only)
Snow boarding	Sledging pulled by horse or reindeer as a passenger

What equipment am I covered for?

In addition to theft, you are covered for:

Feature	Cover Limit	Excess
Replacement or repair of equipment	up to £750	from £75
Loss or damage of hired equipment	up to £510	nil
Closed piste	up to £500	nil
Unused ski packs	up to £600	nil

Ski pack - Essential Travel will cover for any unused portion of ski school fees, lift passes and hired ski equipment should the policy holder suffer bodily injury or serious illness. We will also cover for the unused portion of any lift pass if lost.

Can I buy snow sports cover if I’m on a backpacker policy?

Yes. You can can cover up to 31 days skiing per policy. A backpacker travel insurance policy can cover up to two years continuous travel for those aged 18-55.

What is considered as off piste skiing?

Off-piste skiing, or backcountry skiing, is considered as skiing outside of the boundaries of the prepared piste and marked runs, and beyond the are controlled by the ski patrol.

If you plan on skiing off-piste you will need to ensure you have sufficient cover and that will depend on whether or not you will be accompanied by a qualified, resort-approved guide or instructor.

You will automatically be covered for off-piste skiing with a qualified and resort-approved guide when you add winter sports cover to your policy.

However, if you will be skiing off-piste without a guide you will need to specifically select 'off piste skiing' as an hazardous activity. You can do this after selecting your policy and making your selection to customise your policy.

If you decide to ski off-piste without a guide, without the correct level of cover, or against official, published resort advice (such as in the case of an avalanche warning) you will not be covered by your ski insurance.

What is a pre-existing medical condition?

Pre-existing medical conditions are those that existed before an insurance policy was taken out. Any disease or illness for which you have ever received medication, advice or treatment or experienced symptoms for will need to be declared to us.

Do I need to declare a pre-existing medical condition?

It is very important that you declare any medical conditions, either using our online medical screening, or by calling our customer services. Failure to declare any medical conditions may invalidate your entire policy.

Can I use my EHIC card?

Many medical costs in Europe can be covered with an European Health Insurance Card but it should not be seen as a substitute for travel insurance. An EHIC will not pay for you mountain rescue, transport costs, cancellation, lost and stolen luggage or piste closures. It is highly advised that you buy a comprehensive ski insurance policy as well as ensuring you have a valid EHIC card.

Extra Cover:

Off piste with a guide

When you add additional Winter Sports cover, you will automatically be covered for off piste skiing with a resort-approved guide.

Off piste without a guide

Add Winter Sports to your quote and select 'off-piste skiing' under the hazardous activities option to be covered without a guide.

It is important to note that your policy will not be valid should you go off-piste when it has been officially advised against by the resort.

Pre-existing medical cover

As with many of our policies there will be the opportunity to add any pre-existing medical conditions to your policy. You will be asked to declare these with our online medical screening process.

Winter sports automatically covered

Listed in the table below are a range of ski-related activities and other winter sports that you are covered for at no extra cost with your Winter Sports add-on.

Winter Sports

Add Winter Sports to your Single, Annual or Backpacker policy you can take part in over 26 x sports and be covered for:

Medical: you will be covered for emergency medical expenses that occur should you have an accident and require medical attention including cover for mountain rescue, helicopter rescue costs and repatriation

Equipment: Winter Sports cover also provides peace of mind against any theft, loss or damage to your personal or hired equipment as well as any pre-paid fees.

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Hired Equipment up to £200
Pre-paid Green Fees up to £300

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Extended baggage cover up to £3,500
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Cabin confinement (due to illness) up to £600
Valuables up to £700

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Wedding Clothes up to £1500 per person
Wedding Gifts up to £1000 per couple
Wedding Rings up to £250 per person
Wedding Photographs up to £750 per person

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