The official website of STA Travel Insurance is www.StaTravel.com. It was established in 1979. The headquarter of STA Travel is in UK. It is largest travel group for students and young people of UK. They gives policy like Single trip, Annual trip, Backpacker & Long stay, Student cover, Flight only insurance, Winter sports, Water spots and activities. Their policy is divided into two sections Blue and Black. Blue covers person below the age of 35 and Black covers person less than the age of 66.
Single trip policy: It is very flexible policy. Single Trip Policy covers 4days to 24 days. It covers Europe and USA areas. It provides 7 days of free winter sport.
Annual multi-trip insurance: If you are planning for few trips during the year, then Annual multi-trip insurance is good for you. There is no limit to the number of the trips. It provides 21 days of winter sport cover which includes 100 adventure sports and adrenaline activities. It includes two geographical areas- Europe and world wide.
Winter Sports policy: If you want to do skiing and snowboarding, then this policy is suitable to you. Winter Sports policy provides 24 hours medical services. This policy includes all the items of single trip policy.
Student cover: This policy is mainly for the students who are going to abroad for their further studies. This Student cover policy gives all the facility which you need. The cover will stay valid for a period of 12 months counting a maximum of 3 trips home. There are 3 geographical areas of cover- Europe, worldwide excluding USA and worldwide including USA.
Flight only insurance: It cover up journey to and from the UK including payback for luggage, termination and individual accident cover throughout the flight only. Flight Only Insurance costs from £14 return or £10 one-way. It covers up only 2 days for out trip and 2 days for in trip.
Group travel insurance: It gives discount for group booking such as
- For groups of 15-24 they offer 10% reduction.
- For groups of 24-39 they offer 20% reduction.
- For groups of 40+ they offer 25% reduction.
Benefits of Policy:
- Legal expenses up to £20,000
- 24 hour emergency assistance
- Cancellation cover up to £2,000
- Personal accident up to £40,000
- It gives Medical expenses up to £10,000,000
- Personal liability up to £2,000,000
If you want to search or book your flights, hotels, hostels and tours, then you have to select depart time, place, and number to travelers. If you want to travel one way flight then mark tick on it. After that, you mark tick on I am student and I am under 26 options. Lastly, press search button. If you want to know more about policy then click here.
If you want to book your ticket or you want to know about policy then call on 0871-230-0040. You can also do live chat with their executives (Link).
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I think its shocking that STA has such a monopoly on student travel- you can often benefit from better rates by going direct to the companies they use! I’ve found this site which has an awesome guide to student travel deals- http://www.studentaccessuk.com/dock.php?id=4
Bring on cheaper student travel insurance!!