Post Office Travel Insurance

Post Office Travel Insurance is a travel insurance plan from Post Office, available to residents of United Kingdom. Sum insured ranges from varies, eligible ages 18 to 65, and the policy is annual. Below is our take on how it compares to other travel plans in our database — what it does well, where it lags, and the kind of policyholder it actually fits.

Annual premium starts at £10, against a category median of £70 across the 7 comparable travel plans we track in this country. That places Post Office Travel Insurance in the bottom quintile on price, and the bottom quintile on coverage ceiling (maximum sum insured N/A versus a peer median of £10M). On the value spectrum it reads as priced cheaply for the category, which usually signals either a budget plan or one with tighter sub-limits.

Coverage is on the leaner side compared to category peers: 0 core inclusions, 3 highlighted features, and 0 optional riders. Notable features called out by Post Office include Affordable, Family Plans, and European & Worldwide.

Travel insurance is the simplest insurance product to compare on paper and the easiest to misjudge in practice. Post Office Travel Insurance covers a typical mix of medical emergencies abroad, trip cancellation, lost baggage, and personal liability — what differentiates good travel cover from bad is the medical evacuation limit and the named exclusions for adventure activities. Single-trip cover is generally cheaper per day than multi-trip annual cover, but if you take more than three international trips a year the multi-trip almost always wins. Read the medical exclusions before you buy: pre-existing conditions are commonly excluded by default, and adventure activities (skiing, scuba, trekking above 4,000m) often need a paid rider.

Where Post Office Travel Insurance explicitly will not pay: Pre-existing conditions exclusions apply. These are not unusual exclusions for a travel plan, but they are the boundary of the contract — anything outside that list is in scope, anything inside is not. Read the full exclusions list before signing; every plan we have ever audited has at least one exclusion the buyer did not realise was there.

Best fit for: buyers prioritising lowest annual outlay. Skip if: you need coverage above the plan's maximum sum insured. As with any insurance decision, get a quote from Post Office directly to confirm the rate that actually applies to your profile — listed prices are illustrative.