Holiday insurance for over 78

Travel insurance can be tricky for older people aged 78 and older so we have found a list of travel insurance providers who are happy to cover the elderly and who will also provide cover for people who have pre-existing medical conditions too.

Listed below are many providers that are more than happy to cover you up to the grand old age of 99 so check them out and find a competitive quote today,

Please find below options for UK residents...

Travel Insurance for Medical Long Stay Cover

They specialise in providing travel insurance for people who have medical conditions but don't want to be held back by them. They offer full screening – either online or on the phone – for 1000s of conditions and can offer instant cover, wherever you are going. Example Quote* - £33.00 >

Get a quote from TRAVEL INSURANCE 4 MEDICAL

Good to Go Travel Insurance for over 85s

Goodtogoinsurance.com provides travel insurance cover to travellers of any age, with or without pre existing medical conditions. They can also cover your travelling companions on the same policy. Online quotes from £18.40 >

Get a quote from GOOD TO GO INSURANCE

John Lewis Travel Insurance for Over 85

Optional Independent Traveller Insurance to provide cover when individual elements of a trip are booked separately, rather than as part of a package. Online quotes from £16.11 >

Get a quote from JOHN LEWIS INSURANCE

Saga Travel Insurance

For weekend breaks to one year trips Cruise cover provided as standard! - Cover most pre-existing medical conditions. - Covers any age Online quotes from £19.12 >

Get a quote from SAGA INSURANCE

Alpha Travel Cover Insurance

Up to £250 total valuables limit to replace your stolen or damaged items and cover your watches and sunglasses Example Quote* - £47.21 (STC Trip) >

Get a quote from ALPHA INSURANCE

Just Travel Cover (no age limits)

Just travel have developed travel insurance with cover for pre-existing medical conditions and travel insurance with no age limit, suitable for travellers over the ages of 85. Online quotes from £16.45 >

Get a quote from JUST TRAVEL INSURANCE

LV Travel Insurance (no age limits)

Choose from either Essential or our 5 Star Defaqto rated Premier cover which offers: Up to £10,000 cancellation cover for illness, All pre-existing medical conditions considered, No upper age limit for single trips! >

Get a quote from LV TRAVEL INSURANCE

Explorer Insurance (no age limits)

Up to £250 total valuables limit to replace your stolen or damaged items and cover your watches and sunglasses Online quotes from £19.45 >

Get a quote from EXPLORER TRAVEL INSURANCE

Travel Insurance Over 78s News

We hope that by asking Orbitz.com customers to tell us why they don't need travel insurance, it will cause them to consider those times when travel insurance can be invaluable," said Mike Nelson, CEO of Allianz Global Assistance USA. "The Best Reason Not to Buy Travel Insurance Contest is our tongue in cheek way of raising awareness of the importance of purchasing travel insurance. We're looking forward to having some fun with it while we partner with Orbitz to find the best 'reasons' people can come up with."

Visitors to Orbitz.com need to just click on the Travel Insurance Awareness Day banners to be taken to a special landing page where they can enter The Best Reason Not to Buy Travel Insurance Contest. Lucky winners will receive $200 VISA® gift cards. Full contest rules apply and can be found here.