Holiday Insurance Glossary
Annual Travel Cover
Annual holiday insurance will cover you and your family to take any number of trips to the UK and abroad. With holiday insurance from us you can take up to 45 days per trip, and be insured for all of them. It lasts a year and works out cheaper than taking out several single-trip policies.
White Horse
White Horse underwrites all holiday insurance policies bought with Essential Travel who provide holiday insurance on holiday insurance best.
Curtailment
For holiday insurance, this ensures that you get some of the cost of your holiday back if you have to cut your holiday short, perhaps because of injury or illness.
Essential Travel Ltd
We have partnered with Essential Travel Ltd who provide holiday insurance for Holiday Insurance Best. Essential Travel Ltd are regulated by The Financial Services Authority.
FSA
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) The FSA is the independent watchdog that regulates financial services.
Pre-existing medical conditions
For pre existing medical conditions (travel medical insurance) we offer a simple online medical screening questionnaire to obtain a low cost quote for pre existing medical conditions. Medical holiday insurance can be found in stage 4 of our holiday insurance quotation.
Multi-trip Insurance
See Annual Travel Cover
Quote
Quote refers to your holiday insurance quote, simply enter your details in the holiday insurance form provided for an instant online quote.
Single Trip
A single trip holiday insurance policy covers you for just one holiday or business trip. The cover will have a start and end date.
Sports Grade
If you plan to take part in any sports you should check the required sports grade, a list of which you can find here.