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Online Travel Insurance

It’s amazing how many documents and bits of paper you pick up when booking a holiday. Your passport, tickets, traveller’s cheques and money all take up valuable space in the most secure part of your handbag. With Direct Line, your travel insurance documents are one less thing to worry about, as all the details of your travel insurance account are available to view online at any time.

Not only is paper a precious commodity (saving it by not using it, wherever you can, is one step to helping the environment), it can also be tedious if you have a million different documents to file and cart around, especially if you are on holiday. So it’s great to know you can get travel insurance that helps you avoid a paper pile-up, offers great-value deals and gives you peace of mind, too.

At Direct Line, we’re proud to offer our customers a good service online and over the phone. This applies to our range of insurance, including Travel, Car, Breakdown, Home, Life and Pet insurance cover, plus a range of mortgages.

If you want to know what kind of online travel insurance we offer, our summary of travel cover is the ideal place to start. If you want more detailed information on the types of cover available, check out our Travel Insurance policy documents online (available in PDF format, so if you don’t have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it free).

Once you’ve decided whether you need Single Trip, Annual Multi Trip or Discoverer Travel Insurance, you’re ready to get a Travel Insurance quote online. Gather details of where you are going, how long for, who needs to be covered, plus the usual personal and contact details, and simply fill out the form online (no need for any lengthy paperwork). If you have any queries in the meantime, you can ask us a question online and see if our list of frequently asked questions could help you. If you require further assistance before you accept your quote you can save your details, give us a call and one of our UK operators can help you, retrieve your saved quote if required and continue the process as before. The process is simple, get an online travel insurance quote, purchase your policy and you are ready to go.

Once the policy has been purchased you are free to travel knowing cover is in place for your trip. All your details are filed securely online for you to view and manage, so you don’t need to take them with you – great news if you want to travel light. Also available online are details of our Travel Insurance 24-hour Emergency Helplines, plus numbers to call and information required should you need to make a claim.

To see how easy it is to apply for, buy and travel with Direct Line Travel Insurance, apply online now.

 

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