You should definitely take out travel health insurance. Also worth considering are travel cancellation insurance and liability insurance.
For those joining our Au Pair programs, there is also a special "Au Pair insurance".
In this article, we will explain to you what you should know when taking out insurance for your time abroad and how you can easily do so online.
1) Travel health insurance
This is an absolute must and is even required by law for some visas. Travel health insurance covers costs should you need medical care during your stay abroad. We expect all of our participants to take out travel health insurance that is appropriate for their stay abroad.
There are two points to pay particular attention to:
That the insurance applies to the type of stay (e.g., internship, volunteering...)
That repatriation to your home country is covered, should it be medically necessary
If during your stay abroad you need an outpatient medical examination, treatment, or medication, you will have to pay the costs directly on-site, but you will get the expenses reimbursed when you submit the receipts and diagnosis to the insurance company. Depending on the tariff/policy you choose, you might bear a part of the costs. If you need to be admitted to a hospital, the insurance company will usually communicate directly with the hospital and then decide whether the treatment should be continued on-site or whether it is better to repatriate you. In the case of hospitalization, the insurance will usually deal with all payments directly with the hospital. In such serious cases, our coordinators in the host countries will, of course, assist you and also communicate with your insurance company.
We recommend CareMed travel health insurance, which is specifically designed for individuals doing an internship, volunteering, Working Holiday, language program, etc., abroad. It is available to travelers of all nationalities and can be taken out for stays in all countries except your home country.
If you follow this link, you can take out the insurance online in just a few steps and you will then receive confirmation by email. This is possible up to one day before departure.
● Take out Caremed travel health insurance
In addition to travel health insurance, if your travel date is more than 30 days into the future, during the booking process, you will also be suggested to take out travel cancellation insurance as an extra.
2) Travel cancellation insurance
Travel cancellation insurance covers cancellation costs, e.g., for your flight costs and for the World Unite! program costs if you cannot start your trip due to an unforeseeable event.
An unforeseeable event includes, for example, a serious illness, death, pregnancy, unexpected dismissal from employment, major financial loss to your property caused by fire, crime, or natural disasters, but also, for example, postponed exam dates of your college/university or school.
The unforeseeable event might not only affect you but also your travel partner or close relatives such as life partners, children, parents, siblings, or, in the event of death, aunts, uncles, nephews, and nieces.
You need to take out travel cancellation insurance latest 30 days prior to your travel date.
3) Travel liability insurance for internships, volunteering, work & travel, job abroad, Au Pair
This insurance is not so well-known, but it can be very useful. Some companies offering internships even require their interns to take out such liability insurance, and many universities write in their internship contracts that the company providing the internship must have liability insurance for their interns, which is not the case in many overseas countries, so you would then need to take out liability insurance on your own.
The travel liability insurance offered by Caremed covers damage that you accidentally inflict on your employer or organization you do your internship/volunteering with while doing a Working Holiday job abroad, internship, or volunteering.
The actual tasks assigned to you by your employer or organization you do your internship/volunteering with, during which the damage was caused, may only correspond to your level of knowledge. For instance, as a medical student, you are not allowed to treat patients on your own (and therefore you cannot be held liable in case of any treatment errors). Should your employer or internship/volunteer organization nevertheless demand from you to pay for such costs, the travel liability insurance would cover any legal and litigation costs.
The travel liability insurance also covers costs that you accidentally cause to your rental accommodation or host family and also covers the costs of replacing locks when you lose keys.
The travel liability insurance of Caremed can only be taken out in combination with the travel health insurance and will be suggested as an extra during the online booking process.
● Take out Caremed travel liability insurance in combination with the travel health insurance
4) Au Pair insurance
The Au Pair insurance is a combination of various insurances that are required by most countries for the Au Pair visa application and by host families. It includes health insurance, accident insurance, liability insurance, and costs for the repatriation of an Au Pair to his/her home country, should the immigration authorities order so.
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