Hi - I’ve been thinking about travel insurance a lot since Covid and want to know if other house sitters just take out normal ‘holiday’ travel insurance, or if they specifically find a ‘house sitters’ travel insurance. I have really good holiday travel insurance at the moment where I can stay abroad…

Hello @TravellingWitch . Very good question. Just make sure that your travel insurance covers COVID issues. Mine just included it recently. But they advised me that they were not responsible to find me an hospital if the ones around were already at full capacity. :frowning: As I was planing to go fro…

Thank you @Saltrams . Very helpful. One name that does come up is @HousesittingMag at House Sitting Magazine. I did email her, but regret no response this time. I will check out the companies mentioned in the threads you recommended. Have a good day :hugs:

Thank you @Brigitte . I am in the UK and so far any insurance company I have looked at covers covid 19 no problem - and I have spoken to a couple too. It’s more about whether it should be ‘house sitting’ insurance or normal ‘travel insurance’. Shame you can’t travel as you wished. In the UK countrie…

Thank you @Provence . I am in the UK so different travel insurance companies. Good to connect.

@TravellingWitch Hello … I see a mention of an email. Haven’t seen anything I am afraid. When did you send? We used World Nomads until we changed to Safety Wing who cover Covid. Problem is they aren’t cheap as you age or if you need cover in the US. We are in Europe at moment so covered under our …

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Thank you Vanessa - I have emailed you privately. Thank you for responding. I will look at World Nomads and Safety Wings. You are a mine of information. Keep well :blush:

Sorry - should have added @HousesittingMag

When we booked our first international travel sit I checked with our travel insurance provider to see if we were covered if we or the homeowner had to cancel and we were told “yes”. Our regular travel insurance provider has a clause that if a “host” (which would be considered the homeowner in such …

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Saltrams 28 November 2020 17:01 4

We had a couple of previous insurance threads; I found this one very helpful for suggestions
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and this one was more specific
Long Term Insurance
Hope these help you too

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