Travel Insurance Plans

For Canadian Groups

The Explorer Package from insurance provider TuGo, covers you on Domestic and International Trips, and for a range of events, including:

• A participant’s injury, sickness, or death of a family member;
• Theft of passport or visas;
• Flight cancellations and delays;
• Loss of luggage and personal effects;
• Trip cancellation or trip interruption due to covered reasons such as illness, injury, death, acts of terror;
• Trip cancellation due to Government of Canada travel advisory for “avoid all travel” or “avoid non-essential travel”;
• School Board or governing organization-enforced trip cancellations

Cancel For Any Reason Waiver Benefit*

Along with providing you with the above insured benefits from TuGo, the Travel Protection Plan for Canadian clients is also packaged with the WorldStrides exclusive Cancel For Any Reason (CFAR) Waiver benefit. This CFAR waiver allows you to cancel your trip for any reason not otherwise covered by your insurance policy. WorldStrides will reimburse you for 75% of the amount due as per the payment schedule, provided you cancel your trip more than two (2) days before to your scheduled trip departure date.

The Cancel For Any Reason Waiver does not cover:

• Penalties associated with any air or other travel arrangements not provided by WorldStrides; or
• The failure of WorldStrides to provide the bargained-for travel arrangements due to cessation of operations for any reason

The cost of Travel Protection Plan is $25 per day of your tour. The plan must be purchased within 10 days of your tour enrolment to ensure maximum coverage and cannot be refunded once purchased.

*The Cancel For Any Reason Waiver Benefit is provided by WorldStrides and is not a TuGo insurance policy benefit.

If you have questions about your coverage, please call TuGo at 1-855-929-8846 and refer to the Explorer Plan. 

For U.S. Groups

Our American insurance provider Trip Mate offers three types of travel protection plans, depending on your student travel destination:

• The Basic Plan or Deluxe Plus Plan for Domestic trips to the U.S. and Canada and;
• The International Plan for International trips (outside the U.S. and Canada).

All three Trip Mate insurance packages cover you for a range of events, including:

• A participant’s injury, sickness, or death of a family member;
• Theft of passport or visas;
• Flight cancellations and delays;
• Loss of luggage and personal effects;
• Trip cancellation or trip interruption due to covered reasons such as illness, injury, death, acts of terror;

Cancel For Any Reason Benefit

Domestic Trips

We strongly recommend U.S. clients to opt into the Deluxe Plus Plan for domestic travel, as it includes a Cancel For Any Reason Benefit. The Basic Plan provided by Trip Mate does not.

The Cancel For Any Reason benefit enables participants to cancel their trip for any reason not otherwise covered by the insurance plan. Benefits will be paid by Trip Mate for 75% of the prepaid, forfeited, non-refundable payments or deposits you paid for your trip, provided you paid for the Travel Protection Plan within 21 days (Deluxe Plus Plan) of your initial trip installment, and you cancel your trip more than two (2) days prior to your scheduled departure date.

Please note that Trip Mate’s Basic Plan and Deluxe Plus Plan must be purchased by the participants themselves and that the exact policy and price of the Travel Protection Plans may vary by State***. Price and purchase can be made here.

International Trips**

As to provide further peace of mind, WorldStrides has added an exclusive Cancel For Any Reason Waiver (CFAR) benefit to the TripMate International Plan. This CFAR waiver allows you to cancel your trip for any reason not otherwise covered by your insurance policy. WorldStrides will reimburse you for 75% of the amount due as per the payment schedule, provided you cancel your trip more than two (2) days prior to your scheduled trip departure date.

The Cancel For Any Reason Waiver does not cover:

• Penalties associated with any air or other travel arrangements not provided by WorldStrides; or
• The failure of WorldStrides to provide the bargained-for travel arrangements due to cessation of operations for any reason

The cost of International Plan, including WorldStrides’ CFAR Waiver benefit is $249 per person, no matter the duration of the tour. The plan must be purchased within 10 days of your tour enrollment to ensure maximum coverage.

**The Cancel For Any Reason Waiver Benefit is provided by WorldStrides and is not a TripMate International Plan insurance policy benefit.

If you have questions about your coverage, please call TripMate at 1-833-297-2255 and refer to the Basic Plan, the Deluxe Plus Plan, or the WorldStrides International Plan.

Speak with one of our sales consultants for more information or to add an insurance plan to your student tour.