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Latest highest rating:

4

Easy to use, easy to renew, reasonable price, able t... Easy to use, easy to renew, reasonable price, able to get multi trip cover Reviewed on: 10th October 2024
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1

Happy to take your money for very expensive travel i... Happy to take your money for very expensive travel insurance and made it impossible to claim for anything including managed baggage medical bills and ... Read more Reviewed on: 12th June 2025
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Post Office offer single trip, annual multi trip and backpacker travel insurance policies.

All medical conditions are considered and under 18s with no medical conditions get free cover. Post Office travel insurance policies all come with Medical Assistance Plus which gives access to medical support while you’re away.

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Post Office Travel insurance reviews (138)

Password nightmare

2
Tried to access online. Changing password didn't help. Prompt to reset password came from TRAVEL.Rang call centre, she reset it, got in once. Then travel.insurance wouldn't let me in. Reset wouldn't work, rang. Man said he'd send email but didn't. Now can't access home insurance either. Won't be renewing either police, what a farce. Reviewed on: 8th June 2023

Unbelievably bad .do not buy

1
Have had great difficulty trying to submit a claim for travel insurance for holiday we were unable to take die to death of my mother.have emailed and submitted forms and tried ringing.witjout even an acknowledgement.unbelievably bad customer service! Reviewed on: 24th April 2023

Waste of time buying

1
Impossible to contact anyone to claim, web site doesnt work Reviewed on: 24th April 2023

Diabolical & useless

1
Wasted £260. Buy a chocolate teapot, much more useful. Flight delay & baggage delay not covered, apparently Reviewed on: 19th April 2023

Pointless

1
Purchased travel insurance for our holiday in May 2022, had to unfortunately seek medical attention whilst on holiday. Attempted to claim this back when I returned home as per the policy and still no further forward, they have emailed asking for more information for the third time but when I attempt to reply it sends a message back to say their inbox is full and also unable to get through on the phone it just rings and rings. Luckily it was only approximately £100 so I have resigned myself to the fact I won’t get this money back, however, I purchase travel insurance so I’m covered which this policy hasn’t fulfilled, feel like I wasted my money purchasing cover. Would always discourage anyone from purchasing travel insurance from the post office very very poor and doesn’t fulfil its purpose. Reviewed on: 6th April 2023

This Firm are Are Crooks!!!

1
15 months and still waiting for payout on our travel insurance…Dozens of emails and to date no end in site. After being in quarantine in Dubai for 1 month they have not paid a single penny compensation!! Collinsons who deal with their claim ‘s are nothing short of corrupt!!! Beware of this….It’s terrible they keep asking the same questions over and over again. Then the whole process starts all over again !!! Reviewed on: 14th March 2023

Dreadful - barriers to claim

1
Flight delay over an hour should have been auto payout. Now asking me for written confirmation from airline. Reviewed on: 14th March 2023

Barriers to making a claim

1
Claiming online (as recommended) involves a website with basic faults (eg no option of entering password twice so you can check it, no 'eye' icon so you can see it). Password reset message not sent. Stuck. Ringing customer services gets you stuck in a queue of music on a loop, deliberately so you give up. How on earth are you meant to make a claim within the specified three months of the incident? Reviewed on: 8th March 2023

Horrible service and scammers

1
They automatically renewed my Health Insurance and withdrew the money from my account. I called them to complain, they apologised and promised me a refund in the next 5 working days, which I never receieved despite my continious calls chasing it 6 week later, I still haven't receved my money. The worst part is some of their advisers teated me like an idiot sometimes or a crook other times. Reviewed on: 25th January 2023

7 months and still waiting

1
I purchased an annual world travel insurance policy with the Post Office. It seemed very comprehensive and very easy to buy. Unfortunately I had my suitcase damaged beyond repair by an airline in June 2022, and had to make a claim. It's been an absolute fiasco since then, with no one seemingly taking any interest in my claim, intermittent emails from them asking for the same information all over again, the occasional apology for the delay, but no reassurance that this will ever be resolved. I feel lucky that i didn't have a really serious health or hospital claim involving a great deal of money, so in many ways I feel I've got off lightly. Will never buy PO travel insurance again - they don't deal with claims in a timely manner, or in my case, not at all so far. Reviewed on: 23rd January 2023

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