How School Trips Can Be Secured with Travel Protection

School trips are a great way to mix both travel and education. It gives students the opportunity to engage in visual and hands-on learning methods. This is especially helpful for students who struggle to engage and learn in traditional classroom environments. While school trips create lasting memories for students, possible mishaps can happen along the way. This is why it is important to prepare by securing your school trip with blanket travel protection. Let’s take a look at how blanket travel protection can safeguard your educational trip.

What Is Blanket Travel Protection

Blanket travel protection keeps everyone on the same plan with the same level of protection. This way each student won’t have to be responsible for securing their own individual protection plans. With blanket travel protection, teachers and administrators may have more ease to know that their staff and children are covered for unexpected problems, such as medical emergencies.

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When purchasing a blanket travel protection plan from Travel Insured, it’s important to know your benefits and what is or is not covered. Blanket travel protection can be sold with a $0 trip cost. This means that students will only have post-departure coverages with no Trip Cancellation and up to $500 Return Air for Trip Interruption. To be eligible for Trip Cancellation or Trip Interruption coverage, the school will need to insure the trip cost of each student. Blanket travel protection plans are comprised of a variety of benefits that include, but are not limited to Travel Delay, Missed Connection, Accident & Sickness Medical Expense, and Emergency Medical Evacuation.

Emergency Assistance Services

There are many unpredictable moments that can happen on any school trip. Travel protection keeps travelers protected from the unexpected in all sorts of situations. Our blanket travel protection plans include Non-insurance Worldwide Emergency Assistance Services to help keep your group on the right track, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  Here are a few examples of how non-insurance assistance services can help on your school trip:

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Medical

If a student gets sick or injured while on your trip, you can get the assistance you need to get the student treated at the nearest hospital or be sent home.

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Translation

A lot of times when you travel somewhere new, there are language barriers that prevent effective communication. With non-insurance assistance services, you can get someone to assist you in translation and communication.

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Prescription Replacement

Each student has different needs when it comes to prescription medication. If a student happens to lose their eyeglasses or prescription while on a school trip, they can get assistance to receive a replacement if needed.

Seek Professional Advice

School trips allow students and teachers to get out of traditional classrooms and create shared experiences for hands-on learning. Travel protection is a great way to protect students and staff from all kinds of unexpected events on a school trip. Contact [email protected] for more information about our blanket and group products and find the best plan to suit your school trip!