Football Travel Insurance for Players Training & Competing Abroad
If football is the main reason for your trip, standard travel insurance often falls short. Our football travel insurance is designed specifically for individual players travelling abroad to train, compete or prepare for the season ahead.
Whether you are heading overseas for a training camp, pre-season tour or football tournament, this policy provides specialist sports cover while you play. That includes protection for football-related injuries, essential kit and unexpected trip disruption, so you can focus on your performance, not the small print.
What football activities are covered?
Our football travel insurance is designed for individual players travelling abroad to train or compete, with cover applying when football is the main purpose of your trip rather than an incidental activity. This includes overseas training camps and football academies, pre-season trips, amateur and semi-professional tournaments, friendly and competitive matches, as well as structured coaching sessions, warm-ups and football-specific conditioning. Provided you are travelling as an individual player and the activity is appropriate for your experience or ability level, you are covered while training or competing abroad.
Ask yourself two questions about your current travel insurance –
Does it cover me if the primary purpose of my trip is to play football?
e.g. pre-season training camp
Does my travel insurance cover me for overseas football festivals?
e.g. F7 International Cup
Football travel insurance vs standard travel insurance
Most standard travel insurance policies are not built for footballers. If football is the main reason for your trip, it is often excluded or only covered on a very limited basis.
Our football travel insurance is different. It is designed specifically for players travelling abroad to train or compete, providing cover that reflects the realities of playing football overseas.
With football travel insurance, you benefit from:
- Medical cover for football-related injuries sustained while training or competing
- Protection for essential football kit and equipment
- Trip cancellation and curtailment cover if injury or illness prevents you from playing
- Cover that applies when football is the primary purpose of your trip
- This means fewer grey areas, fewer assumptions, and cover that works when you actually need it.
Annual or Short Term
A Travel lots, pay less
Committing to an annual policy can often work out better value than buying cover for each trip, while still keeping you protected for every weekend football camp or week-long holiday abroad.
Plus, our policies can cover multiple sports, so you could be set for your summer football tournament and still have cover ready for your winter skiing trip; no last-minute insurance scramble required.
B No commitment
Not travelling all the time, or not ready to sign up for a full year? No worries. Our short-term, single-trip policies might cost a little more per trip, but they give you all the flexibility you need and the same handy suite of covers as our annual travellers.
Discounts
Heading off with your other half or the whole gang? We think that should be fun, not a headache for your wallet. That’s why couples get a break on the second traveller. One policy covers you both, and let’s be honest, one set of claims is usually enough drama for anyone.
Families get an even sweeter deal. Extra kids are added at a lower rate, so a family of four ends up paying just a little more than two adults. Single parents, don’t worry, the same clever scaling applies. Basically, we won’t charge you double just because there are more of you.
It all makes sense: more people on one policy doesn’t mean double the risk, and it certainly doesn’t mean double the paperwork. So grab your crew, pack your bags, and enjoy the trip. We’ve got the cover sorted at a fair price, no fuss, no nonsense.
Football Travel Insurance Cover summary
Travel Insurance benefits |
Limit |
| Emergency Medical Expenses | £10,000,000 |
| Emergency Repatriation | £10,000,000 |
| Trip Cancellation | £2,500 to £10,000 |
| Dental Treatment | £250 |
| Hospital Benefit | £500 |
| Baggage | £2,500 |
| Travel Documents | £500 |
| Delayed Baggage | £250 |
| Personal Money | £500 |
| Departure Delay | £250 |
| Holiday Abandonment | £5,000 |
| Missed Departure | £1,000 |
| Missed Connections | £20,000 |
| Personal Accident | £20,000 |
| Death Benefit | £10,000 |
| Personal Liability | £2,000,000 |
| Car Hire Excess Protection (optional) | £5,000 |
Sports covers | Limit |
| Owned or Hired Sports Equipment | £500 |
| Sports Equipment Upgrade (optional) | £2500 to £5,000 |
| Sports Equipment Emergency Hire | £500 |
| Sports Equipment Repatriation | £250 |
| Sports Activity Interruption | £500 |
| Race/Event Entry Fees | £750 |
| Gadget Cover | £2,000 |
Welcome to our Football travel insurance FAQ section
We can hopefully answer all your questions related to our football travel insurance. If you can’t find the answer you are looking for after looking through the FAQs, you can call us Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. We typically answer the phone in under 30 seconds.
Yes. This policy is designed specifically for situations where football is the main reason you are travelling abroad, including training and competing.
Yes. Cover applies while training, warming up and competing, provided the activity is football-related and appropriate for your level of experience.
Yes. Football tournaments abroad are covered for individual players, including amateur and competitive events.
Yes. Essential football kit and equipment are covered under the policy, subject to the policy limits and conditions.
No. This is an individual travel insurance policy. Each player must purchase their own cover.
