Our Bahamas travel insurance can help protect you from costly emergency medical bills, hurricane disruptions, and more — so you can relax and enjoy your island getaway.
Our Bahamas travel insurance can help protect you from costly emergency medical bills, hurricane disruptions, and more — so you can relax and enjoy your island getaway.
How our travel insurance
for the Bahamas can help you
From sudden storms to diving injuries, travel insurance for the Bahamas helps cover unexpected costs like emergency medical expenses, travel delays, and cancellations.
Here's what you get with our robust
travel insurance for the Bahamas
Want our best Bahamas travel insurance for your trip? You're in the right place.
Whether you're snorkeling off Nassau or island-hopping by ferry, our comprehensive plans are built to help protect you, your trip, and your wallet.
Before you buy: When it comes to scuba diving travel insurance, our Ultimate, Advantage, and Essential plans include coverage for recreational dives up to 75 feet — but if you're planning to dive deeper, don't forget to add our adventure activities upgrade for extra protection.
Important:
*This coverage only applies to emergency medical expenses that first arise during your trip. You’ll have a $50 deductible if your primary residence is in Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Vermont, or Washington. Residents of New Hampshire are eligible for up to $50,000 emergency medical and dental coverage with the Ultimate plan.
Here's what you get with our on-trip
travel insurance for the Bahamas
Don't need trip cancellation coverage for your Bahamas getaway? Our Travel Med Go plan offers essential travel insurance for beach trips, including emergency medical expenses and 24/7 assistance while you're abroad.
See what's included, what's not, and the benefit limits below.
Before you buy: Travel Med Go is designed for travelers who don't need trip cancellation benefits — just on-trip coverage for things like delays, luggage, emergency medical, and 24/7 assistance. If you're not departing for a while, it may be worth comparing other plans that include broader protection, like Ultimate, Advantage, and Essential.
Important:
*This coverage only applies to emergency medical expenses that first arise during your trip. You’ll have a $50 deductible if your primary residence is in Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Vermont, or Washington. Residents of New Hampshire are eligible for up to $50,000 emergency medical and dental coverage with the Ultimate plan.
Here's what you get with our flight
travel insurance for the Bahamas
Flying to the Bahamas for some time in the sea and on the sand? Our flight plans are focused on air protection. Flight Insure Plus offers additional benefits, including emergency medical, missed connection, and baggage coverage.
Check out the table below to compare your options and see what's included, what's not, and the benefit limits for our flight Bahamas travel insurance.
Before you buy: These flight-focused plans aren't eligible for optional upgrades like adventure activities or rental car damage coverage — so if you're planning excursions like scuba diving or driving through the islands, our Ultimate, Advantage, or Essential plan may be a better fit.
Important:
*This coverage only applies to emergency medical expenses that first arise during your trip. You’ll have a $50 deductible if your primary residence is in Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Vermont, or Washington. Residents of New Hampshire are eligible for up to $50,000 emergency medical and dental coverage with the Ultimate plan.
Why vacation with our
travel insurance for the Bahamas?
You can match your coverage to your trip and move forward with a team that understands the ups, downs, and surprises of travel.
Personalize your policy
Planning to snorkel, rent a car, or island-hop? With up to nine optional upgrades like adventure activities and rental car damage, you can tailor coverage to your plans.
25+ years' experience
We've helped travelers stay safe on thousands of trips to the Bahamas — backed by decades of experience and award-winning technology.
24/7 travel support
Whether you need a local doctor in Eleuthera or emergency support in Nassau, our emergency assistance team is available anytime, anywhere in the Bahamas.
Get to know our coverage
a little bit more
Our benefits and optional upgrades make it easy to tailor your policy to your Bahamas trip — whether you're hitting the beach, diving offshore, or exploring by car.
Unpack our benefits
Our Bahamas travel insurance offers essential benefits like emergency medical expenses, trip interruption, and travel delay — so you can explore with confidence.
Discover our upgrades
Our travel insurance for the Bahamas offers up to nine optional upgrades, making it easy to customize your coverage to match your plans — from relaxing getaways to active adventures.
Tips for a smooth and
unforgettable Bahamas vacation
Traveling to the Bahamas? Read these tips before you go to help you prepare.
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Explore what's eligible for coverage and how we can support your getaway to the Bahamas.
Even if you plan to relax for your entire all-inclusive Caribbean vacation, it's still smart to think about getting travel insurance. Beyond merely helping to protect against unforeseen medical issues or accidents during your journey, we can also provide coverage for unpredicted eligible events like trip interruptions and travel delays.
You may have made a big investment in your cruise, and you never know when you could be one named storm or unforeseen illness away from a canceled trip.
If your plans are derailed because of an unanticipated event, travel insurance coverage for Bahamas cruises may reimburse you for unforeseen expenses or prevent you from losing your whole cruise investment. We can offer you coverage whether your ship departs from the United States or the Bahamas as long as your primary residence is in the United States.
Learn more about how our cruise travel insurance can help you feel more in control while enjoying a cruise in the Bahamas.
If you're picturing yourself feeling the wind in your hair while you drive past the white-sand beaches of the Bahamas, you may want to look into our rental car damage upgrade. It can provide coverage if there's damage to your rental car because of eligible events like collision and flood.
Discover more about our travel insurance for car rentals here.
Have you dreamt about scuba diving Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas or hiking at the Bahamas National Trust Nature Centre in Freeport? At Travelex, certain activities are included with our base coverage, such as horseback riding, snorkeling, and kayaking. And if you're looking to rent a jet ski like many other Bahamian tourists, you'll feel relieved to know our base plans include jet ski travel insurance.
But, if you think you'll try another activity that isn't eligible for coverage with the base plans, it's a smart idea to consider adding our adventure activities upgrade. It can provide you with scuba travel insurance, skydiving coverage, and more.
Some of our plans offer trip cancellation coverage for certain reasons. But having the freedom to know you're able to cancel your trip for any reason can feel like a huge relief — even before something unexpected happens.
Our Ultimate plan is eligible for our optional cancel for any reason upgrade, which can reimburse you up to 75% ($7,500 maximum) of your insured trip payments when you have to cancel your trip up to 48 hours before departing. You can use our cancel for any reason upgrade for any cancellation reason at all.
To get cancel for any reason coverage, you must:
*Cancel for any fortuitous reason for NY residents.
Thinking about visiting the nearby Florida Keys or Turks and Caicos during your Bahamas vacation? You can get coverage for your whole trip even if you're stopping in different countries, as long as the country you're in isn't a sanctioned or restricted destination that we don't insure (check our blocked destinations page for more information).
When you get a Bahamas travel insurance quote for a trip to multiple countries, you should enter your destination as the country you'll be in for most of the trip. For example, if you plan on staying in the Florida Keys for two nights and the Bahamas for three nights, you should list the Bahamas as your destination for travel insurance purposes.
You may be able to get travel insurance through your credit card, but it likely won't include 24/7 travel assistance or be backed by a specialized company that provides higher benefit limits. You may also have to jump through hoops to receive travel insurance coverage through a credit card company, as some have requirements for eligibility before coverage can kick-in.
At Travelex, we can offer broader coverage than most credit card companies — including potentially insuring pre-existing medical conditions — so you can have a smoother journey in the Bahamas.
Our Ultimate, Advantage, Essential, and Travel Med Go plans include travel insurance for scuba diving up to 75 feet, which is perfect for most guided dives in the Bahamas. If you're planning to go deeper than 75 feet or participate in more advanced or technical diving experiences, you'll want to add our adventure activities upgrade to ensure you're eligible for coverage.
This upgrade is designed for travelers who are taking part in higher-risk activities, including deep-water diving, and adds an extra layer of protection to your policy. It's a great option if you're heading to popular dive spots in the Bahamas like Andros, the Exumas, or the Tongue of the Ocean, where deeper dives are common.
Adding the upgrade is simple during the quote process, and it helps make sure you're protected no matter how deep you plan to go.
In most cases, no. The majority of U.S. health insurance plans — including Medicare — don't cover medical expenses incurred in the Bahamas. That means if you need medical care while abroad, you could be responsible for the full cost out of pocket.
To help protect yourself, it's recommended to purchase Bahamas travel insurance before your trip. A plan with emergency medical coverage can help cover doctor visits, hospital stays, and emergency medical evacuations if something unexpected happens while you're in the Bahamas.
Our travel insurance can help if a hurricane or other natural disaster affects your trip, but the coverage depends on the plan you choose and when you buy your policy.
Our Ultimate, Advantage, and Essential plans include trip cancellation benefits, which can reimburse you if you need to cancel before your departure due to severe weather. These plans, along with Travel Med Go, also include trip interruption, travel delay, and emergency medical evacuation coverage which can help if your trip is disrupted after it starts.
To make the most of these benefits, it's important to purchase your plan before a storm is named.
It's best to buy travel insurance for beach trips as soon as you've booked your trip. Purchasing early helps ensure you get the most value from your plan — especially if you want trip cancellation benefits, which only apply to events that happen after your coverage is in place.
If you're traveling during hurricane season (June through November), it's especially important to buy your plan before a storm is named. Once a storm is forecasted or officially named, it's considered a known event and may no longer be covered.
Buying early also gives you time to review your coverage, consider optional upgrades — like adventure activities for scuba diving — and make sure your plan fits your Bahamas itinerary.
Yes, if you're eligible for coverage with our pre-existing condition exclusion waiver, available with our Ultimate plan.
To be eligible, you must:
If you meet this criteria, the waiver may allow coverage for certain pre-existing medical conditions — so you can enjoy your Bahamas trip with added confidence.
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