Your work as a volunteer is important, and you deserve protection while doing it. Our volunteer insurance coverage can help safeguard you from unexpected disruptions during your service trip.
Your work as a volunteer is important, and you deserve protection while doing it. Our volunteer insurance coverage can help safeguard you from unexpected disruptions during your service trip.
How our volunteer travel
insurance can help you
When you volunteer, you're stepping into new environments, new communities, and new responsibilities. That can feel both meaningful and overwhelming. Whether you're serving abroad or supporting a project closer to home, our travel insurance for volunteering trips is here to help protect you so you can stay focused on the work that matters.
Here's what you get with our comprehensive
volunteer travel insurance
Whether you're traveling to support a community project or joining a volunteer program overseas, you deserve reliable protection every step of the way. Our comprehensive travel insurance for volunteer work offers medical coverage, trip cancellation benefits, round-the-clock assistance, and more so you can stay focused on your mission. Review the benefits below to find the right fit for your trip.
Before you buy: If you're volunteering abroad for several months, our Essential and Advantage plans won't be the right fit. They only offer coverage for trips up to 30 days. Instead, choose the Ultimate plan. It offers protection for trips up to 180 days.*
*90 days for residents of WA
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
volunteer travel insurance
If you want affordable volunteer insurance coverage, Travel Med Go may be the right fit. It includes key benefits such as emergency medical care, travel delay protection, and baggage coverage, while skipping trip cancellation to help keep costs down. It's a solid match for volunteers heading out on shorter service trips. Learn more below.
Before you buy: Travel Med Go offers affordable travel insurance for volunteering trips, with the core medical benefits volunteers often need. It works well for short-term projects, whether you're part of an organization or traveling on your own. Just confirm your volunteer stay is under 60 days.
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
volunteer travel insurance
Catching a flight to your volunteer placement? Or navigating multiple connections to reach your service site? Our flight travel insurance for volunteer work starts with Flight Insure, which offers core air travel protection. For added support, Flight Insure Plus includes emergency medical coverage, missed connection benefits, and baggage protection. Explore both plans below.
Before you buy: Many volunteer organizations and program sponsors require a minimum level of emergency medical coverage for participants. Flight Insure Plus offers up to $10,000, but that may not meet your organization's guidelines. Be sure to confirm coverage requirements with your volunteer coordinator before purchasing.
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
volunteer travel insurance?
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
Volunteer travel comes in all shapes and sizes, from teaching and conservation work to disaster relief and community projects. With up to nine optional upgrades, including cancel for any reason, adventure sports coverage, and rental car damage, you can customize your plan to fit the unique demands of your service work.
25+ years' experience
For more than 25 years, we've helped travelers protect their trips, including volunteers heading into new communities, remote regions, and high-impact service environments. Our award-winning technology and decades of expertise help support you wherever your volunteer work takes you, from urban centers to off-grid placements.
24/7 travel support
Volunteer work often means stepping into unfamiliar places where things don't always go as planned. That's why our 24/7 assistance provider is always here to help, from finding medical care in remote areas to assisting with lost documents or unexpected travel issues during your assignment.
Get to know our coverage
a little bit more
Kick off your service trip fully supported with our benefits and upgrades.
Unpack our benefits
When it comes to volunteer travel insurance, having solid backup lets you focus on the work that matters. Our benefits offer trip cancellation coverage, emergency medical help, 24/7 assistance, and additional protection designed for meaningful travel.
Discover our upgrades
Service work abroad comes in many forms, which is why we offer optional upgrades like adventure activities coverage, cancel for any reason, rental car damage, and more. You can tailor your plan to match the kind of work you're doing and where you're going.
Thoughtful travel tips for
volunteers around the world
Before you begin your next volunteer assignment, pause to explore our guides. They offer practical tips and insights to help you navigate your service trip with confidence.
Want to know more about our
volunteer travel insurance?
These FAQs dive into the details of our coverage, how benefits work for service trips, and how to choose the right protection for your time abroad. Explore the answers below.
All our plans offer travel insurance for volunteering trips, but the plan you choose should depend on your travel needs. When you compare plans, think about whether you need trip cancellation coverage, how long you're traveling for, and what you'll be doing while you're away.
Our top choice for people looking for travel insurance for volunteer work is our Ultimate plan. It has our most inclusive coverage and highest benefit limits, so you can feel more comfortable whether you're helping build homes a few states away or teaching children in a faraway country. Our Ultimate plan can provide coverage for emergency medical expenses, delayed baggage, lost or stolen personal items, and more. And it's our most customizable plan, with up to nine optional upgrades like adventure activities, additional medical, and cancel for any reason.*
Worried you'll get sick or injured and won't have the treatment you need in your destination? With our Ultimate plan, you'll have our highest level of coverage for emergency medical evacuations, plus 24/7 travel assistance. So, if you become severely ill or suffer a serious injury while volunteering, our assistance provider can arrange and help pay for your emergency medical evacuation to a hospital with the care you need.
*Cancel for any fortuitous reason for NY residents.
It depends how long your trip is. With our Ultimate plan, you'll have coverage for up to 180 days.* The maximum trip length our Advantage and Essential plans can offer coverage for is 30 days.
Anything can happen at any time when you're traveling (whether you're volunteering or not), so it's important to protect your entire trip. This way, whether you're building communities or conserving nature, you can focus on your mission rather than potential trip mishaps. And, if something does go wrong while you're away, our 24/7 assistance provider can be there to help.
*90 days for residents of WA.
It's free and simple to get a quote. Just hit the "Get quote" button below, then enter your destination. Once you've told us about your trip and travelers, we'll show you your volunteer insurance coverage options.
Prefer to speak to us before you buy? You can also reach our award-winning customer service team for questions or a quote at 1-800-228-9792.
Our travel insurance for volunteer trips offers coverage for many common volunteer activities, including construction support, teaching, community outreach, animal care, and agricultural work. These activities are not automatically excluded as "work" or "manual labor."
However, if your volunteer role involves higher-risk tasks, you may need to add our adventure activities upgrade for those activities to be eligible for coverage. This upgrade is required for things like:
Here are two examples of when a volunteer would want to add the adventure activities upgrade:
Yes. While volunteer work can sometimes lead travelers into higher-risk destinations, there are certain places where we cannot offer coverage. If your volunteer trip takes you to a blocked destination or a country that is sanctioned by OFAC, we are unable to provide travel insurance for that trip.
Before finalizing your plans, be sure to check current restrictions so you know whether your destination is eligible for coverage.
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