Travel Insurance for Your Trip to France

Flight Provider	Description	Online Discount
ASDA Travel Insurance	Annual or single trip travel insurance. Instant quote and instant cover available 24-hour English-speaking medical emergency helpline 24-hour Helpline for all claims	10% Discount	Get A Quote
1Stop Travel Insurance	24 Hour Emergency Medical Support Cancellation & Curtailment up to £5000 / Baggage up to £1500 Missed departure up to £1000 Medical up to £10 million	Kids Free on Some Policies	Get A Quote
Barclays Travel Insurance	A 24-hour Travel Assistant Helpline for advice before you travel and help while you're away Payout within two days of agreeing a claim Up to £30,000 personal accident cover Up to £2 million personal liability Up to £10 million emergency medical expenses	10% Discount	Multi Trip Get A Quote Single Trip Get A Quote
Virgin Money Travel Insurance	Over 40 adventure activities are covered as standard and winter sports cover is automatically included with our annual policies. You can choose to add optional extras like golf or business trip cover if you need to. Specially tailored policies for over 65’s and backpackers too	Kids are covered for FREE up to 3 under 18's per adult	Multi Trip Get A Quote Single Trip Get A Quote

France Travel Insurance Information

People often wonder whether you need insurance cover when travelling to France by ferry. Well, you don't NEED to, but we strongly advise it.

The new European Health Insurance Card (which has taken the place of the old E111 form) means that all E.U. citizens with the card will receive free health care when travelling to fellow E.U. states. This card can be obtained from any local Post Office, or online here.

Though the card does offer free emergency health care when in the E.U., the full cost of any treatment is unlikely to be covered. Due to possible medical charges that could be incurred whilst travelling abroad, we would strongly advise all passengers to take out travel insurance whenever leaving the UK.

If you are planning to partake in France's various winter sports, be sure that your insurance policy covers such activities. This is imperative, as the cost of winter sports injuries can mount up into the thousands.

The European Union Health Card is good news for passengers who are only travelling to France for a short period of time, but anyone travelling for longer should really look into full insurance cover for the duration of their stay. The last thing anyone needs to bring home with them when come back from their holiday is a massive medical bill!