Travel Protection Plan
POWERED BY TRIP MATE
Travel Protection designed for the Student Travel Market.
Protecting you, your travel investment, and your belongings from unforeseen circumstances that may arise before or during your trip.
We recognize the importance of travel protection. For overnight trips, Academic Expeditions purchases on-trip benefits for all travelers. The on-trip benefits include coverages for:
- Trip Interruption
- Accident and Sickness Medical Expense
- Medical Evacuation and Repatriation
- Baggage and Personal Effects
- Baggage Delay
View plan details and important disclaimers: https://www.tripmate.com/wpF533P(opens in a new tab).
Protect your trip payments in case you are not able to travel
When registering, families will have the choice between two options to purchase Trip Cancellation upgrades.
Option 1) Trip Cancellation Upgrade
Upon registration families will have the option to purchase Trip Cancellation coverage. With this plan, if you cancel your trip due to an unforeseen covered event, you can be reimbursed for your trip payments to Academic Expeditions, not already refunded by our Cancellation Terms. (Cancellation Terms & Conditions)
Covered events include but are not limited to:
- Sickness, injury or death of traveling student, their traveling companion or a family member.
- Covid is covered the same as any other sickness.
- Inclement weather that causes the complete cessation of flight or bus services for at least 12 consecutive hours.
- Quarantine of the student of their traveling companion.
- And many more…
For a complete list of covered reasons please see the plan document for more details: https://www.tripmate.com/wpF533K(opens in a new tab)
Option 2) Optional Cancel For Any Reason Upgrade
With this option families receive the aforementioned Trip Cancellation benefits plus Cancel For Any Reason coverage.
- Cancel For Any Reason (CFAR): up to 75% of the non-refundable trip cost according to the Academic Expeditions cancellation terms. (Cancellation Terms & Conditions(opens in a new tab))
- To be eligible for the Cancel For Any Reason Benefit the payment for the plan must be received by Academic Expedition within 30 days of the date your initial payment or deposit for your trip is received; and you must cancel your trip two days (2) or more before your scheduled departure date.
- Additional costs and terms apply. CFAR is not currently available for residents of New York.
Academic Expeditions is not an insurer, nor liable for any coverage amounts, and is not qualified or authorized to answer technical questions about the benefits, exclusions, or conditions of plan coverage.
Insurance claims are filed directly between the traveler/claimant and Trip Mate, a Generali Global Assistance & Insurance Services brand, P.O. Box 527 Hazelwood, MO 63042, 1-833-297-2255 https://www.travelclaimsonline.com/claim(opens in a new tab).
To learn more about the specifics of how each traveler is protected under state specific plans, click one of the links below.
On-trip Benefits https://www.tripmate.com/wpF533P(opens in a new tab)
Trip Cancellation and Optional CFAR Benefits https://www.tripmate.com/wpF533K(opens in a new tab)
If you have additional questions regarding your trip, you may contact us via phone at +1 917.608.4177 or email our Director of Finance, Kara Williams, at kwilliams@aedetravel.com to learn more.
This advertisement contains highlights of the plans developed by Trip Mate, a Generali Global Assistance & Insurance Services brand, which include travel insurance coverages underwritten by United States Fire Insurance Company, Principal Office located in Morristown, New Jersey, under form series T7000 et al, T210 et al and TP-401 et al and non-insurance Travel Assistance Services provided by Generali Global Assistance. The terms of insurance coverages in the plans may vary by jurisdiction and not all insurance coverages are available in all jurisdictions. Insurance coverages in these plans are subject to terms, limitations and exclusions including an exclusion for pre-existing medical conditions. In most states, your travel retailer is not a licensed insurance producer/agent and is not qualified or authorized to answer technical questions about the terms, benefits, exclusions and conditions of the insurance offered or to evaluate the adequacy of your existing insurance coverage. Your travel retailer may be compensated for the purchase of a plan and may provide general information about the plans offered, including a description of the coverage and price. The purchase of travel insurance is not required in order to purchase any other product or service from your travel retailer. CA DOI toll free number is 800-927-4357. The cost of your plan is for the entire plan, which consists of both insurance and non-insurance components. Individuals looking to obtain additional information regarding the features and pricing of each travel plan component, please contact Trip Mate, a Generali Global Assistance & Insurance Services brand; We are licensed in all states; P.O. Box 527, Hazelwood, MO 63042; 1-833-297-2255; assistancefees@tripmate.com. While Trip Mate markets the travel insurance in these plans on behalf of USF, non-insurance components of the plans were added to the plans by Trip Mate and Trip Mate does not receive compensation from USF for providing the non-insurance components of the plans.
