Remember the huge-ass volcanic ash cloud of 2010? If you don’t recall this event, Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano blew its top and caused chaos in the aviation world.
I was halfway through my around-the-world trip from Australia – London – USA – Australia and due to fly within 24 hours when the ash cloud brought flights to a grinding halt across western and northern Europe.
Some 20 countries closed their airspace, and it affected approximately 10 million travellers. I remember having drinks in Covent Garden, London on the day of the eruption when talks of flight cancellations started to spread. I immediately said to my friend “thank God I have my travel insurance.”
Admittedly, I did have to double-check my policy to ensure I was actually covered for natural disasters. I honestly never imagined that a massive volcano would cause me to miss my flight to Los Angeles – but that’s precisely why you NEED to have travel insurance. To protect you against the unexpected!
Fortunately, my Explorer plan from World Nomads covered me for an unlimited value for cancellation or trip interruption expenses.
FYI The standard plan has a capped limit of AUD 3,500 for this same occurrence.
Thanks for the discount code 🤛
I have also used World Nomads a few time before and claimed only once, but that one claim would have made back about 3 x more than I have paid in policies. I never understand people who travel without insurance it’s so stupid!!
Why not just use your credit card insurance and you won’t have to pay any extra for insurance?!
With your second claim, did you have any issues proving how you were affected at all?
Hey Zac,
None at all actually. I kept all my receipts (hotel & other things) and submitted these to World Nomads when I did my claim. I suggest you take a photo of them and upload them to the the cloud so you don’t lose them!
Great article and just what I was looking for. I have been on the fence about World Nomad insurance, but you just made up my mind.
Cheers
Glad to hear it helped 🙂