Travel Insurance Reviews Nationwide Essential
The Essential plan from Nationwide Mutual Insurance is for travelers planning trips on a budget who don't want to sacrifice coverage. Coverages include Trip Cancellation and Interruption, Medical, Emergency Medical Evacuation, and Assistance Services.
To learn more, see the Nationwide Essential trip insurance product page.
The trip included a
cruise
tour
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Did not need but glad I had it.
Michael T. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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2 people found this review helpful
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
We purchased insurance "in case" of travel issues or health issues. Grateful that neither occurred but was glad to have the level of coverage we did. I'm able to call and get clarification to any questions I might have prior to purchase (and after).
Jennifer M. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
The trip included a
cruise
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Since, thankfully, I did not have to file a claim I don’t have any input regarding the policy.
Barbara I. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Fortunately I did not need to use my plan but I had peace of mind knowing that I was covered for the unexpected. This plan covered everything I needed at a reasonable cost.
Benita W. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Essential
Used the plan in UK. Well taken care of. Thank you.
BLAND W. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
The trip included a
cruise
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Since we did not have to use it, it’s hard to say. We did compare a few companies though the this seemed to have the best coverage for the best rate.
Paula D. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Had a problem with the plan's coverage on Baggage Delay. When returning from Jamaica, my wife's suitcase did not come down the baggage shoot at Newark. Upon looking into the matter at the lost baggage kiosk, we found out the bag was never shipped, nor even scanned to be loaded in Jamaica, even though it was tagged to be loaded on our flight. The next day came, still no bag. Later we were called and told the bag was then shipped to Chicago and that we would get it the next day. We did. Unfortunately, we were told "return" baggage delay was NOT covered. What is the correct response? Why offer Baggage Delay in your promotion details; we were told to read the small print of the actual contract." Nice trick. Goodbye. Nationwide. "Nationwide is NOT on your side."
Lawrence L. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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4 people found this review helpful
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Always nice to have trip insurance when we travel!
John C. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Essential
This travel insurance thing is a pretty good scam. If you look at all of the glowing reviews you see comments like “I didn’t need to use the plan” “...but it gave me piece of mind.” LOL. Seriously? How can you give glowing reviews to something you never used? Folks wake up and look at the ratings for people who DID TRY to use the plan. We purchased this plan months before the Coronavirus even existed. Our vacation to Jamaica had to be canceled because they were quarantining arrivals for 14 days. Fortunately our flight was with airline miles that were given back to us. We got a travel bank credit for tax money that was extended well beyond the normal time frame. The resort also offered a full credit for use until the end of 2021 AND a resort credit of $200 for goodwill even though none of this was their fault. And then we have Nationwide Travel Insurance. We asked for a refund of this unused policy due to a once in a lifetime event so that we could repurchase a plan when we rescheduled our trip. We got “you are outside the 10 day review and cancel window”. Really? Almost every other business in America is bending over backwards to help out customers. Nationwide? Not happening at Nationwide. If you ever need to file a claim with Nationwide, we wish you luck. We will have a hard time EVER purchasing another plan from Nationwide. We look forward to another legalese response just like all of the other ones provided when someone posts a less than stellar review.
James J. would not
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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2 people found this review helpful
The trip included a
cruise
tour
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Much more affordable than the plans offered by the the travel agent.
Victor T. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
We are happy to hear that Nationwide is able to hold the policy for use on future travel.