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
First of all, we had a group of 10 people on a plan.
Had bad weather in Wisconsin and our flight to Houston was cancelled. We were to join a cruise in Houston but because of the delay, we had to join in Cozumel and had to take a flight to get there and had a hotel stay. This should be a simple trip interruption claim from Nationwide, and this is what their agents told me. That was a month ago, submitted all of the information. they literally just asked for the same information again. I had submitted to another travel insurance company for someone and had their cash back to them in 2 weeks.
Based on my experience, you can fine better insurance,
Had bad weather in Wisconsin and our flight to Houston was cancelled. We were to join a cruise in Houston but because of the delay, we had to join in Cozumel and had to take a flight to get there and had a hotel stay. This should be a simple trip interruption claim from Nationwide, and this is what their agents told me. That was a month ago, submitted all of the information. they literally just asked for the same information again. I had submitted to another travel insurance company for someone and had their cash back to them in 2 weeks.
Based on my experience, you can fine better insurance,
Cole K. would not
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
The trip included a
tour
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Thankfully I did not need the insurance during my trip so I do not know about the claim process but I always get insurance while traveling
Karin E. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
The trip included a
cruise
tour
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Like any insurance it is good when you don't have to use it.
Ruben C. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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1 people found this review helpful
The trip included a
tour
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Didn’t need to file a claim, but it gave us peace of mind knowing that we were covered for any emergency while out of the country!
Edward O. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
The trip included a
cruise
tour
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Overall the process is simple to navigate, but slow due to the excusive email approach. There should be a phone number easily accessible to provide a more person service.
Rodney H. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
The trip included a
tour
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
The plan was not needed but provided a sense of security while I traveled.
John I. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
The trip included a
tour
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Customer service told me I needed a medical letter stating certain items. When I went to file the claim, there was a specific medical form that needed to be filled out. So the person had to go back to the doctor for that. The expected time to even have the claim looked at was 30 days. I called after two weeks to make sure all was rolling along. She said that she couldn't escalate it until 30 days had passed. Then 5 days later the check for the entire amount of the trip that was cancelled showed up! So a view glitches but getting full recovery of trip payment was the goal. Accomplished!
Carla C. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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5 people found this review helpful
The trip included a
cruise
tour
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Did not use, but easy to buy and had good coverage, The most important aside from trip interruption and all that is the medical treatment and evacuation with good limits.
CURRY H. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
The trip included a
cruise
tour
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Didn’t need the plan but glad I had it just in case I did.
Jennifer K. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
The trip included a
cruise
tour
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Essential
Didn't need to use it so hard to say how well it worked. But that's a good thing.
Eileen M. would
recommend this plan to a friend or relative.