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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.

Customers who have taken a cruise and visited the Bahamas rated the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Essential plan
4.74 out of 5
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Trip Insurance through Nationwide was easy to book and less expensive than through the travel agent. Very pleased that I had what I needed for a reasonable price! Highly recommend👍
Mary Ann N. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Provide peace of mind
Stephen S. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Just happy I didn't need to use it!
Juantina W. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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TY E. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Another cruise in the books with full peace of mind that we had our travel insurance, just in case! Thank goodness we did not need it. But, I read a story where a passenger had a heart attack and was stuck in a Dominican Republic hospital with no funds to return to the States because they did not get insurance.

We always use insuremytrip to find a policy that fits our needs based on where we are going.
Joseph L. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Claim processed and paid within 30 days of submission.
Marie H. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Wow! It is a time-consuming, complicated and convoluted process to fill a simple claim. LOTS of hoops to jump through.
Michael B. would not recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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I never needed to file a claim. However, I did have to change my travel dates. This insurance was very accommodating.
Julie Ann S. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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UPDATE: we were notified (after the start date of the original trip), that the coverage had been transferred to our new date. Still haven’t travelled.

Original Review: Due to Covid our trip was rescheduled we notified insurance a month before departure we called them three times to ensure they were tracking the change, I was told it was in underwriting, have never received any notice that the insurance dates have been changed, just got this request to review our trip that didn’t happen. Can’t even imagine what it would be like if you had to file a claim.
Michael E. would not recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Thankfully I did not need to use this insurance...I am very tech challenged and was able to figure it out. I wish there was a printed copy sent out.I will be using u again in March.Ty!
Diane P. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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