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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 rated the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Essential plan
4.62 out of 5
7,804
ratings and reviews
96%
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Didn't need to file a claim but had piece of mind knowing it was there.
Thomas G. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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We didn't need to use it but it was good piece of mind just in case of emergency. Good price too
Heidi S. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Submitted a claim for Morocco and cancelling the trip due to the earthquake. The policy seemed pretty straight forward; however, when I filed the claim, they asked for more detailed documentation. Some things, like the airfare with cost, dates and name I did provide, I do not know what more documentation they wished. Luckily, the travel group I went with refunded the trip. I was not aware I bought a refunded airline ticket so that ended up not being a problem. I was only out train fare, so I did not pursue further through the insurance company. The policy appeared more complicated and not as easy as I had hoped. But again, I did not finish the process but feel they just ask for more information knowing, statistically, people will not follow up/through.
Kimberly W. would not recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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I am very satisfied with the service I received.
Vickie M. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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For medical reasons we needed to cancel our trip. After submitting required paper work a full refund was issued within three weeks
Denise D. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Thankfully we did not need the coverage we bought but it was great knowing that we were covered in case we did need it. The process was easy and cost effective.
Carol S. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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I never had to use it but it did give me peace of mind while traveling
Linda W. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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The plan is affordable while we travel overseas. However, we don't have claim experience, so still don't know it is a good plan or not. Hope we never need to claim anything that would be good for us and for the business.
qiao w. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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I did not have to file a claim, so I don't have direct knowledge of how that goes. But there were several times during the trip when I consciously thought about the protection this policy afforded us and relaxed into enjoying my trip all the more.
Susan E. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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East to book and gave us peace of mind
Thomas P. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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