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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
7,457
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97%
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I did not have a claim.
Sandra W. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Did not use the insurance, but was nice to know I had it just in case something was to happen.
Donald A. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Hard to rate since no services needed.
Website reasonably easy to navigate.
Price seemed fair
Judi S. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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I did not have to file a claim, but the ease of purchasing was very much appreciated. The representative was great & I would use them again.
Donna S. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
1 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Covid was covered.
Customer support intelligent and clear.
Price was right.
Got all i wished for.
Naomi S. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Essential
This is the first time we have ever bought trip insurance,and the only reason why I did is because we were traveling to San Francisco from Wisconsin to get on a cruise ship. The way the airlines have been having problems I didn’t want to get stranded somewhere and miss the ship and lose out on all that money.So basically it was for piece of mind.We never had to make a claim on it so do not know how that would have worked out it with did.
Kathleen M. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Hard to rate when I did not need any coverage for anything ,thank God but felt a comfort knowing that it was there.
Mark M. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Essential
My destination in Cayman Islands required coverage for Covid. Initially, I wasn’t sure if that coverage was included so I read through all the fine print to check. It would be helpful to see coverage for Covid included in the summary policy description.
Patricia C. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Didn’t have to the invoke any parts of the plan I bought. Felt that it was best value for money spent. That might be different if I had to make a claim, but I didn’t.
Jeanne F. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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I had one change needed to my plan a couple of weeks before we left and the agent with whom I spoke was helpful. The change was easy and I was very pleased with the customer service. Luckily we did not need the coverage to file a claim, but in the time of COVID I was glad I had the insurance. After researching possible companies, this was the one I chose and I'm glad.
Cynthia K. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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