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Nationwide Essential

The Nationwide Essential plan is a good option if you are planning a trip on a budget, but don't want to sacrifice coverage.

With coverages like trip cancellation, trip interruption and baggage protection, this plan includes the standard comprehensive travel insurance coverages. It also features some additional options. You can add the optional coverages for rental car collision if you are planning on using a rental car during your trip. Be sure to call your rental car company to verify if they will honor this coverage.

If you purchase the plan within 10 days of your initial trip payment; insure the full pre-paid, non-refundable cost of the trip; and meet all the eligibility requirements you could qualify for additional time sensitive benefits, such as financial default coverage and the pre-existing conditions exclusions waiver.

This plan also includes medical coverage for unexpected medical and dental emergencies. If you qualify for the pre-existing conditions exclusions waiver, you could receive treatment for illness or injury associated with that pre-existing condition, regardless of the lookback period. The plan also includes emergency medical evacuation if the attending physician recommends that your condition warrants transportation to another medical facility.

Coverages and Plan Info

Coverage amounts are per person, unless otherwise noted.

Plan Summary

Protect your trip with cancellation, interruption, delay and medical benefits.

Highlighted Coverages

Trip Cancellation
Trip Interruption
Baggage Delay
Pre-Existing Condition Lookback Period
Medical Evacuation
$250,000

Repatriation of Remains
$250,000

Plan Info

Plan Type
View Certificate
Refund Policy
Available to
U.S. Residents
AM Best Rating

Trip Protection

Trip Cancellation
Trip Interruption
Terrorism in Itinerary City
Interrupt for Any Reason
Cancel for Any Reason
Baggage Delay
Vacation Rental Damage

Accidental Death

Common Carrier
Included in Accidental Death 24-Hour
Flight Only
Note: Your Accidental Death Flight Only amount depends on the amount you select for Accidental Death 24-Hr

Evacuation

Medical Evacuation
$250,000

Repatriation of Remains
$250,000

Additional Benefits

24-Hour Emergency Assistance
Rental Car
Optional Coverages
Notes

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Ratings and reviews

Our customers rate the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Essential on our site
(4.62) of 5
on average based on 7417 reviews.
A.M. Best Rating
A+
Better Business Bureau Rating
We bought the plan “just in case” and it certainly gave us the peace of mind we hoped for. Luckily for us, the “just in case” did not happen! BUT we were ready…
Richard T.
It is hard to answer these questions as I did not have a claim.
Annette J.
I paid extra $1,300 for my flight from London to Manila with Air China because my original flight with Shenzhen Airlines ($999) was postponed for the next day. It was a Sunday, their office was closed, have tried calling them, I even went to the airport but Shenzhen Air didn't have any representative there. I wanted to explain to them that I won't make it to my connecting flight in Bao'an China if I take their postponed flight. Nationwide paid only $600 for the new flight that I paid after Shenzhen messed up everything for mine and my husband's flight.
Maria Theresa F.
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