Seniors Travel Insurance

• Acne
• Asthma, as long as you:
  • have no other lung disease, and 
  • are less than 60 years old when you buy travel insurance.
• Bunions
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Cataracts
• Coeliac disease
• Congenital blindness
• Congenital deafness
• Diabetes mellitus (Type I), as long as you:
  • were diagnosed more than 12 months ago, and
  • have no eye, kidney, nerve or vascular complications, and
  • do not suffer from a known cardiovascular disease, hypertension or hypercholesterolaemia, and
  • are less than 50 years old when you buy travel insurance.
• Diabetes mellitus (Type II), as long as you:
  • were diagnosed more than 12 months ago, and
  • have no eye, kidney, nerve or vascular complications, and
  • do not suffer from a known cardiovascular disease, hypertension or hypercholesterolaemia.
• Dry eye syndrome

• Ear grommets
• Eczema
• Epilepsy, as long as in the past 24 months you have not had any:
  • seizures, or
  • change to your medication.
• Food intolerance
• Gastric reflux
• Glaucoma
• Gout
• Hay fever
• Hiatus hernia
• Hypercholesterolaemia (high cholesterol), as long as you do not also suffer from:
  • a known cardiovascular disease, and/or
  • diabetes
• Hypertension (high blood pressure), as long as you do not also suffer from:
  • a known cardiovascular disease, and/or
  • diabetes
• Hypothyroidism
• Macular degeneration
• Meniere's disease
• Rhinitis
• Sinusitis

Budget Direct travel insurance covers 27 pre-existing health conditions.

See the list of covered pre-existing health conditions.

If your pre-existing medical condition is not one we cover, you can still be covered for claims (including overseas medical and hospital expenses) not related to your condition.

It’s up to you exactly when to buy travel insurance, however it must be purchased before your trip commences.

By getting Budget Direct travel insurance as soon as you’ve booked and paid for some or all of your trip, you can be covered for things like your pre-paid travel and accommodation if you’re forced to cancel your trip due to an insured event (e.g. an unforeseen illness or injury).

(This is unless you have a Last Minute policy, which does not include cancellation cover.)

If you’re a frequent traveller with an Annual Multi-Trip policy, you’re covered for an unlimited number of up-to-30-days trips you take within 12 months to your chosen destination/s.

Before each trip, you won’t need to let us know where you’re going – unless your destination is not one you selected originally, in which case you will need to contact us or log into your online account and edit your policy.

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Yes – to qualify for Budget Direct travel insurance, you must be under a certain age (see the table below):

You can get a Budget Direct single-trip policy for up to 12 months if you’re aged 65 or under; or up to 90 days if you’re aged between 66 and 100.

An Annual Multi-Trip policy is effective for 12 months, however each trip must last 30 days or less (if you plan on taking a longer trip, you’ll need to purchase another, single-trip policy).

All four of Budget Direct’s international travel insurance policies – Comprehensive, Essential, Last Minute, and Annual Multi-Trip – include an unlimited amount for overseas medical and hospital expenses, including:

• ambulance and emergency medical, surgical and hospital costs
• cost of your return to Australia earlier than planned if this is medically necessary and we authorise it
• if you cannot return to Australia as you originally planned and if it is medically necessary and we authorise it, we will pay for reasonable travel and accommodation expenses:
  • to allow you to return to Australia, and
  • for someone to stay with you and travel home with you, or
  • for one relative or friend to travel from Australia to stay with you and travel home with you
• cost of returning your body or ashes to Australia (up to $20,000) or cost of a funeral and burial in the country in which you die (up to $10,000).

This cover excludes any claims arising from pre-existing medical conditions (other than the 27 we cover).

Note that, if you suffer an illness or injury that requires emergency transportation, hospitalisation or repatriation and/or is likely to cost more than AUD$500 to treat, you (or someone else on your behalf) must contact us as soon as possible.

Our Domestic policy does not include cover for medical and hospital expenses, as these expenses are already claimable in Australia from Medicare and/or your private health fund.