Travel insurance for France trips

Here are a few ways you can see travel alerts that could affect your trip to France before and during your getaway:

• Our Travel On app can send you instant alerts about safety concerns nearby while you’re traveling — whether you're in Normandy in the north or Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the south.
• We may list a world event that could affect your travel insurance coverage for your France trip on our travel alerts page.
• Check the U.S. Department of State’s travel advisories website for potential safety concerns in France.

While you might feel more secure with the structure of an organized tour, travel insurance is a must-have for any trip to France. Why? It can give you an added layer of security for certain unexpected events — like a delayed tour bus or a personal medical emergency. Plus, your tour company may even require that you show proof of travel insurance before leaving on the trip.

Travel insurance for France trips can provide coverage for eligible costs that arise while you’re in Paris to take in the rolling vineyard-covered hills of Bordeaux, relax on the shores of Nice, or anywhere in between. This means your French adventure can get back to being as calm as a stroll through the lavender fields of Provence a whole lot faster.

Yes! Our Ultimate, Advantage, Essential, and Travel Med Go plans let you add our rental car damage coverage as an optional upgrade. This means you can get help with unanticipated costs from vandalism, accidents, floods, and more.

Dreaming about cruising through French streets on a motorbike, moped, or quadbike? Keep in mind that our rental car damage upgrade doesn’t offer protection for certain types of vehicles.

If you’re planning to experience the beauty of France by cruise, you can bring our cruise travel insurance with you no matter which plan you choose.

Whether you get sick on board the ship or have a flight cancellation on the way to the port, we can help with eligible unforeseen expenses related to your cruise.

France isn’t just about romance: Travelers with an adventurous spirit can find exciting adventures across the country, from skiing in Chamonix to bungee jumping off the Souleuvre Viaduct in Normandy. But before you gear up and go, it’s important to make sure you have the right coverage for the adventure activities you’re planning to do in France.

If you choose any of our base plans, your policy can provide coverage for specific adventure activities like snowboarding, kayaking, hiking, and horseback riding.

But if you want travel insurance for skiing in France or another adventure activity that isn’t eligible for coverage with our base plans — like zip lining at La Colmiane or skydiving at Pau — you may want to choose our Ultimate, Advantage, Essential, or Travel Med Go plan and pair it with our adventure activities upgrade.

Want to learn more about our adventure activities upgrade? Call our customer service team at 1-800-228-9792.

Life is unpredictable, and something could come up that means you need to call off your vacation plans entirely. With our plans, you can get coverage for canceling your trip to France for certain reasons listed in your policy.

Want to be able to cancel your trip for any reason at all? You can choose our Ultimate plan and add our cancel for any reason upgrade* to your policy. You’ll be able to get 75% ($7,500 maximum) of your trip cost back as long as you cancel at least two days prior to your departure date.

Remember: To get cancel for any reason coverage, you also must insure all your nonrefundable trip expenses in your plan, your trip cost can’t be more than $10,000, and you must purchase the upgrade 31 days or more before your departure date. You also must buy the cancel for any reason upgrade with the Ultimate plan within 21 days of your initial payment for your trip. Subsequent arrangements must be insured within 14 days of booking those arrangements.

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From France, you can easily get to many other countries within Europe to experience different cultures and see new sights all on the same vacation.

At Travelex, you can have coverage for your entire journey — not just in France — as long as you’re not visiting an OFAC-sanctioned country or one of our blocked destinations.

When getting your travel insurance quote, simply list your destination as Europe or the country where you’ll spend most of your trip. For example, if you want to visit France for five days and Italy for four days, you can list France as your destination.

Still have questions about coverage for your trip to France? You can reach our customer service team at 1-800-228-9792.

It’s easy to find out how much you’ll pay for your policy — just click the “Get quote” button below to start your free online quote!