Backpacker, Longstay and Gap year Travel Insurance A specialist low cost travel insurance policy for extended stay trips, with the option of extending cover to include sports and activities - For a list, please click here (these can be added on the options page of the quote process). An ideal student, backpacker and gap year traveller policy. This product offers cover for travel between 1 and 18 months for people aged to a maximum of 55 years on Longstay policies. Backpacker policies provide essential cover for long duration trips. For higher levels of cover choose a Longstay policy. Our policies are suitable to both people studying abroad and working abroad (Subject to the work not being manual labour which is below ground or carried out on a building higher than two storey's).  Cover starts from as little as £7.78. Other forms of travel insurance are available at www.holidaysafe.co.uk, including activity insurance, over 65's insurance, cruise insurance, backpacker and longstay travel insurance aswell as a customisable insurancepackages. Holidaysafe travel insurance is provided by Infinity Insurance Solutions (a division of Travel Insurance Facilities Plc) and insured by the UK Branch Office of Union Reiseversicherung AG. Travel Insurance Facilities Plc are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Union Reiseversicherung AG are authorised in Germany by BaFin and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority. Please note: Travel insurance brought from this site is only available to persons who have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least 6 months prior to taking out the insurance and who are registered with a UK General practitioner. Cover is only available for round trips starting from and returning to the UK.