STA Travel Insurance Reviews

I booked my travel insurance through STA travel for my 3 month long trip across south east asia, encompassing thailand, cambodia, vietnam, laos, malaysia, singapore and bali. I paid £119 for the comprehensive blue cover. Although everything went to plan and I didnt have to claim the policy seemed good value for money. It was simple to apply for it ...  Read the complete review

STA is a very well known travel agent among young people wanting to travel the world. Although I didn't book my trip with them, I did take out their worldwide premium cover (blue standard cover) for 5 months costing £187 inc VAT. You may think that this is expensive for travel insurance, and indeed there are cheaper companies available ...  Read the complete review

After reading 2 reviews on here I am slightly worried about the fact that I have just bought sta travel insurance for a year at a cost of £339, including medical excess waiver, all extreme sports including skydiving, paragliding and all those fun things. It also covers cancellations due to injury or anything to do with personal or medical reasons. ...  Read the complete review

I hate hate hate HATE STA with a passion, especially their so-called travel insurance. But I will try to be objective. Overall, the service in STA itself is friendly and helpful, this is the instore service I refer to. The insurance plan is laid out in a simple format, and well explained by the staff which is great for first time travellers as ...  Read the complete review

It is a total rip off. I had the PREMIUM insurance, hoping that the extra money would ensure a full refund on claims. But far from so. In essence, from 140 pounds of stolen items I received a refund of just over 40 pounds !!! Considering that my insurance did cost 40 pounds for ten days, I merely recovered the cost of my ...  Read the complete review

STA travel is a great service for people taking out a year or two to do some travelling. They advertise themselves as being for the 'independent traveller' and this sums them up tremendously. They offer cover arranged through ISIC - the world leaders in insurance for travellers. STA have three different levels of cover insurance ...  Read the complete review