Travel Insurance: When It’s Worth Buying and When It’s Not

Traveler checking a boarding pass and phone at an airport gate, representing when travel insurance is worth buying

Short answer: travel insurance is worth buying when your trip is expensive and nonrefundable, involves international travel where your regular health insurance won’t cover you, or you’re older or traveling somewhere remote enough that a medical evacuation would be a real financial threat — and it’s reasonably skippable for a cheap, flexible, domestic trip your … Read more