Many Sanitas health insurance policies include travel assistance or emergency support during temporary trips abroad, subject to policy terms, trip duration limits and cover conditions. This can be useful for expats who travel to visit family, take holidays abroad, travel for work or split time between countries. Travel assistance is not the same as full international health insurance or worldwide reimbursement cover.
The basics
Travel assistance is designed to support insured people during temporary trips outside Spain, usually for emergency medical situations, medical transport, urgent help or travel-related healthcare assistance. It is subject to policy terms and trip-duration limits, and is emergency-focused — not the same as full worldwide health insurance.
Who it's for
What's included
Subject to policy terms and limits, travel assistance may include:
What's not included
Travel assistance is emergency-focused, so the following are often outside its scope:
How it compares
It may be included in many Sanitas health insurance plans, but this should always be confirmed. Benefits, limits and duration may vary by policy.
No. Travel assistance under health insurance is usually focused on emergency healthcare support abroad. Travel insurance may include non-medical benefits such as baggage, cancellation or delays.
No. Worldwide reimbursement may allow broader reimbursement of eligible medical expenses outside the network. Travel assistance is more emergency / trip-focused.
Before you travel, it is worth checking the emergency telephone number, country restrictions, maximum trip duration, medical expense limit, pre-existing condition and pregnancy rules, dangerous-activity exclusions, whether family members are covered, how claims work and what documents are needed.
See also worldwide reimbursement cover and repatriation cover.
Get help
Spanish Health Insurance can help you understand what travel assistance may be included with your Sanitas policy and whether additional international cover may be worth considering.
Tell us how you travel and we will check what travel assistance may be included with your Sanitas policy, explain the terms in plain English and let you know whether additional cover may be worth it. Acceptance and exact terms depend on the insurer's rules.
We'll check what travel assistance is included with your Sanitas plan — free advice in English.
FAQs
Common questions about Sanitas travel assistance cover.