Sports & Activities Travel Insurance

Wherever your next adventure takes you, make sure you're covered with our sports & activities cover!

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Will my policy cover sports & activities whilst on my holiday?

Vibe Insurance will cover a number of different sports and activities as standard within our policies on your holiday, however there will be some that require an additional premium to be paid. Below are a list of activities that are covered or require an additional premium to be paid.

Please check policy wording for more information.

The following activities are included as standard in our Essential, Standard and Premium policies.

If the sport or activity you wish to participate in is not listed then please contact our call centre on +44 (0) 1444 465554 or email customerservice@vibeinsurance.co.uk to enquire as to whether cover may be provided.

Activity Pack 1
  • Aerobics
  • Angling
  • Animal Sanctuary/Refuge Work (excluding big cat)
  • Athletics (track & field)
  • Badminton
  • Ballooning - Hot Air (as passenger only)
  • Banana Boating
  • Baseball
  • Basket Ride
  • Basketball
  • Beach Games
  • Billiards
  • Bird Watching
  • BMX (excluding freestyle, stunts, obstacles & racing)
  • Board Sailing
  • Body Boarding
  • Bowling
  • Bowls
  • Bungee Jumping (maximum of 2 jumps)
  • Camel/Elephant Riding
  • Camping
  • Canoeing/Kayaking/Rafting /Tubing (not white water) river only
  • Croquet
  • Curling
  • Cycling including e-cycles (excluding touring, BMX & mountain biking)
  • Dancing
  • Darts
  • Diving (indoor up to 5 metres)
  • Elephant/Camel Riding
  • Fell Walking
  • Fencing
  • Flag Football
  • Flying a kite
  • Football
  • Fresh Water/Sea Fishing (not Deep Sea Fishing)
  • Frisbee (not Ultimate Frisbee)
  • Glass Bottom Boats
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics (including cheerleading)
  • Handball
  • Helicopter (sightseeing as a passenger)
  • Highland games
  • Hiking/Trekking/Walking up to 3,000m excluding the use of ropes or guides
  • Horse Riding (no hunting, jumping or polo)
  • Ice Skating (ice rink only)
  • Indoor Climbing (on climbing wall)
  • Jogging
  • Keepfit
  • Korfball
  • Low Ropes
  • Marathons (Maximum of 2 and not extreme marathons)
  • Mountain Biking (not downhill or freeriding)
  • Netball
  • Orienteering
  • Outward-Bound Pursuits (ground level only)
  • Paddle Boarding
  • Parascending/Parasailing (over water) towed by boat
  • Petanque
  • Pigeon Racing
  • Pony Trekking
  • Pool
  • Quoits
  • Rackets
  • Racquet Ball
  • Rambling (up to 3,000m)
  • Ringos
  • River Walking
  • Roller Blading / Roller Skating
  • Rounders
  • Rowing (not ocean rowing)
  • Running Sprint/Long Distance (up to and including Marathon distance)
  • Safari (animal) but not an aerial safari
  • Sail Boarding
  • Scuba Diving to 30m if qualified and not diving alone, or down to 18 metres if not qualified and must be accompanied by a qualified instructor
  • Segway
  • Snooker
  • Snorkelling
  • Softball
  • Squash
  • Stoolball
  • Surfing
  • Swimming (not open water)
  • Swimming with Dolphins
  • Sydney Harbour Bridge
  • Table Tennis
  • Ten Pin Bowling
  • Tennis
  • Trampolining
  • Tree Top Canopy Walking
  • Tug of War
  • Volleyball
  • Wake Boarding
  • Water Polo
  • Water Skiing (no jumping)
  • Whale Watching
  • Windsurfing
  • Working (excluding manual labour but including bar & restaurant work, office & clerical work, music performance & singing and fruit picking (not involving the use of machinery))
  • Yoga
  • Zip Lining
  • Zorbing (including Hydro Zorbing)

The following activities are covered under our Essential, Standard and Premium policies. However, no cover is provided for personal accident* and personal liability+ if they are marked with an asterisk.

Section I (in policy wording) - Personal Accident - is excluded if marked with an asterisk*
Section J (in policy wording) - Personal Liability - is excluded if marked with an asterisk+

  • Archery+
  • Catamaran Sailing (in-shore)+
  • Clay Pigeon Shooting+
  • Cricket+
  • Jet Skiing+
  • Jet Boating/Power Boating (as a passenger, no racing)+
  • Model Flying+
  • Model Sports+
  • Motorcycling (EU ONLY - on road and provided you hold an appropriate UK licence for the capacity of the motorcycle you are riding)+*
  • Paintballing (including Airsoft)+
  • Rifle Range+
  • Sailing including dinghy’s (in-shore)+
  • Shooting+ (target range-not hunting)
  • Yachting (in-shore)+

Activity Pack 2 (includes Activity Pack 1) – Covered with an additional charge and only available to travellers aged 66 and under

Please note:
Section J (in policy wording) - Personal Liability - is excluded if marked with an asterisk+ in all the tables below

  • Abseiling
  • Aerial Safari (animal)
  • Breathing Observation Bubble (BOB)
  • Cross Country Running
  • Cycle Touring including e-cycles
  • Deep Sea Fishing (inside territorial waters)
  • Dragon Boating
  • Dry Slope Skiing/Snowboarding (including indoor artificial snow slopes)
  • Falconry
  • Fell Running
  • Fives
  • Go Karting (motorised)+
  • Gorge Walking
  • Gorilla Trekking
  • Hockey (not Ice Hockey)+
  • Hurling+
  • Lacrosse+
  • Octopush
  • Roller Hockey+
  • Shinty
  • Street Hockey+
  • Swim Trekking
  • Swimming Open Water (organised and subject to boat escort e.g. swim trek. No cover for across channel etc...)
  • Summer Tobogganing
  • Triathlon (not extreme)
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • War Games+

Activity Pack 3 (includes Activity Pack 1 & 2) – Covered with an additional charge and only available to travellers aged 66 and under

  • Canoeing/Kayaking/Rafting/Tubing (white water), Grade 1 & 2, rivers only 
  • Land Yachting/ (including Blow Carting & Kite Buggying)+
  • Sand Boarding
  • Sand Dune Surfing/Skiing+

Activity Pack 4 (includes Activity Pack 1, 2 & 3) – Covered with an additional charge and only available to travellers aged 66 and under

  • Black Water Rafting
  • Canyoning
  • Canoeing/Kayaking/Rafting/Tubing (white water), Grade 3 rivers only
  • Hiking/Trekking/Walking up Kilimanjaro or Inca Trail 
  • Kite Boarding/Kite Surfing+
  • Mud Run and Obstacle course
  • Shark Cage Diving

Activity Pack 5 (Winter Sports) – Covered with an additional charge and only available to travellers aged 66 and under

Please note: 
Section J (in policy wording) - Personal Liability - is excluded if marked with an asterisk+

  • Airboarding
  • Big Foot Skiing Langlauf
  • Blade Skating Ski Blading
  • Cross-Country Skiing
  • Husky Dog Sledding (as passenger, with experienced local driver)
  • Ice Go Karting+
  • Ice Windsurfing
  • Ski Boarding
  • Ski Randonee
  • Ski Run Walking
  • Ski Touring
  • Ski-Dooing (as driver + or passenger)
  • Skiing
  • Skiing (Alpine)
  • Skiing (Mono)
  • Skiing (Nordic)
  • Skiing (off-piste) except in areas considered to be unsafe by local resort management)
  • Skiing (Telemark)
  • Sledge/Sleigh Riding as a passenger (pulled by horse or reindeer)
  • Sledging/Tobogganing (on snow)
  • Snow Mobiling (as driver + or passenger)
  • Snow Parascending
  • Snow Shoe Walking Cat Skiing (with a guide)
  • Snow Surfing
  • Snow Tubing Glacier Skiing/Walking (up to 3,000m)
  • Snowboarding
  • Snowboarding (off-piste) except in areas considered to be unsafe by local resort management) Biathlon Kick Sledging

You can also check the full list of sports and activities that are covered and all the terms and conditions by visiting our policy information page, where you can find the full range of policy wordings for our essential, standard, premium levels of cover.

Choose from three levels of cover

Below is a summary of some of the cover that is included as standard in Vibe Travel Insurance policies. Terms, conditions, exclusions and sub-limits may apply. Please check our policy wording for full details. Other optional extras can be added as you go through the website, including Cruise, Winter Sports & Excess Waiver.

Included in this cover Essential Standard Premium
Emergency Medical £5,000,000 £10,000,000 £10,000,000
Cancelling your trip £1,500 £3,000 £6,000
Curtailment (cutting your trip short) £1,500 £3,000 £6,000
Baggage £750 £1,500 £3,500
Personal Money £750 £1,000 £1,500
Personal Accident £10,000 £15,000 £20,000
Missed Departure £750 £1,000 £1,500
Personal Liability £1,500,000 £2,000,000 £2,000,000
Legal Expenses £10,000 £15,000 £20,000
Passport (Including visas) £400 £500 £600
Gadget cover £1,000 £1,500 £2,000

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Please check your policy wording for full details and any exclusions

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