Enjoy your holiday from A-Z!
We want you to have fun on your holidays so we’ve put together a list of some exciting sporting activities that your policy covers you for.
So if you like to be a bit adventurous on holiday, read on!
It goes without saying that we want you to be safe so we do expect you to take all the usual precautions you would in the UK. For example; use a reputable company that are licensed / qualified, use all the recommended safety and protective equipment and make sure you have suitable qualification where appropriate.
Remember that cover for these activities is provided on a leisure only basis. Competitive and professional activities are not included.
Insured activities
Land-based activities
- Aerobics
- Archery (under qualified supervision only, cover excludes third party liability)
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach games (including cricket, football and volleyball)
- Bowls
- Camel rides or elephant rides
- Clay pigeon shooting (under qualified supervision only)
- Climbing (on artificial walls, under qualified supervision only)
- Cricket
- Croquet
- Cycling (but not BMX or off-road biking)
- Dancing
- Fell walking (up to 3,000 metres above sea level)
- Fencing (protective equipment must be worn)
- Football
- Go-karting (up to 125cc, crash helmet must be worn, cover excludes third party liability)
- Golf
- Handball
- High ropes courses (under qualified supervision only)
- Hiking (up to 3,000 metres above sea level)
- Hockey
- Ice skating (on rink only, not ice hockey or speed skating)
- Jogging or running
- Motorcycling (up to 125cc, crash helmet must be worn, cover excludes third party liability)
- Netball
- Orienteering (up to 3,000 metres above sea level)
- Racquetball
- Rambling (up to 3,000 metres above sea level)
- Rifle shooting (under qualified supervision only, cover excludes third party liability
- Roller skating or roller blading
- Rounders
- Skateboarding
- Softball
- Squash
- Table games (table tennis, snooker, pool, billiards)
- Tennis
- Trampolining
- Trekking (up to 3,000 metres above sea level)
- Volleyball
Water-based activities
These must be in inland or coastal waters only unless otherwise stated.
- Banana boating (buoyancy aid must be worn)
- Body or boogie boarding
- Canoeing or kayaking (grade 1 and 2 only, helmet and buoyancy aid must be worn)
- Dinghy sailing (buoyancy aid must be worn, maximum 12 miles from coast, no cover for the cost of rescue, cover excludes third party liability)
- Fishing
- Jet skiing or wet biking (helmet and buoyancy aid must be worn, cover excludes third party liability)
- Rafting (grade 1 and 2 only, helmet and buoyancy aid must be worn)
- Rowing
- Scuba diving (to a depth of 18 metres and only where you are a qualified diver and accompanied at all times by another qualified diver or, if you do not hold a Scuba diving qualification, you are accompanied at all times by a qualified diving instructor)
- Snorkelling
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Water polo
- Water skiing (buoyancy aid must be worn)
- Windsurfing or sailboarding (buoyancy aid must be worn)
- Yachting (buoyancy aid must be worn, maximum 12 miles from coast, no cover for the cost of rescue, cover excludes third party liability).
Air-based activities
- Hot air balloon rides (as a passenger only, balloon must have airworthiness certificate, pilot must be qualified)
- Parascending (over water).
Winter sports activities – only if you have bought the winter sports cover option
- Cross-country skiing (on recognised tracks)
- Dry slope skiing or snowboarding
- Skiing (on piste, or off piste with a qualified guide)
- Sledging
- Snowboarding (on piste, or off piste with a qualified guide)
- Snowmobiling or ski-dooing
- Snow shoeing
- Tobogganing.
You’re not covered for
You will not be covered for:
- any hazardous activity, not listed above, unless we have specifically agreed to it in writing
- any activity you do as a professional, or in a race or competition
- any activity carried out against local warnings or advice
- any activity if it is not carried out in a safe way
- any activity if you act irresponsibly or put yourself in needless danger
- certain activities if the activity is the sole purpose of your trip.
Is my activity covered?
Please call us on 0800 032 6534 if you are unsure about whether the activities you plan to do on your trip are covered by your policy.