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Travel Insurance Reviews Nationwide Essential

The Essential plan from Nationwide Mutual Insurance is for travelers planning trips on a budget who don't want to sacrifice coverage. Coverages include Trip Cancellation and Interruption, Medical, Emergency Medical Evacuation, and Assistance Services.

To learn more, see the Nationwide Essential trip insurance product page.

Customers rated the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Essential plan
4.62 out of 5
7,795
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Peace of mind when in a foreign country.
Robert W. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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I had peace of mind knowing I was covered by Nationwide Mutual in case of emergency. Thankfully I did not need to use the Essential plan!
Elaine M. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Nationwide Mutual offers great coverage, great price, excellent service, and worth every penny for the peace of mind. We will definitely be repeat customers.
Leon S. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Essential
it was very comforting to me to know I was covered well - thank you and I pray you all have a blessed Christmas - Jesus is the reason for the season......

Linda Stone
Linda S. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Did not need to make a claim, therefore, we are not able to comment on our satisfaction.
Roger P. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Essential
It's easy to be satisfied when you don't have to file a claim. Nevertheless, I felt the price for the Nationwide Essential plan was reasonable for the coverage provided.
Deborah H. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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My disappointment stemmed from the fact that there was such a cost difference due to age with no concern for my health. Oh well, this getting older means getting discriminated on a whole new level. Your Nationwide Mutual Essential coverage was fine.
Jane A. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Essential
We had no problems during our trip. Nice to have insurance incase we needed it.
John S. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Essential
Our trip was interrupted due to the tragic death of our 31 year-old son. The filing of the claim was fraught with delays and repeated requests for information already submitted. The initial reimbursement offered was not consistent with our loss of prepaid expenses and we filed an appeal. The initial appeal was denied, but finally after engaging an advocate from InsureMyTrip and submitting an appeal directly to Nationwide (not their claims processing contractor), we received appropriate reimbursement. To make matters worse, in the face of our tragedy, the representative from the claims processing made repeated insensitive comments in reference to our son’s death. It did not need to be this difficult; we would never buy travel insurance from Nationwide again.
Carolyn L. would not recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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    Dec 17,2015
The trip included a
cruise
tour
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Essential
No claims needed to be filed so it's hard to judge what a response to a claim would have been.
Joseph K. would recommend this plan to a friend or relative.
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