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    <description>you get in an accident while travelling or someone steals your bags? Find out how WorldNomads.com travel insurance works and how you can get help when you need it most.</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:54:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>24 hour Emergency Assistance</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;If you have purchased a travel insurance policy through WorldNomads.com and need emergency medical assistance or travel assistance, call the 24 hour, 7 day hotlines from anywhere in the world.&amp;nbsp;We work with different assistance companies worldwide, so please check this list carefully:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1. Choose your &lt;strong&gt;country of permanent residence&lt;/strong&gt; from the list below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. Please have your policy number, name, location and phone number ready when you call&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3. If you don't have your policy number, please advise the operator you have a policy purchased through WorldNomads.com&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contact the Emergency Assistance team immediately if you need to go to hospital or get medical treatment, return home early or extend your stay due to a serious injury or accident. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For all general or non-urgent inquiries, please contact our &lt;a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.worldnomads.com/contactus.aspx"&gt;customer services team&lt;/a&gt; in Sydney, Australia. We&amp;rsquo;re here to help in Sydney, Australia - Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm, Saturday &amp;amp; Sunday 10am to 2pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all &lt;a href="http://www.worldnomads.com/travel-insurance/claims-and-emergencies.aspx"&gt;travel claims&lt;/a&gt;, please login to your &lt;a href="http://www.worldnomads.com/onlineclaims.aspx"&gt;WorldNomads.com membership&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Australian and New Zealand travellers &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Call WE.assist and Specialty Assist, 24 hours/7 days, for policies underwritten by&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Lloyd&amp;rsquo;s:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone: +61 2 8263 0470 or +61 2 8292 1470&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;(Call reverse charges via a local operator. Not toll free. You can claim your itemised call costs.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone: 1800 611 210 (free call from Australia)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:assist@worldnomads.com"&gt;assist@worldnomads.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;&lt;strong&gt;United Kingdom and Irish travellers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Call Specialty Assist for policies underwritten by &lt;strong&gt;Millstream&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone: +44 20 7183 3751 or &amp;nbsp;+&lt;span&gt;44 207 902 7405&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;(Call via an operator reverse charges. Not toll free.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone: 020 7183 3751 or&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;020 7902 7405&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(from the UK)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:assistance@specialty-group.com?subject=Help for World Nomads member"&gt;assistance@specialty-group.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;&lt;strong&gt;USA resident travelers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Call Travel Guard for &lt;strong&gt;policies purchased before 17 Jun 2014 (18 Jun AEST)&lt;/strong&gt; underwritten by &lt;strong&gt;National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Telephone: +1 888 381 2449 (toll free within US)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Telephone: +1 715 295 5452 (Collect)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Email:&lt;a href="mailto:elite.requests@travelguard.com?subject=Help for World Nomads member"&gt;elite.requests@travelguard.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Call One Call Worldwide Travel Assistance Services for &lt;strong&gt;policies purchased after 17 June 2014 (18 Jun AEST)&lt;/strong&gt; underwritten by &lt;strong&gt;Nationwide of Columbus OH:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Telephone: +1 855-878-9588 (toll free within US and CAN)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Telephone: +1 603-328-1329 (toll free outside the US and CAN)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Email:&lt;a href="mailto:onecall@oncallinternational.com?subject=Help for World Nomads member"&gt;onecall@oncallinternational.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Canadian travellers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Call Travel Guard for policies underwritten by&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;AIG Canada:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone: +1 866 878 0192 toll-free from Canada and the Continental U.S. or&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone: +1 416 646 3723 (collect) from anywhere else in the world&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:medicalsp@travelguard.com?subject=Help for World Nomads member"&gt;medicalsp@travelguard.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For all other travellers&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For residents of all other countries, with policies underwritten by &lt;strong&gt;Bupa Global Travel&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Contact Bupa Global Assistance from anywhere in the world (24 hrs, 7 days):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Phone Denmark: +45 70 23 24 61 &lt;br /&gt;(Not toll free). You can call collect/reverse charge via an operator.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text message: +45 42 41 30 00&lt;br /&gt;(Include your policy number in the text message. No phone calls.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:emergency@ihi.com?subject=Help for World Nomads member"&gt;emergency@ihi.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All itemised phone call/text costs are claimable.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Claims &amp;amp; General Enquires&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you have a general question about what is covered on your travel insurance policy or require assistance with making a claim. Please contact our &lt;a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.worldnomads.com/contactus.aspx"&gt;customer services team&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://journals.worldnomads.com/amicovered/story/77163/Worldwide/24-hour-Emergency-Assistance</link>
      <category>Travel</category>
      <category>Worldwide</category>
      <author>amicovered</author>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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