Good Sam Travel Assist: Review

Rating: 8.8 / 10 (Excellent)
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Good Sam Travel Assistance is a subsidiary of Good Sam Enterprises, LLC, a membership-based company that offers a variety of travel-related and vehicle warranty programs in the United States. </br> </br> In partnership with the U.S. affiliate of International Assistance Group, Good Sam Travel Assistance offers 24/7 emergency medical and travel assistance to its members.

How is Good Sam TravelAssist rated?

Breakdown

4.5/5
Coverage
4.5/5
Extra Benefits
5.0/5
Financial Strength
3.5/5
Price & Reputation

Overall Rating: 4.4 / 5 (Excellent)

Good Sam Travel Assist offers good travel insurance plans for individuals, couples, or families. Their coverage is quite good at covering medical and transportation costs, but a tad skimpy when it comes to perks like concierge services. However, a cost vs value analysis leads us to conclude that Travel Assist's plans are comprehensive enough to cover most travel needs.

Good Sam TravelAssist Plans & Coverage

Coverage - 4.5 / 5

Good Sam Travel Assist covers members and their family members where medical insurance falls short. As its parent company, Good Sam Enterprises LLC, focuses mainly on assist services to vehicle and RV owners, Travel Assist has a particular focus on this same market. They provide RV and vehicle return, medical transportation, family benefits, and some travel benefits as well.
Available Plans
Comprehensive
Trip Cancelation/ Interruption
Medical
Baggage
Group
Trip Cancellation/Interruption Coverage
Injury/Illness/Death of Traveler
Injury/Illness/Death of Non Traveling Family Member
Emergency Medical and Emergency Transportation Coverage
Doctor, Hospital, or Other Licensed Provider
Emergency Medical Evacuation/Repatriation
Transport Children Home
Baggage Coverage
Lost/Damaged/Stolen

Emergency Medical Coverage Details

Emergency Medical Pre-Existing Condition Coverage
Maximum Emergency Medical Evacuation Reimbursement
$50,000

Good Sam TravelAssist Financial Strength

Financial Strength - 5 / 5

Good Sam Travel Assist is underwritten by the UK-based QBE Europe Insurance Ltd., which has been in business since 1991, and has a very good financial reputation. Neither Good Sam Travel Assist itself or its parent company, Good Sam Enterprises LLC, has financial ratings with Moody's or AM Best, though QBE has an A1 and A rating with these, respectively.
Underwriter
QBE Europe Insurance Ltd
Moody's Financial Rating
A1
AM Best Financial Rating
A

Good Sam TravelAssist Price & Reputation

Price & Reputation - 3.5 / 5

Good Sam Travel Assist doesn't have its own entry on the Better Business Bureau website, but rather falls under its parent company, Good Sam Enterprises LLC. The negative complaints on the website related to their auto and RV insurance coverage, rather than their travel assistance, and all reviews were responded promptly and politely.
BBB Rating
A+
Number of BBB Positive Reviews
0
Number of BBB Negative Reviews
10
Date Collected
2018-02-16

Good Sam TravelAssist Customer Assistance Services

Extra Benefits - 4.5 / 5

Since Good Sam Travel Assist's main focus is on providing travel insurance related to vehicle and RV insurance, their customer assistance deals with situations likely to arise in these contexts. Therefore, medical assistance is mainly concentrated on transport to medical facilities and arranging payments for medical services. Likewise, the company's travel services offer return travel for members and their families, translation and roadside assistance, but not any extra concierge perks. See here the 10 Best Travel Insurance Providers of 2019.
24/7 Support
Mobile App

Travel Assistance Services

  • Return Travel Arrangements
  • Lost Baggage Search
  • Emergency Cash
  • Translation Services
  • Roadside Assistance

Emergency Medical Assistance Services

  • Arrange Medical Payment Where Available
  • Emergency Prescription Replacement
  • Eyeglass Replacement Assistance

Homepage URL
Company Phone
(866) 205-7451
Headquarters Address
250 Parkway Drive Suite 270, Lincolnshire, IL, 60069

Top Rated
Our Partner

  • Emergency medical transportation
  • RV/Vehicle returned to your home
  • Transportation home
  • Emergency medical monitoring
  • Pet care assistance
  • 24/7 assistance in many languages

Latest Good Sam TravelAssist Reviews

Jennifer P

1/24/2023
If your program is so good in your opinion, why so many bad reviews?


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Patricia C

6/10/2022
The Good Sam Travel Assist offer that was mailed to me as a Good Sam member was misleading. It falsely advertised benefits that were not included in the plan that was being offered for $59.99 discounted from $109.99. In the brochure, benefit #4 was listed as including my kids, grandkids, and pets traveling with me. However, I called to ask questions about the plans, because the plan advertised on the brochure that was sent to me was not on the web site, I was told that the plan at the price I was quoted did not in fact include this benefit. I feel this is false advertising, and if I had simply returned the postcard to sign up, rather than attempting to do so on the web site (which was an... Read More


dmuniz1965

9/1/2021
This company is a complete ripoff!!! I was told that I was signing up for a year of insurance and come to find out they were stealing money from me every month!!! I didn’t find out about it till my bank account went negative!! I called them and was told there was a $60.00 cancellation fee!! I couldn’t do anything about it cause they already had stolen my money from my account!!! Please don’t make the same mistake I made!!! They are very misleading and they will screw you just like they screwed me!!!


Stephen B

11/19/2018
I needed a jump start. I used the number to call, was put on hold, told there was a 5 minute wait, 20 mins later disconnected, 3 more times, spoke with 2 people they had a poor phone connection and they hung up on me. This happened over the course of an hour, Sunday night in a sketch part of town. I downloaded the app as suggested and as I was filling out the form with my new card in hand the message on the app said "hmm we cant find you in our files", I tried calling customer service and was the same run around on the phone.