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8.50% New Travel Insurance Policy

Columbus Direct Travel Insurance offers, voucher codes and free donations

Give as you Live Online is the free and easy way to raise money for a charity of your choice when you shop online with 6,000+ stores.


Columbus Direct is a travel insurance specialist which was established in 1988 and has a history of innovation in the industry, including being the first company to sell travel insurance direct to the consumer in the UK.

Customer satisfaction and value for money are the driving forces behind Columbus Direct and we pride ourselves on providing a quick, efficient and hassle-free service. Since launch, more than 15 million customers have trusted Columbus Direct with their insurance needs.

The key benefits you will enjoy with Columbus:

  • Choose from three levels of cover Bronze, Silver and Gold depending on your travel needs.
  • Up to £15m for emergency medical with Gold cover
  • Up to £5,000 for cancellation with Gold cover
  • Up to £2,500 for baggage with Gold cover
  • Over 150 sports and activities covered as standard
  • Optional extras available including cover for winter sports, cruise, gadget, COVID-19 and extended trip disruption cover.
  • FREE airport lounge access if your flight is delayed for 1 hour or more*

How to start raising

Sign up

Choose a charity and enter your details

Browse

We have over 6,000 stores involved

Shop

Visit the store via our website or App, then shop as normal

Raise

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Important information

Give as you Live is only available on new insurance policies.

Donations may only apply to the sale price and not include VAT, delivery and other such costs. Please do not use voucher codes from other websites as this may affect your donation.

(*)The policyholder can register both themselves and up to four travelling companions for Columbus Direct's Airport Delay services. They will then be eligible to receive free airport lounge access in the event a delay of one or more hours is announced for your flight.

Recent funds raised at Columbus Direct Travel Insurance

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FAQs

Give as you Live Online generates charitable giving from your everyday shopping. Our retail partners value your loyalty. We enable their "thank you" to be your donation to your chosen charity.

Find out more or watch our 60 second video

You can support any of our 200,000+ UK charities.

Our charities range from big national charities to local schools, churches and social groups.

As a "thank you" for sending them sales and customers, our stores pay us a commission. We use this commission to make a donation to your chosen charity.

You don't pay anything extra for your shopping, the donation is made at no extra cost to you.

It's also completely free for your charity. There are no joining or payment fees for them, so 100% of the donation will reach the charity.

We pay donations raised through shopping to your charity every three months providing over £15 has been raised. If your charity hasn't reached £15, donations will roll over until they do and then get paid in the next quarter.

You can view the status of every donation within your account. A donation will typically move from 'pending' to 'approved' to 'paid' over the course of a few months.

We donate 50% of the commission we receive, with the other 50% used to fund the on-going development of Give as you Live Online, which is free to all charities and members.

All donation amounts we display represent the amount the charity will receive - a 5% donation means a 5% donation!