TuGo Reviews 217

TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.6

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible. Been waiting 3 months since submitting small claim. There has been no response. Online it continues to show waiting for receipts inspire of their acknowledgement that they have everything... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I just completed a telephone call to purchase an annual medical travel insurance. Ankit worked with me to complete the trans action. He was polite, professional, spoke clearly, offered scenarios to... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Vanessa made this entire experience a breeze. She was very knowledgeable about what is needed, and what to expect for the quote process. Travelling overseas for medical procedures is never without str... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We are Canadian snowbirds who winter in Palm Springs CA. In March 2020 my wife had to undergo emergency surgery at Eisenhower Hospital in Rancho Mirage, spent three days in intensive care and was flo... See more

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  1. Travel Insurance Company

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Canadian-owned and operated for over 60 years, TuGo specializes in products & services that support travellers’ health, wellness and safety across Canada and around the globe.  As one of Canada’s top travel insurance providers, TuGo offers 24/7 in-house emergency travel medical assistance, with support in 27 languages.

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3.6

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

217 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My mum visiting Canada from the UK

My mum came to Canada from the UK last July we used Tugo for the first time. A few days after she arrived she showed signs of covid and ended up at emergency and then a 5 day stay in hospital
I have to say Tugo were fabulous they totally took over the bill for the hospital which was pretty large!
I cannot recommend them highly enough to anyone travelling

July 6, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very fast reimbursement

After we compiled all information tugo needed for the claim, payout was within a few short weeks. Very easy process and fast reimbursement. Thank you Tugo you give us the security and piece of mind we need while travelling with kids abroad.

November 15, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

TUGO - Trip Interruption/Cancellation

Reached out to the toll-free number to submit a claim as one of the flights for my trip to Vietnam had been impacted. Got quickly transferred to a representative who kind, well informed and incredibly helpful in processing. Completed the paperwork the day I recieved it and was able to get payment prior to departure. This was greatly appreciated as it ensured the trip could go-on. Will forever use TUGO as my provider. Thanks again.

October 10, 2023
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Reply from TuGo

Hi Hayls,
Thanks for the 5-star review and we're glad to hear that we helped when you needed us.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best travel insurance you can get!!!!

My wife and I have had medical situations that required claims on our travel insurance at Tugo. In both cases, the people we talked to were extremely helpful, and our claims were handled in a timely manner. We were given full approval in both cases. We have shopped around but always come back to Tugo.

March 19, 2023
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Reply from TuGo

Hi S. Meek,
Thanks for the 5-star review and we admire your loyalty to our products and service.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We had an excellent response from TuGo…

We had an excellent response from TuGo when my husband was badly burned in Florida in April, 2023. I received a claim number immediately and all our emergency care at two hospitals and prescriptions were fully covered. The TuGo staff were efficient and very kind during this extremely stressful event. We will most certainly stay with them for Insurance Coverage.

April 4, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Support as promised. Rare these days

Our group of four had planned and purchased a scotland golf tour this summer. We had purchased a TUGO travel policy in spite of insurance / trip disruption coverage we already had with our credit cards AND our airline!
Long story short, our airline delayed flights to europe, causing us to miss the first two days of our tour. Requests to our airline (as they had caused the pro lem) were met with a canned response that they accepted no fault. Our credit card company said the same.
I had expected to get the same runaround from TUGO (first experience) but in fact received prompt and professional service. Our claim was satisfied and we were reimbursed in full.
My thanks go to TUGO for standing behind their product. Wish I could say the same about the airline!

July 14, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Tugo responded quickly

Tugo responded quickly when I had a claim and kept me well informed as it was processed by the medical clinic I visited while on holiday in the United States.
I really like that I can purchase or renew my policy either online or with an agent who lives in my city. I’ve done both with excellent results.
Tugo also has the lowest rates I’ve been able to find.

January 18, 2023
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Your Policy is almost Unreadable

Upon successfully completing our applications for Med coverage while traveling I attempted to print my policy and found it virtually unreadable due to both the combination of tiny type size and faint grey ink for the tiny type.
This appears to be intentional. When a more readable copy wass requested the agent quickly told us to refer to our input form; infering that they were aware of this critical shortcoming. I can only think of negative reasons for an important Insurance policy to be virtually unreadable.

August 21, 2023
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Reply from TuGo

Hi Larry and Pauline,
Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry to hear that you had difficulty printing and reading your policy; we haven't received this feedback before.

To read your policy before departure, when using a PDF, we recommend zooming the font to your preferred viewing size, which can be adjusted up to 400%. Alternatively, if printing, you may want to only print one page at a time to maintain the text size, versus following the printing instructions within the policy wording to reduce the number of pages--which would make the text quite small.

For future travels, please know that you can travel with just your policy declaration - it's usually 2 to 5 pages and provides all your policy information. It's attached as a PDF, like the full policy wording is, to the email you would have received with all your policy documents.
Hope this clears up any confusion.

All the best,
TuGo Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

BUYER BEWARE

This company have gone out of their way to be impractical in dealing with my emergency. Buyer beware. Read the fine print. They notified me on the day that my coverage lapsed that they would not cover my flight even though I was medically not allowed to fly.

October 5, 2023
Unprompted review
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Reply from TuGo

Hi Roger,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. Your feedback is important, and we want to look further into this for you. Could you please send us an email at connectwithus@tugo.com with your full name and policy number?
Looking forward to hearing back from you,
The TuGo team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

A quite good experience with TuGo IA

* - I bought TuGo Travel Insurance (option Industrial Alliance) for 175 days for USA (FL) at the cost of $702.07 CAD but instead, I came back to BC 29 days before my planned trip of 175 days.
* - 3.5 months after the beginning of my stay in the USA I was coughing a lot for 4 weeks, so I paid for a doctor's visit at the CareSpot 2 times (($200 USD x 2) + Meds $33 USD).
* - My policy stated that the deductible was $300 USD, so they refunded me $133 USD converted into CAD.
* - TuGo told me if I claimed insurance, they wouldn’t refund me the difference of 29 days earlier!!
* - 3 things I didn’t like about my experience:
* 1) TuGo sent the claim check to my BC’s home instead of my Florida home.
* 2) TuGo forfeited the refund of the insurance cost for coming home 29 days earlier.
* 3) TuGo didn’t send me an Insurance card to be used in the USA to be used in an Emergency case, I.e. that in an Emergency case, I would have to pay from my own pocket, which could be a lot before I could make a claim to get back the money.
* 3a) Travel insurance like Medipac used to send out an insurance card so that in Emergency cases when I was unconscious the hospital would talk directly to Medipac.

May 30, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

i was diagnosed with cancer while on holidays

i was diagnosed with cancer while we were on vacation and with the help of some great Florida doctors and our insurance company, we were very well taken care of.. the representatives we dealt with from Tugo we’re very patient and of great help, and they did their very best to help us in each and every way… I am very very happy. We had such a good travel insurance in our time of need.

March 27, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Canadian Company!

I’m so glad I decided to go with Tugo as my out of country medical and trip interruption coverage. I hadn’t heard of Tugo before my insurance agent suggested it. My husband and I went to Maui for 14 days and I needed to go to a walk in clinic due to an injury and lost medication during our stay in Maui. Called a Tugo agent prior to get advice on navigating the claim procedure and she was very helpful and understanding. Neither the clinic or the Chiropractic Office I went to direct billed so I paid in full (U.S. dollars). After arriving home to Canada I submitted all the paperwork and received the remittance a short time after. Very seamless and not stressful at all dealing with an insurance company. Thank you Tugo and we will use your services on our next trip!

May 1, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing customer service, 1000% recommend!

I was soooo happy with my experience with tugo. While travelling abroad I popped a tire on my rental vehicle which ended up diverting my trip. I submitted claims for the rental car protection and trip interruption. After submitting my claims I got an automatic email saying that they were backed up in claims and I'd hear from someone within 6 weeks. Less than 6 weeks later I received cheques in the mail. Didn't even call, just sent the cheques. It was incredibly smooth, painless, and quick. I've heard a lot of really good things about this company so I had faith but it's awesome that I also had an amazing experience with them. Even though I have travel benefits through work I will always purchase tugo as they are just awesome to deal with!

May 5, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My excellent experience with out of country coverage

Personally, my husband and I would like to say “Thank You” to TuGo. I got very sick, with pneumonia, last year( 2022 ) while travelling in the USA and I had to be hospitalized for 6 days. ToGo gave us advice and tried to get me home, to our local hospital, in Ontario, and our hospital was full. Therefore I stayed in the USA hospital and ToGo covered all expenses.
There was no mix ups and no big issues with receipts etc.
Thank you ToGo for your compassion.

September 7, 2022

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