Bucket-List Travel Boom: $30,000+ Trips Jump 27%
St. Petersburg – October 29, 2026 -- Travelers are booking pricier trips: policies covering trips insured for $30,000 or more rose 27.2% in Q3 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to travel insurance marketplace Squaremouth.
That is more than twice the 12.9% growth in insured trips overall. Trips insured for under $10,000 fell 2.3%, per Squaremouth's Q3 2026 Travel Insurance Trends Report.
The shift was foreseeable. In April, Squaremouth surveyed more than 3,000 travelers, and 23% said they planned to spend more on premium or bucket-list trips in 2026.
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