My pet falls ill while I am abroad – what now?

In this case, the Personal assistance provided by your **travel insurance will cover you if:**

• your pet travelling with you or staying at home falls seriously ill or has an accident
• the person responsible for looking after your pet falls seriously ill or dies

✅ Possible benefits:

• Coverage of unplanned return travel costs
• Coverage of additional accommodation costs
• Coverage of additional transport, accommodation and food costs for your pet

📌 Important to know:

• You are responsible for organising everything (e.g. animal transport or care) – the insurance covers the costs within the scope of the coverage.
• All benefits in connection with an insured pet are limited to a maximum of CHF 5,000 per event (including costs for you as the insured person).

🐾 Are veterinary costs abroad covered?

❌ No.

Travel insurance does not cover Healing costs for pets (i.e. no veterinary treatment abroad).

If you also want to cover veterinary costs abroad, you need pet insurance with the ‘worldwide cover’ option.

=> Calculate your premium now for worldwide veterinary treatment

Updated on: 19/02/2026