Wherever the World Cup Takes You, You’re Travel Protected.
Travelling to follow the tournament across the USA, Canada and Mexico? GEAR gives you 24/7 access to experienced operators who coordinate real-world medical and security response, the same capability trusted by organisations in some of the world's most demanding environments.
Insurance pays you back.
GEAR gets you help.
One call connects you to experienced operators who help you make the right decisions and coordinate support on the ground, in real time.
Travel insurance
Reimburses you after something has gone wrong, once you're home and the paperwork is done.
GEAR
Connects you to medical, security and emergency response experts when incidents unfold.
GEAR isn't a replacement for travel insurance. It works alongside it, handling the real-world response insurance was never designed to provide. Most members carry both.
The biggest tournament ever. The longest journey too.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup runs from 11 June to 19 July across three countries, with millions of travellers on the move.
Crowded cities, long distances and unfamiliar healthcare and security systems make both small problems and serious ones harder to handle alone.
GEAR is built for exactly this: helping you prepare, respond and stay supported throughout.
- Illness or injury while you're away from home
- A medical emergency that needs evacuation to the right facility
- Civil unrest or a serious security incident overseas
- Extreme weather or natural disasters
- Navigating unfamiliar healthcare systems and borders
- Simply not knowing who to call, or where to turn
Real support, around the clock.
24/7 Global Response Centre
Round-the-clock access to experienced operators. One number, any time, anywhere.
Medical Assistance
Help with illness and injury overseas: medical advice, hospital referrals and escalation when needed.
Up to US$500,000 in response costs
Security Response
Crisis advice, monitoring and, where needed, security evacuation during a serious incident overseas. Optional cover, available outside your home country.
Up to US$500,000 in response costs (optional)
Risk & Travel Advisory
Pre- and post-travel risk guidance, plus logistics, routing and liaison with local authorities when needed.
Location-Aware Support
Assistance shaped around where you are and what's happening nearby.
Evacuation Coordination
Where required and appropriate, support with complex movement, medical evacuation or security-led extraction.
Help in your pocket, one tap away.
The GEAR Tech app puts the 24/7 Global Response Centre a single tap away. Wherever you are during the tournament, you can reach experienced operators the moment you need them.
- One tap to the 24/7 Global Response Centre
- Medical and security specialists, wherever you are
- Your membership details to hand when it matters
Built for every kind of World Cup traveller.
Ready in three simple steps.
Choose your membership
Tell us where and when you're travelling, and we'll help you choose the right GEAR cover for your World Cup plans.
Travel GEAR ready
You'll have everything you need before you go, including 24/7 access to the Global Response Centre.
We're there if you need us
One call connects you to experienced operators who help you make the right decisions and coordinate support, fast.
Say you injure your knee the day before a match, in a city you don't know. One call to the Global Response Centre connects you to an operator who arranges a local clinic, coordinates your transport, guides you through an unfamiliar medical system and keeps your family updated, and where it's needed, coordinates evacuation to the right facility. You make the decisions. GEAR handles the response.
The same expertise. Wherever you are.
GEAR is powered by SPS Global Assistance, a global crisis response operator with over 30 years of experience coordinating medical and security evacuations across more than 140 countries.
So the response behind your trip isn't a call centre and a policy document. It's experienced operators ready to coordinate help when it matters.
Choose your level of rescue readiness.
Every GEAR membership includes 24/7 access to the Global Response Centre, real-time crisis coordination and emergency evacuation. Not insurance. Real response.
Single international trip, up to 7 days. Medical response and evacuation included.
- 24/7 Global Response Centre
- Medical evacuation (air / ground / sea)
- Up to $500K emergency medical
- Trauma counselling & support
- Real-time case management
Unlimited trips per year, up to 90 days each. Your annual rescue membership.
- Everything in Solo Trip
- Unlimited trips per year
- Medical repatriation home
- Risk advisory & monitoring
- Worldwide coverage
You, your partner and dependents under 21, included at no extra cost per child.
- Everything in Frequent Traveller
- Family-wide coverage as standard
- Optional security response & evacuation
- Optional kidnap & extortion support
- Optional close protection (outside home country)
Be GEAR ready before you travel.
The World Cup should be about the football, not worrying about what happens if something goes wrong. With GEAR, you've got a trusted team behind you, before, during and after your trip.
Good to know.
No. GEAR is a real-world rescue membership, not insurance. Insurance reimburses you after an event; GEAR coordinates real-world response while it's happening.
Medical assistance applies worldwide, including across the USA, Canada and Mexico and between match cities. Security response applies outside your home country. Cover does not apply to travel against official government advice, and your membership confirmation sets out exactly what's included.
Families, private clients, corporate groups, organisations and individual travellers attending the 2026 World Cup.
The 24/7 Global Response Centre is available around the clock, and one call connects you to experienced specialists.
Before you travel. GEAR is designed to support you before, during and after your trip, so it's best arranged ahead of departure.
GEAR (Global Emergency Assistance and Response) is a service-based membership and assistance programme provided by Special Projects and Services Limited (SPS). It is not an insurance policy, does not operate on a reimbursement basis, and does not replace travel or life insurance. All services are arranged at SPS's discretion and are subject to the limits, conditions and exclusions of the GEAR Membership Agreement.