Pre-existing Health Conditions Travel Insurance
Watch this postHi 🙂 Am going on the trip of a lifetime next summer to see my eldest marry in The Rockies! I am a nervous traveler, have never done long haul, and have booked the first leg of the trip by ship as a long haul flight scares me to death. Can anyone recommend a good medical insurance for pre-existing health conditions? I have to take medication for High Blood Pressure and Auto-Immune Hep 🙁 I have never been to USA and am fretting about it all a lot. Any wisdom gratefully received 🙂
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Sorry have been offline awhile due to life pressures.
We are sailing out and flying back - visiting New York for a couple of nights, then flying to Denver for a couple before joining the rest of the wedding party in Estes Park for five days.
Rassurances that travel when out there is easy is much appreciated - am not well travelled and very nervous
Am going by sea because am nervous of long haul flight - figure if I collolopse on the way back at least I'll be home 😉
Going on a big ship has been a dream since seeing my Nan off on a World Cruise as a kid. Have often looked at the big ships from a harbour but this is my first time sailing on one.
We're staying in New York for a couple of nights, then flying to Denver for a couple, and getting a car hire to spend 5 days on a ranch near Estes Park.
Reassuring that travel will be easy when we get there - am very nervous!
Good job I'm not doing any of the driving 😉
Phone no is 0845 8687 234
Hope this helps
Just looking at them now
Thanks for the recommendation 🙂
May I ask if you've ever had any call to use them and if so what their response was like?
Had a quick look at their pages and see the screening asks when conditions arose - hopefully I can check that out with the GP and my records will have come through from England to Scotland ( I know I've had AIH diagnosis since 2009 but have no idea when the hypertension began!)
I know I'll probably not need to call on it anyways - but better safe than sorry.
Happy 2017 to you
Sorry to be so late in reply
David
Again apologies for tardy reply
Been going through the mill a bit - supporting others
Thanks for the thumbs up on AGE UK ; will add them to my list.
Sorry to hear you have a collection of conditions too - hope you do not have much pain and can make the best of the good days 🙂
Have reached the time when my body sometimes feels more like 90 than 60 and bless having a sense of humour (most days ;-))
Don't forget you will also need electronic visas for both the USA and Canada. The USA one is called an ESTA and the Canadian one is called an ETA. Both are mandatory for UK visitors but you can get them online so you can apply nearer the time
Have been wading through quotes and hope to get sorted soon - just had too much going on.
Will be sure to get insurance in place before we pay the balance and book flights.
Knew about the ESTA but not the ETA - so many thanks for that.
Your good wishes are deeply appreciated 🙂