Securing Travel Insurance Nightmare

[Amakura]

Hey everyone

Hope all is well

Has anyone experienced difficulty securing travel insurance that was not the price of a brand new Mercedes? Okay, slight exaggeration but the cost works out double the holiday itself.

Astonishingly, a few years back, travel insurance for medical conditions used to be reasonably priced but now, since COVID, it seems that we're the ones that are keeping these companies afloat! (joking)

If you have experienced this, do you know of any insurance companies that are reasonably priced and professional?

Thanking you in advance

🙂

[smeackles]

I am very interested in any replies - I'd imagined it would hike up the price but haven't looked in to it - but making the cost so much more than the holiday effectively stops people from being able to travel and rest and relax again. That is so cruel and money grabbing!

[Spandau]

Have you tried All Clear?

[grumpyold]

We always use Staysure.

[LalaH52]

just bought an annual world wide multi trip policy from Staysure. £850. They were quoting £780 for a single trip.

My pre existing conditions aren’t covered because I’m still undergoing further tests.

I read a rather worrying article about a couple, both in cancer remission, who disclosed all their conditions to Saga and took out their travel insurance policy costing £720. The wife got Covid on holiday, is now sadly in a coma, and Saga won’t cover medical repatriation due to her pre existing medical conditions (She had lung cancer) That’s outrageous. What’s Covid got to do with those? The couple’s family is trying to crowd fund £30k for medical repatriation.

It’s got me rattled as Covid is exactly what I want to be fully covered for - us lot on immunosuppressants can fare a lot worse with it.

My GP gave me a private prescription for Paxlovid anti virals and for antibiotics to take with me just in case. Cost £11 and £12 respectively.

And I’m going to call Staysure on Monday to make sure I am fully covered for Covid irrespective. We’ll be in North America where medical costs are off the scale.

[Lizard28]

I’ve just booked with Saga, (over 50 though, don’t know what age you are). I was pleasantly surprised, I’m 70 and it was only £107 for an annual policy. £80 for a single.

[Lex54]

Hi my travel insurance is through my bank account. It won't cover my RA unless I pay an additional £120. Not had any different treatment apart from my medication and occasional steroid injection so have not added additional cover for RA. I am covered for everything else though.

[Bobbydoodle]

It depends where you are travelling? When I went to America (from the UK) it was expensive but when I travel to Europe I got a years policy with Admiral for about £63 which included me and my husband.