We have just booked a holiday for the New Year following my final chemo a few weeks ago. I've booked travel insurance through 'All Clear Travel' but it cost a blinking fortune to cover my OC, I have 14 days to find something else and just wondered if any of you have any recommendations?
Hi Lisa what a great idea! I used MIA travel insurance.. I went to Cyprus in August for 8 days cost me £75... it's better to ring them and talk through the OC bit... Love Michelle xx
I used Insurancewith for my hols to Lanzarote. It was about a month after I finished active treatment and cost around £45. I'm not sure what it would have cost if I'd have still been having chemo.
Hi, I tried them, got quite a shock. The stage I'm at seems to make a huge difference the minute i mark the box 'spread to other parts of my body' it jumps up by lots of hundreds! Do you mind me asking what stage you are?
Good luck with it. I did the online quote and answered all the questions as honestly as possible. I had called them before I was three weeks clear and the lady said to hang on until I was clear of the window. I asked her if she could give me an indication and she said 'less than £250' - I was shocked and relieved it was only £45!!
Does this cover you for anything/everything cancer related?
All the companies I've tried I could only get it down to a reasonable price by covering everything but my cancer. I use 'free' insurance from my bank with my cancer declared and not covered. This means we can't claim for cancellation etc. but if I break a leg I'm covered.
Hello, It's everything declared and covered. I was stunned at the difference but they do get down to the specifics which all clear travel didn't. I wouldn't dare not cover the cancer as we did that in the summer and lost a holiday.
The only difference I can think of is I'm 'non-curable' and although I'm stable at the moment, it has spread (pelvic recurrence only) and will return at some point.
Last quote I got was more than the holiday so we book last minute and take the chance. I always make sure I have enough funds to get home if required but refuse to pay extortionate insurance.
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