Living with HIV doesn't mean the end to holidays
There are currently around 83,000* people living with HIV in the UK, and it remains one of the fastest growing serious health conditions in the UK. For many, living with HIV could spell the end of holidays abroad, as they find it difficult to get fairly priced travel insurance. Indeed, a number of insurers do not provide cover for HIV at all.
However, leading specialist travel insurer, goodtogoinsurance.com, says it doesn’t have to be like this. Goodtogoinsurance.com offers fairly priced cover for HIV carriers, helping them travel safe in the knowledge that they are protected should something go wrong.
Only a limited number of travel insurers cater for people who have been diagnosed with HIV, and many require detailed medical screenings before offering cover. This cover often comes at a very high cost with the result that many may actually choose to travel without declaring their condition, leaving them unprotected for anything relating to their virus. Alternatively, those living with HIV are forced to give up foreign travel. But, in the opinion of goodtogoinsurance.com, this is unacceptable and unnecessary.
“Unfortunately, there are tens of thousands of people in the UK living with HIV. Yet despite the high number of sufferers it can still be difficult to get the right level of travel cover at a reasonable price,” says Iain Sykes, Managing Director of goodtogoinsurance.com. “And those who decide to travel without declaring their condition to their insurer won’t be covered, risking hefty medical bills if they do need treatment for the virus while abroad. With this in mind, we offer a no-hassle insurance quote system that caters for travellers with a range of medical conditions, including HIV.”
Goodtogoinsurance.com uses a medical screening process to help it provide the appropriate medical travel insurance cover for an individual’s condition. It’s easy and only takes a few minutes. Travellers simply complete a short medical screening questionnaire online or over the telephone and in almost all cases, goodtogoinsurance.com can provide an instant quote. There’s no need to provide medical certificates or for goodtogoinsurance.com to contact any doctors, taking the stress out of getting travel cover.
Sykes concludes, “Goodtogoinsurance.com can medically screen anyone with a pre-existing condition, and in almost all cases they can be covered. We understand the needs of travellers with pre-existing medical conditions, including HIV, and provide the necessary cover at a fair price, as well as the peace of mind that they will receive the right level of medical support wherever they are in the world.”
*Source Health Protection Agency 2010
