Taken ill on holiday? Take another one to recover!
No-one wants to spend time in hospital when they’re on holiday – but for those with pre-existing conditions it’s a potential risk.
Having good quality travel insurance ensures that the cost of any medical care while abroad is covered. But, until now, it often didn’t make up for the lost days whilst in hospital and probably didn’t cover for other costs incurred at home if the length of the time away had to be extended.
Now leading specialist travel insurance provider, goodtogoinsurance.com is tackling this gap in the cover offered to those with a pre-existing medical condition. For anyone who finds themselves stuck in hospital for five days or more, following unplanned surgery while on holiday, they will be able to claim for another holiday, to help them back on the road to recovery, plus a number of other costs.
“When someone has to undergo emergency surgery abroad, it means they miss out on some or all of their holiday and could also lengthen their stay in that country, potentially impacting on arrangements at home too,” says Iain Sykes, Managing Director of goodtogoinsurance.com. “Because we specialise in providing travel insurance for those with pre-existing medical conditions, we understand this risk. We have therefore added our extra medical cover to help travellers cope with the added difficulties of a hospital stay abroad.
“For example, we will cover for a recuperation holiday if more than five days is spent in hospital, following unplanned surgery, while on the original trip. We also cover for other costs that might be incurred if the stay abroad has to be extended, such as cattery or kennel fees back home.
“In addition, once the individual returns home, they may need home help or may even need corrective cosmetic surgery. These can be expensive requirements that many could not afford, but we have added them to the cover in the goodtogoinsurance.com policy.
“We want to make sure that everyone can travel, and gets the holiday they have paid for, even if they have a pre-existing condition.”
Additional medical expenses cover from goodtogoinsurance.com
Goodtogoinsurance.com provides single trip and annual travel insurance to people travelling with a wide range of pre-existing medical conditions, from diabetes and asthma to cancer, heart disease and depression.
Because goodtogoinsurance.com specialises in providing travel insurance for pre existing medical conditions it provides extra cover which other insurers rarely include in their policies, including:
• Loss of Medication, up to £300
• Mobility Aids, up to £2,500
Plus, if the policyholder undergoes surgery abroad and has to stay in hospital for at least 5 days goodtogoinsurance.com will pay for:
• A recuperation holiday, up to £750
• A private medical examination when they return to the UK, up to £500
• Employing a home help or nanny, up to £500
• Cosmetic surgery to correct damage caused by an accident on the trip, up to £2,500
• Kennel and Cattery fees, up to £500