Why Buy Travel Insurance Before You Go Abroad?
Simple- Because you can’t buy one after. And mind you, there will be a time when you’d wish you did…
Like when you’re hiking deep in the heart of Africa and you realize you’re running a fever which may just turn into a month-long malaria hospital stay. Nope, sorry, can’t buy insurance at this point. Or when you open your eyes and notice you’re being evacuated out of a tiny island in the middle of the South Pacific because of broken bones, after it got wild at the party.
You know those stories. Most avid travelers glory in these stories. They come with the territory after all and make for a fairly spellbinding account to regale your friends with later. But did they mention how much these little episodes cost? (Suffice to say, that if they hadn’t bought insurance, they’re probably still paying it off)
See… no one tells you this stuff. They share the gorgeous photos of Thailand, the nightlife, the food. But did anyone ever mention that if you are to get hospitalized in Thailand it will cost upward of US $500 per day? In a mediocre hospital, that is. And you don’t want to be in a mediocre hospital. Anyone tell you that a helicopter evacuation costs about US $25,000? No? Well, it does.
So if you have friends who are country-hopping, doing the #30CountriesUnder30 Challenge (and can’t stop talking about it, right?), share this article with them. There’s a possibility they’ll be grateful they bought the insurance. And if they do, they’ll be indebted to you forever for sharing this. (And maybe, they’ll even do your laundry for a year. That’ll be pretty cool!)
- We pick the policy that gets you the best coverage (no decision fatigue),
- We reduce your buying time to next to nothing (so you can get back to packing),
- We make the whole process of buying insurance pleasurable (I want less pleasure, said no one ever), AND
- We make claims straightforward, entirely digital, and fast (this is a big one, trust me)
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Pick one up for each of your jaunts. So you can travel freely, which is just the right state of mind to travel with.
