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We take travel insurance so that cancellation due to illness is covered, medical costs over and above EHIC provision and repatriation if needed. This is different, if searching online, to medical insurance which is just health cover for private medical attention. It is the travel insurance that we feel that we need.
The first edition came out in 2003 and has become the go-to-guide for many pilgrims over the years. It is shipping with a Pilgrim Passport (Credential) from the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
I just used www.comparethemarket.com and got annual mutli-trip in Europe for the 3 of us (2 adult + child) for £25 with American Express.... seemed like a pretty good deal. Unfortunately you don't get a meerkat with Travel Insurance.
2002 CF: 2004 from Paris: 2006 VF: 2007 CF: 2009 Aragones, Ingles, Finisterre: 2011 X 2 on CF: 2013 'Caracoles': 2014 CF and Ingles 'Caracoles":2015 Logrono-Burgos (Hospitalero San Anton): 2016 La Douay to Aosta/San Gimignano to Rome:
When I fell and broke my arm outside Navarette in May, I had to get a taxi back to the hospital in Logrono. The first thing they asked me was whether or not I had insurance. When I said yes, they asked for my passport, put the info they needed into their system and I was x-rayed and the arm casted without paying anything upfront. Same in Burgos 6 days later when I had to have more x-rays and a new cast applied. I received the accounts last week - €147 from Logrono and €250 from Burgos - and have sent them to the insurance company. If it had been a fractured leg or hip I might've had to be sent home and that would have cost a fortune!
The Burguete bomberos had another busy day yesterday. Picking up two pilgrims with symptoms of hypothermia and exhaustion near the Lepoeder pass and another near the Croix de Thibault who was...
Between Villafranca Montes de Oca and San Juan de Ortega there was a great resting place with benches, totem poles andvarious wooden art. A place of good vibes.
It is now completely demolished...
Left Saint Jean this morning at 7am. Got to Roncesvalles just before 1:30. Weather was clear and beautiful!
I didn't pre book, and was able to get a bed. I did hear they were all full by 4pm...
Hi there - we are two 'older' women from Australia who will be walking the Camino in September and October 2025 - we are tempted by the companies that pre book accomodation and bag transfers but...
We have been travelling from Australia via Dubai and have been caught in the kaos in Dubai airport for over 3 days. Sleeping on the floor of the airport and finally Emerites put us up in...
Hi all,
Very new to this so please excuse any ignorance or silly questions :) I'm walking my very first Camino in 2 weeks (iieeeek) - the countdown is on and excitement through the roof.
I've...
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