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travel-documents/insurance

  1. isawtman

    Do you keep some documents on the cloud?

    I was wondering if any Camino hikers keep documents on the internet on a cloud drive like Google Drive, etc? Documents could include your passport, driver's license, medical history, insurance card, etc. I know there are risks involved with putting stuff on the cloud. I would have them on a...
  2. Marbe2

    Getting trip insurance using air miles: frequent flyers help!

    Wondering those of you who are using travel insurance mainly for medical and using air miles to fly, can tell me what to put in the box for cost-of travel? Should I be gestimating the cost of the ticket…or, should I put in zero for cost. I talked to several people at two different companies...
  3. Renascer

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Flight Insurance

    Hello everyone! I booked my first camino flight again! As soon i booked to Porto i heard about Portugal possible new restrictions. I have a question for those that bought insurance. I didn't see offering it on the site when i bought the ticket. Since i didn't buy it last week together with the...
  4. geraldkelly

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Official Government Information Sources for Travel Restrictions

    Hi Can someone send me some links to official government websites for the US, Canada, Australia, UK and New Zealand with information about travel restrictions to and from each country? Please note, I am only interested in official sources of information. I'm looking for the sites prospective...
  5. Tony Bobcat

    Camino Frances East to West

    Hello fellow pilgrims, I am travelling from Australia, planning my Camino Francis and would like to finish in Finisterre. The time required for this and our additional holiday after the Camino is a total of 100 days. We have been told by our travel agent we can only stay in Europe for 90 days...
  6. B

    Visa for Thai person without prearranged accommodation

    I would like to walk the French Camino again next Summer with my Thai friend. As a UK subject I can enter Spain easily, but my Thai friend needs to show prearranged accommodation to get a tourist visa for Spain. Since we planned to look for a hostel at the end of each day, prearranging...
  7. S

    Best travel insurance for Primitivo from UK

    Hi All, I was wondering if you could advise what is the best travel insurance to get for the Primitivo from UK. I will start the Camino the 27th of September if all goes well :) Thanks in advance. Sandra
  8. thepacman

    A stay of greater than 90 days

    I'm aware that variations of this question have been asked/posted previously, but I can't find an answer to my specific question, so here goes (and apologies in advance if it has been answered somewhere and I missed it). All being well, next year I wish to spend 5 weeks or so undertaking an...
  9. D

    Travel Insurance for an Irishman Help!

    Hi everyone, I've been writing in a lot lately, but everyone has been brilliant so far in what I've been asking! This time around I'm looking for travel insurance. I'm flying from Ireland to Biarritz in September to do the Camino Del Norte. Can anyone advise specifically on what would be...
  10. CalgaryLynn

    Canadian Health Insurance Coverage

    I thought I would report in for those of us Canadians that are concerned about traveller's insurance for our trips over to Europe. I just received an email from Alberta Blue Cross that states "even though the Canadian government has not lifted it's non-essential travel warning", they are going...
  11. jsalt

    The 90-day Rule

    I am planning so many caminos for next year, to make up for not being able to go for 2 years, but it has suddenly occurred to me that we’ve had Brexit in the meantime. I live in South Africa, but travel on a British passport. Can Brits still travel freely in Europe, or are they now at the mercy...
  12. emilep

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD What happens if you get Covid on the trail?

    After the story this week, I was wondering - what happens if you get Covid on the trail? Does anyone in Spain know what the process is? Galicia has Covid insurance to reimburse pilgrims that get Covid. However what about the rest of the Camino? What are the policies around quarantining &...
  13. Dianne Hartenburg

    U.S. Passport will expire within 6 months of entering Spain. Help!

    I just realized my passport expires in January of 2022. I leave for Spain Sept. 9th returning on the 27th. There is a long wait for passports and I hate to apply and send my passport in to be renewed. Does anyone have experience with this situation and advice as to what to do? Thanks.
  14. Renascer

    Health insurance for 2021 and Covid?

    Hi Everyone! i wonder which insurance would be good to cover my Camino Trip that goes from Portugal to Spain. I bought the tickets on May 30 but recently needed to chance on June 23 as airline change my flight. I also would like to add * that with this travel advisories and change should i get...
  15. peregrina2000

    Travel insurance for US travelers over 70

    The last travel insurance policy I bought was a year-long policy with United HealthCare. I bought the policy in February, 2020. Not one of my smarter purchases. Between then and now, I have apparently aged up into a much riskier demographic. Once you hit 70, coverage decreases and prices...
  16. cecelia

    Schengen Question

    EDITED BY MODERATOR: THE INFORMATION MAY NOW BE OUT OF DATE - CHECK THE END OF THE THREAD FOR CURRENT INFORMATION. For anyone planning to walk a camino in 2021 please note that we will need to complete an ETIAS application before entering the Schengen area. Here's the first paragraph from...
  17. J

    Health insurance while "Caminoing" during the Covid

    I realized that even with the 2 vaccines doses against the Covid, I am not Shure at 100 percent that I will not get it while "Caminoing" in Spain. For those that perchase health insurance for traveling this summer or fall. Are you protected again any sickness due to Covid. Or it is on your...
  18. E

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Covid insurance

    I read somewhere that in Galicia they offer Covid insurance. Is it true? how does it work? What if I get ill in Galicia? Maybe I got infected in Asturias,is the insurance still valid? And finally, how much it costs? Many thanks for any info that you might be able to share Elena
  19. Marbe2

    Get QR code to enter Spain

    Use this Website to obtain QR code https://www.spth.gob.es/ To protect your health, the Government of Spain has implemented a series of measures to protect the general public’s health, including health control of passengers upon arrival in Spain. From this website you can fill out the health...
  20. Thomas Yingst

    ETIAS

    Are US citizens now required to complete the European Travel Information and Authorization System form before travel to Spain?

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