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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.
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!
Hey all , as in approaching the Camino from Sarria I didn’t find yet the basic equipment nor the alojamiento from sarria to santiago, I have booked just in Santiago some days but I’m becoming...
Several local news websites are reporting that in very bad weather a few days ago a pilgrim was found lost and confused walking the shoulder of the AP-1 highway near Burgos. Aiming for Burgos but...
I wasn't sure I was going to post "live from the Camino" for this Camino. I'm happy to do so on my solo Caminos, but when I am walking with family, my focus is a little elsewhere and I am mindful...
@Monasp has just posted two tables of statistics from the SJPDP pilgrim office on their Facebook account. Numbers of different nationalities recorded so far this year: the USA being the largest...
I've been reading about the different routes etc and I have seen that the longest route is over a month, but also that some people just walk for a weekend or a few days or a week.
I want to do a...
Hi guys, thinking about doing the Camino Frances in September. What experiences have people had with weather and crowds and accommodation during this time? I would plan for about 30 days which...
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