| This virus... 17:25 - Feb 25 with 8132 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
.....anybody booking a holiday this year? Would this count as 'an act of dog' regarding insurance unless the FO bans travel to a particular country? |  |
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| This virus... on 20:22 - Feb 25 with 4617 views | BloomBlue |
North Korea, the only place without any reported cases of the Coronavirus now or in the future. |  | | |
| This virus... on 22:22 - Feb 25 with 4568 views | Bluefish |
| This virus... on 18:57 - Feb 25 by Alexwaddell |
Check out Turkey, Bodrum peninsula resorts, Kas, Oli Deniz....cheap as chips lovely weather, food, temperature and people...Bitez for a quiet holiday, Gumbet and Bodrum for party party, Yalkavak and Turgetreis for in between...not been to Antalya
But believe its mainly Russians who go there.....and no visa required this year for Brits. |
Loads of Russians but their women are incredible |  |
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| This virus... on 00:11 - Feb 26 with 4525 views | WeWereZombies |
| This virus... on 18:32 - Feb 25 by Radlett_blue |
Most travel insurance products - even quite expensive ones - are near worthless and the only reason to take one out is in case you need expensive medical treatment in the US. Some even have exclusion clauses over epidemics etc. |
Another reason (and the main one for me) is so that your relations have cover that provides all the necessary if your body has to be repatriated after dying overseas. I knew someone who had to get her brother's body back from Papua New Guinea, took months and cost a fortune - and all this whilst knowing that the hereditary disease that had killed him would probably claim her at some point in the future. |  |
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| This virus... on 02:54 - Feb 26 with 4485 views | BLUEBEAT |
| This virus... on 20:09 - Feb 25 by Freddy |
Safer to stay in the UK |
But not in Braintree and Colchester, allegedly...? |  |
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| This virus... on 03:58 - Feb 26 with 4476 views | MedwayTractor |
Flew with Singapore Airlines via Singapore (Changi) last Thursday/Friday/Saturday to NZ, lots of people in Changi wearing masks, most cabin crew wearing masks, but nobody seemed unduly concerned.
The only obvious sign was a heat sensor scanning every passenger just before the boarding gate for the onward flight from Changi to Christchurch.
There's more concern here amongst the locals at the potential effect on the economy of no Chinese (as well as other Asian) tourists. As far as I'm concerned, fewer Chinese tourists is a bonus! |  |
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| This virus... on 05:02 - Feb 26 with 4465 views | bluelagos |
| This virus... on 18:32 - Feb 25 by Radlett_blue |
Most travel insurance products - even quite expensive ones - are near worthless and the only reason to take one out is in case you need expensive medical treatment in the US. Some even have exclusion clauses over epidemics etc. |
Agree absolutely.
Last year on the hippy bus up the Andes, we ran into a civil disturbance in southern Colombia. Was on FCO website as an area to avoid.
We had to pay for flights over and rejoin truck, maybe $250 of extra cost.
Of the dozen travellers, the only ones whose insurers paid out were thise with £300+ policies. My cheapi from Asda refused as did many others' policies.
Irony was, I was still better off than without the expensive one. I do exactly as you say, ensure the medical cover is good and ignore the rest on the assumption they will wriggle out of paying out. |  |
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| This virus... on 07:16 - Feb 26 with 4425 views | hampstead_blue |
Was just about to push the button on a few days in the Canary Islands next month.
May just hold back now..... |  |
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| This virus... on 07:23 - Feb 26 with 4417 views | TractorWood |
| This virus... on 03:58 - Feb 26 by MedwayTractor |
Flew with Singapore Airlines via Singapore (Changi) last Thursday/Friday/Saturday to NZ, lots of people in Changi wearing masks, most cabin crew wearing masks, but nobody seemed unduly concerned.
The only obvious sign was a heat sensor scanning every passenger just before the boarding gate for the onward flight from Changi to Christchurch.
There's more concern here amongst the locals at the potential effect on the economy of no Chinese (as well as other Asian) tourists. As far as I'm concerned, fewer Chinese tourists is a bonus! |
Changi has always had scanners on arrival but interesting they have them on departure now too. |  |
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| This virus... on 07:38 - Feb 26 with 4405 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| This virus... on 18:32 - Feb 25 by Radlett_blue |
Most travel insurance products - even quite expensive ones - are near worthless and the only reason to take one out is in case you need expensive medical treatment in the US. Some even have exclusion clauses over epidemics etc. |
Terrible advice. Medical treatment can be horrifically expensive anywhere, and even in the EU whilst still in the EHIC anyone that needs to be flown home would likely wind up with a 5 figure bill without insurance
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| This virus... on 07:40 - Feb 26 with 4400 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| This virus... on 00:11 - Feb 26 by WeWereZombies |
Another reason (and the main one for me) is so that your relations have cover that provides all the necessary if your body has to be repatriated after dying overseas. I knew someone who had to get her brother's body back from Papua New Guinea, took months and cost a fortune - and all this whilst knowing that the hereditary disease that had killed him would probably claim her at some point in the future. |
At the risk of sounding blunt, the bill if you’re dead is relatively cheap and manageable. It’s where you’re alive and being flown back with medical support that you want to worry about! | |
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| This virus... on 07:40 - Feb 26 with 4400 views | WeWereZombies |
| This virus... on 07:23 - Feb 26 by TractorWood |
Changi has always had scanners on arrival but interesting they have them on departure now too. |
Ah, I was just about to post that my memory had just kicked in and I was given the once over with a heat sensor when I landed in Osaka (I definitely remember something, whether it was a heat sensor not sure at this remove) - that was on New Year's Eve! But seeing your post maybe this is standard in Japan too, just to make sure the gaijin know their place. Definitely no scanning before the flight back four weeks ago. | |
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| This virus... on 08:14 - Feb 26 with 4388 views | Radlett_blue |
| This virus... on 07:38 - Feb 26 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Terrible advice. Medical treatment can be horrifically expensive anywhere, and even in the EU whilst still in the EHIC anyone that needs to be flown home would likely wind up with a 5 figure bill without insurance
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My point was that yes, you do need medical insurance, but the whole "cancellation" thing is near useless as the insurers inevitably find a way to refuse payment. They are also very quick to invoke the "pre-existing condition" when presented with medical bills, especially for claimants over a certain age. |  |
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| This virus... on 09:18 - Feb 26 with 4356 views | WeWereZombies |
| This virus... on 07:40 - Feb 26 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
At the risk of sounding blunt, the bill if you’re dead is relatively cheap and manageable. It’s where you’re alive and being flown back with medical support that you want to worry about! |
I don't think you fully read my post. In many countries the rigmarole around dying ramps up the cost rapidly. You may only pay a few hundred pound for getting the body transported but there are costs before (and after) it gets to the airport. Also, thinking about just bringing the ashes back? Then you have the cost of cremation overseas.
The Daily Telegraph have an article that puts forward £17,000 as the cost but its behind their paywall and, even though I can get a free trial, I am not going there. But even if you know that friends and relations can get clever and do it for half the cost would you want to put them to the additional distress at a difficult time? | |
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| This virus... on 10:13 - Feb 26 with 4336 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| This virus... on 09:18 - Feb 26 by WeWereZombies |
I don't think you fully read my post. In many countries the rigmarole around dying ramps up the cost rapidly. You may only pay a few hundred pound for getting the body transported but there are costs before (and after) it gets to the airport. Also, thinking about just bringing the ashes back? Then you have the cost of cremation overseas.
The Daily Telegraph have an article that puts forward £17,000 as the cost but its behind their paywall and, even though I can get a free trial, I am not going there. But even if you know that friends and relations can get clever and do it for half the cost would you want to put them to the additional distress at a difficult time? |
I did but you miss the point
That cost is still a pittance compared to the equivalent cost for someone alive being repatriated with full medical support etc - which is tens of thousands even from Europe and six figures from across the globe
Plus the £17k quoted in the Telegraph for dying abroad is an extreme amount, typical cost is far lower. Still a few thousand and far from ideal but a lot more manageable than potential medical costs. have quite a lot of knowledge in this area | |
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| This virus... on 10:40 - Feb 26 with 4324 views | urbanblue |
I've got a flight to Japan for a weeks wander and looksee in April booked. Don't know what the hell to do about it so waiting and watching. |  | | |
| This virus... on 11:46 - Feb 26 with 4300 views | ITFC_Forever |
| This virus... on 18:15 - Feb 25 by GlasgowBlue |
Yeah Center Parcs just keeps going up each year. |
Biggest rip-of going.
Hate Center Parcs with a passion. |  |
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| This virus... on 11:48 - Feb 26 with 4298 views | ITFC_Forever |
I was in Italy last week (near Naples) for work and all was fine... then.
Will no doubt be over there again at least a couple of times in the next few months, so it will be interesting to see what happens.
Also got ten days in Rhodes booked in August. | |
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| This virus... on 12:12 - Feb 26 with 4280 views | DanTheMan |
Going to Rome in a few weeks.
Should be fun. |  |
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| This virus... on 12:18 - Feb 26 with 4272 views | Bluefish |
| This virus... on 12:12 - Feb 26 by DanTheMan |
Going to Rome in a few weeks.
Should be fun. |
On of my customers has sent me a form to fill in today so I can visit them next week. It asks if I have been to italy or been in contact with anyone that has. Shame you weren't there this weekend, I'd have picked you up from the airport | |
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