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Travel Insurance For The Over 80S.
Next year we are taking my 88 year old Grandad and 87 year old Grandmother on a trip to the battlefields of Italy (Grandad's request - he wants to go back to where he fought and where he lost so many mates at Anzio).
Grandad is in rude good health. He has a prostate problem but that is controlled by medication. Nanna on the other hand has significant problems. She has to take medication for heart failure (heart attack 10 years ago); high cholestorel, high blood pressure. Saga want £700 for travel insurance (for 12 days). Anyone have any tips, please? It's costing each of us a grand so we want insurance in case anything happens to Grandad before we go (if Grandad were to die, the trip becomes pointless, although he's so bloody minded he'll not go before if he has anything to do with it).
This trip is REALLY important for my grandad and we are resolved that it WILL happen come what may, but travel insurance is proving difficult.
We will phone the travel company on Monday for their views (they regularly deal with veterans), but would like to be fully armed.
Grandad is in rude good health. He has a prostate problem but that is controlled by medication. Nanna on the other hand has significant problems. She has to take medication for heart failure (heart attack 10 years ago); high cholestorel, high blood pressure. Saga want £700 for travel insurance (for 12 days). Anyone have any tips, please? It's costing each of us a grand so we want insurance in case anything happens to Grandad before we go (if Grandad were to die, the trip becomes pointless, although he's so bloody minded he'll not go before if he has anything to do with it).
This trip is REALLY important for my grandad and we are resolved that it WILL happen come what may, but travel insurance is proving difficult.
We will phone the travel company on Monday for their views (they regularly deal with veterans), but would like to be fully armed.
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http://www.poppyinsure.co.uk/main/moreinfo/10
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Age UK Travel Insurance has no upper age limit (and most medical conditions can be covered):
http://www.ageuk.org.uk/products/insurance/travel-insurance/
Chris
http://www.ageuk.org.uk/products/insurance/travel-insurance/
Chris
Many people on here have recommended this mob. An 82-year-old friend of mine with a heart condition found them to be 40% cheaper than all others who quoted him, including Saga & Co.
Hope they enjoy the trip.
http://www.staysure.co.uk/home
Hope they enjoy the trip.
http://www.staysure.co.uk/home
Your grandparents can apply for a 'top up' policy to complement the free EHIC. Ensure the correct site is used to get the free EHIC, as some other sites make a charge. www.ehic.org.uk The EHIC would cover state-provided medical treatment but it doesn't cover repatriation and certain other possible expenses. So some insurers are offering a top up policy to fill these gaps. There are some medical questions to answer and I urge you/them to be absolutely open about anything in their medical history that might affect their cover.
Hi - maybe have a Look at World First Travel Insurance - We insure people up to 100 yrs of age - http://www.world-first.co.uk/home/travel-insurance/seniors/how-to-choose-the-best-senior-travel-insurance.aspx
Tristan
Tristan
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