[novezar]

Well the old adage is, "If you can't afford the appropriate insurance, you can't afford the trip".

 

[darrellh]

I never used to take out insurance back in the early days when I was much younger and first came over here but do now and always take it everywhere else. You just never know and you hear such horror stories. And people don't take it and don't read the fine print if they do then expect everyone else to pay for their problems when something happens. It's nit right, be responsible and don't take stupid risks.

 

[Inferno4256]

My son and his family had a trip thailand recently. halfway through the holiday he exprienced terrible stomach pains which turned out to be kidney stones. He was not allowed to fly because of the pain he was in and had to have surgery in Thailand. The performance from the travel insurance people with his doctor to make sure he had never had this problem before was ridiculous. But eventually they paid up. The hospital would not release him till the bill was paid and it was quite a hefty bill, (but a beautiful hospital).although they were out of pocket for some expenses thank god they had travel insurance. They are going back next year to do what they missed out on but on the new insurance he had to declare the precious ailment and his insurance was dearer then the rest of the family

 

[CAZAC]

I will not travel without travel insurance. it's basically a safety net. It's better that nothing happens and if it does at least you have the knowledge that you are insured.

 

[Aussie all the Way]

Lesson from this article if you can't afford TRAVEL INSURANCE NO TRAVEL, it's quite simple really. My travel insurance is $160 for 2 of us, it is attached to our Credit Card and covers us for EVERYTHING.

 

[NoNoNoNoNoNo]

and this is why I always get travel insurance. I see too many horror stories about people not having insurance and getting stuck with a gigantic bill

 

[Veggiepatch]

The first step before taking out travel insurance is to research what countries have a reciprocal medical care agreement with the Australian government.

I paid for top travel insurance for a trip to New Zealand in 1983. Third day into the trip, I broke my right tibia in five places and was shipped to Wanaka hospital where I stayed for two days.

At no stage was I asked to pay for the treatment and one of the doctors informed about the reciprocal agreement.

So I wasted good money for no reason!

 

[Macarj]

When we went to NZ we also took out insurance we were told we needed insurance and that was in 1982

 

[Jest]

The first step before taking out travel insurance is to research what countries have a reciprocal medical care agreement with the Australian government.

I paid for top travel insurance for a trip to New Zealand in 1983. Third day into the trip, I broke my right tibia in five places and was shipped to Wanaka hospital where I stayed for two days.

At no stage was I asked to pay for the treatment and one of the doctors informed about the reciprocal agreement.

So I wasted good money for no reason!

i can go to nz without any insurance as i was born there. anything else is now out of the question due to age and health, so, home i stay.

 

[natalielocket]

The first step before taking out travel insurance is to research what countries have a reciprocal medical care agreement with the Australian government.

I paid for top travel insurance for a trip to New Zealand in 1983. Third day into the trip, I broke my right tibia in five places and was shipped to Wanaka hospital where I stayed for two days.

At no stage was I asked to pay for the treatment and one of the doctors informed about the reciprocal agreement.

So I wasted good money for no reason!

NZ does have a reciprocal agreement with Australia. The only thing one pays for is medication. But that is when one is released from the Hospital.