Travel Insurance 24

Richard Plummer, from Kent, is currently in a coma in hospital after being seriously injured in a road accident in Indonesia. He did not have a valid travel insurance policy at the time of the incident.

As a result, Richard’s father has already spent over £20,000 on medical bills for his son’s treatment. Richard’s parents now face the possibility of being forced to sell their home to fund Richard’s repatriation to the UK for treatment, which will cost around £98,000 due to medical requirements.

Read the full story on the BBC News website

It’s a tragic story that’s made even worse with the fact that these costs could have been avoided. It underlines

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We just returned from a trip to Italy to attend the European Medical Tourism Conference just outside of Venice.  For Seven Corners, the conference was an opportunity to review the medical tourism industry as well as a chance to meet with hospitals and medical groups from throughout the world.  Our days were filled with meetings with hospital representatives from Spain, Turkey, Germany, and of course, Italy.

I quickly noticed that these international hospitals are aware of the Seven Corners name and appreciate our knowledge of international healthcare.  Our goal when meeting hospital representatives is to evaluate the people behind the facilities who will eventually treat our insureds and members should they need care while away from home.  While internet access and email can address business specifics, nothing can compare to personal contact in developing a proper relationship.

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Take it away, Tristan!

Greetings travellers!

It’s been an exciting week for us at World First. The boss is on holiday in Ireland getting a taste for Guinness and preparations to move to our new offices in Exeter, Devon are coming along nicely. I’ve also been investigating Google’s new social network, Google+. Are you on G+ yet? I really like it so far and think it will be a force to be reckoned with within twelve months. If you would like to connect with me then visit my profile.

So what’s been happening in the world of travel this week?

The 7 Links challenge thrown down by Tripbase has been hot news in the bloggersphere. The concept is simple. It’s al

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As a teenager, each year a group of us would take a trip to the Sierra Nevada mountain range for a week-long hike through the 10,000 to 14,000 foot high peaks. For drinking water, all we used was a small amount of iodine added to a water bottle to kill anything that might have been living in the mountain streams.

With a little research, I’ve discovered that today’s hikers – as well as today’s travelers – have a complete selection of systems to deliver clean water without having to add a bad tasting chemical that has the potential to kill you in and of itself.

Water purification companies have developed several versions of their products to meet various needs. We are al

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