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"Mike Ruddock" <mike@ruddock50.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> I wonder if the SWs have looked into the matter of travel
> insurance and medical requirements for Bert's proposed trip to India?
>
> We are both (probably) older than Bert and Freda and found
> travel insurance difficult to obtain. Indeed some firms who boast
> about the good rates they offer absolutely refuse to consider anyone
> over 65, and all firms seem to double or quadruple their rates as one
> passes into the sere and yellow. Unsurprisingly Saga are most
> accommodating.

My parents are both in their seventies, and go on long-haul holidays, and
are able to get annual travel insurance (getting a bit more pricey now for
my father who is well into that decade). But it is possible if you look
around. Here's one for up to 89-year olds:
http://www.mrlinsurance.co.uk/travel-insurance/senior-travel-insurance.html

Graculus wrote:

> "Mike Ruddock" <mike@ruddock50.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:kmv6s11ff3j2pvj31vov0f3dgfq1817ti3@4ax.com...
>
>>I wonder if the SWs have looked into the matter of travel
>>insurance and medical requirements for Bert's proposed trip to India?
>>
>>We are both (probably) older than Bert and Freda and found
>>travel insurance difficult to obtain. Indeed some firms who boast
>>about the good rates they offer absolutely refuse to consider anyone
>>over 65, and all firms seem to double or quadruple their rates as one
>>passes into the sere and yellow. Unsurprisingly Saga are most
>>accommodating.
>
>
> My parents are both in their seventies, and go on long-haul holidays, and
> are able to get annual travel insurance (getting a bit more pricey now for
> my father who is well into that decade). But it is possible if you look
> around. Here's one for up to 89-year olds:
> http://www.mrlinsurance.co.uk/travel-insurance/senior-travel-insurance.html
>
>
Mother's just back from Vancouver. She had a heck of a time getting
health insurance for the trip, even though she's fully paid up with PPP
in the ordinary way and covered for travel in Europe. She said Saga were
exorbitant, compared to the last time she went to Canada, but now she's
hit 80, there's a huge difference in cost with all the companies she got
quotes from. In the end, she paid GBP 125 for 3 weeks, via Trailfinders,
from whom she bought her flight.

--
Tout de bonbon,
Anne, Gumrat - Never unknowingly double entendred.

Mike Ruddock wrote:
>
>         I wonder if the SWs have looked into the matter of travel
> insurance and medical requirements for Bert's proposed trip to India?

[snip]

My Mum (84) is a bit of a globe-trotter (just been to Machu Pichu).  We
can usually find her some travel insurance, but it's a case of ringing
round to find the insurance company that wants to take on the particular
risk.  It's not mainstream stuff, but there are companies in the market
who will cover that sort of business.  ISTR Age Concern
(http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/) had some recommendations of suitable
companies on their website last year when we looked for an annual policy
for her but they seem to have changed it now - but it might be a good
place to start.  We usually end up with getting a fairly competitive
quote.  The same is true of motor insurance (& she's just bought herself
a brand new red sports car this week) and been able to continue her
existing insurance.

Allan

"Allan Gould" <allang@me.freeserve.com> wrote in message
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> Mike Ruddock wrote:
>>
>>         I wonder if the SWs have looked into the matter of travel
>> insurance and medical requirements for Bert's proposed trip to India?
>
> [snip]
>
> My Mum (84) is a bit of a globe-trotter (just been to Machu Pichu).  We
> can usually find her some travel insurance, but it's a case of ringing
> round to find the insurance company that wants to take on the particular
> risk.  It's not mainstream stuff, but there are companies in the market
> who will cover that sort of business.  ISTR Age Concern
> (http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/) had some recommendations of suitable
> companies on their website last year when we looked for an annual policy
> for her but they seem to have changed it now - but it might be a good
> place to start.

Alternatively, if you subscribe to Which? (or have a friend who does) you
can check out their reports or their website - they did a review of holiday
insurance not so long ago, and they generally show which ones are the best
buys for different groups, e.g. older people.


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Best wishes,

Marjorie

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:07:57 +0000, Allan Gould
<allang@me.freeserve.com> wrote:

>My Mum (84) is a bit of a globe-trotter (just been to Machu Pichu).

#2 daughter was there just before Christmas and I was so envious,
thinking I'm too old!  Your mum didn't climb for 4 days though, did
she?   I think daughter said there is an easier way, a train tour.


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badriya wrote:
>
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:07:57 +0000, Allan Gould
> <allang@me.freeserve.com> wrote:
>
> >My Mum (84) is a bit of a globe-trotter (just been to Machu Pichu).
>
> #2 daughter was there just before Christmas and I was so envious,
> thinking I'm too old!  Your mum didn't climb for 4 days though, did
> she?   I think daughter said there is an easier way, a train tour.

AFAIK, she did the train tour.  She didn't mention 4 days' walking.

Marjorie Clarke wrote:
>
> Alternatively, if you subscribe to Which? (or have a friend who does) you
> can check out their reports or their website - they did a review of holiday
> insurance not so long ago, and they generally show which ones are the best
> buys for different groups, e.g. older people.

Good point.  ISTR I did refer to a Which report.  Am a Which subscriber
- even to the extent of getting my pic in the magazine as part of a
phone review (ooh: what a terrible bit of self-publicity...)

Allan

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:26:09 +0000, Allan Gould
<allang@me.freeserve.com> wrote:

>badriya wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:07:57 +0000, Allan Gould
>> <allang@me.freeserve.com> wrote:
>>
>> >My Mum (84) is a bit of a globe-trotter (just been to Machu Pichu).
>>
>> #2 daughter was there just before Christmas and I was so envious,
>> thinking I'm too old!  Your mum didn't climb for 4 days though, did
>> she?   I think daughter said there is an easier way, a train tour.
>
>AFAIK, she did the train tour.  She didn't mention 4 days' walking.

Maybe she was too breathless to get the words out?

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Cheers, Kimbo (Keeper of the Languid Wave (tm))
Best of umra archive www.totternhoe.demon.co.uk/umra/

www.bykimbo.com

In message <43C62129.EE784927@me.freeserve.com>, Allan Gould
<allang@me.freeserve.com> writes
>what a terrible bit of self-publicity...

In Umraspeak it's just called knicker-flashing and not considered
terrible at all.
--
Jenny
"I always like to have the morning well-aired before I get up."
(Beau Brummel, 1778-1840)

In article <xzrnkTHZujxDFwKy@cedarbank81.fsnet.co.uk>,
jmb@cedarbank81.fsnet.co.uk says...
> In message <43C62129.EE784927@me.freeserve.com>, Allan Gould
> <allang@me.freeserve.com> writes
> >what a terrible bit of self-publicity...
>
> In Umraspeak it's just called knicker-flashing and not considered
> terrible at all.
>
Just to clarify that a little.  It's often best NOT to actually carry
out the knicker manoeuver whilst the publicity photograph is being
taken.  YMMV.

Sam

In message <43C62129.EE784927@me.freeserve.com>, Allan Gould
<allang@me.freeserve.com> writes
>
>Marjorie Clarke wrote:
>>
>> Alternatively, if you subscribe to Which? (or have a friend who does) you
>> can check out their reports or their website - they did a review of holiday
>> insurance not so long ago, and they generally show which ones are the best
>> buys for different groups, e.g. older people.
>
>Good point.  ISTR I did refer to a Which report.  Am a Which subscriber
>- even to the extent of getting my pic in the magazine as part of a
>phone review (ooh: what a terrible bit of self-publicity...)
>
Welcome to umra, Allan.

(And a jolly good knicker flash aka kf)

Sincerely Chris

--
Chris McMillan
http://www.chinavision.org.uk/

 Allan Gould <allang@me.freeserve.com> writes:
>Good point.  ISTR I did refer to a Which report.  Am a Which subscriber
>- even to the extent of getting my pic in the magazine as part of a
>phone review (ooh: what a terrible bit of self-publicity...)

it does, however, rather mark you out as a _consumer_ (shock horror).

i, on the other hand, _never_ consume _anything_.
--
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge

Waiting for Daff's Caff to re-open, badriya living at dragon's lair
decided to tell uk.media.radio.archers that
>On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:07:57 +0000, Allan Gould
><allang@me.freeserve.com> wrote:
>
>>My Mum (84) is a bit of a globe-trotter (just been to Machu Pichu).
>
>#2 daughter was there just before Christmas and I was so envious,
>thinking I'm too old!  Your mum didn't climb for 4 days though, did
>she?   I think daughter said there is an easier way, a train tour.
>
>
>--
It seems to be one of the few places in the world my wofe does not want
to visit - and yet I do.  And I hate travelling.

I think I blame seeing "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" when I was a lot
younger.
--
Kosmo Richard W
SNELLSS

K Richard W wrote:
>
> I think I blame seeing "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" when I was a lot
> younger.

They're still there on page 3.

Jenny M Benson wrote:
>
> In message <43C62129.EE784927@me.freeserve.com>, Allan Gould
> <allang@me.freeserve.com> writes
> >what a terrible bit of self-publicity...
>
> In Umraspeak it's just called knicker-flashing and not considered
> terrible at all.

Terrible or not, photo or not, I have little intention of flashing my
underwear...

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:42:12 +0000, K Richard W
<richard.whitbread@whitbread.freeuk.com> wrote:

[Machu Pichu]

>It seems to be one of the few places in the world my wofe does not want
>to visit - and yet I do.  And I hate travelling.
>
>I think I blame seeing "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" when I was a lot
>younger.

Ah yes, Robert Stephens as Atahualpa <sigh>. Not something you forget.

--
Jo

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:07:53 +0000, Mike Ruddock
<mike@ruddock50.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>
>	I wonder if the SWs have looked into the matter of travel
>insurance and medical requirements for Bert's proposed trip to India?
>
>	We are both (probably) older than Bert and Freda and found
>travel insurance difficult to obtain. I
>

Mother winters in Spain and has now found the insurance prohibitive.

Her solution?

Shestays there for a month, flies back to the UK, enters the arrival
hall, walks up the stairs to the check-in counters (lift? moving
stair-case? bah humbug!) and flies stright back out again to stay for
another month and so on. Technically she has been in the UK (albeit
for barely an hour each time).

The drawback is it intereferes with her bungee-jumping.