Hi daly75

Welcome to Cancer Chat.

We have some information on travel insurance. You can find it here.

I hope this helps and that your family are able to go to New York!

Best wishes

Jane

Hi Daly,

Here are some tips which may help. My advice isn't very diplomatically put - but the wording used needs to be precise.

1) try to choose a site which gives quotes based on assessments made via online forms. These are less stressful to use than talking to someone and you have more control over what is recorded.

2) whilst being scrupulously truthful, don't paint things too black. e.g. if no-one has used the word "terminal" or has said that "death is expected within six months" do not tick the box that says "have you had a terminal diagnosis". 

3) don't arrange insurance for longer than you need, if you plan a second holiday and your situation has changed you will need to declare that or the insurance could be null and void.

4) declare all your ailments whether cancer-related or not. If you fail to do so, your insurance could be null and void.

Moderator Jane has pointed to some useful information. Since my diagnosis I have used www.allcleartravel.co.uk/ with no problem but try to get at least two quotes from different companies. It WILL be expensive - in my case it was the same cost as my flight to India and back. The USA is notoriously expensive for travel insurance if you have a pre-existing medical condition.. 

I hope this helps!

Good luck in getting your Auntie to New York :-)

Best wishes
Dave

Good info Dave - well done

Hi sweetheart,

I looked into travel insurance a while back ,the only One I could find was Staysure ,all the others wanted a premium which cost more than the holiday.

Hope this helps.

Good luck,hope your mum enjoys the holiday and treatment goes well.

Alan

Thank you LonelyFox for your post.  My mum has a very rare melanoma and we were getting quotes for an annual insurance for between £3000 - £9,000!!!  Firstly, I read that it is better to get single trip insurance, and secondly I went to MIA Travel Insurance and got a quote from them for the single trip for £85.  I disclosed EVERYTHING about mums health and this quote was pretty amazing after the despondence we felt with the other quotes.  The woman I spoke to was so helpful and friendly. 

I hope this helps others too.