Holiday/travel insurance

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Not sure where to post this but hoping someone will know here, I’m due to be going away in 3 weeks, I’ll hopefully be recovered from tonsillectomy & able to go but the biopsy is delayed so I won’t get results for a month… my travel insurance I’ve had for 3 years have said they put in an exclusion for my current situation as it’s not diagnosed, seems insane as I was fine when I took the policy out that they can simply say I’m now not covered as it’s at this point undiagnosed but I’ll have to look past the problem of them I guess… my question is does anyone know where I can get insurance that’s reliable & easy I’m half tired of trawling websites that all end up saying call us then not doing it…If I have to leave the holiday be gutted but health on the mend hopefully so I’ll take the positives… Feel like my insurance company are scam artists. Thank you again 

  • Give Insurancewith a try, I have used them a few times.

  • I used  payingtoomuch.com as suggested by some on this forum, very reasonable.

    Make sure you have a GHIC card, they are essential for us, free of charge from UK government website,

    Applying for healthcare cover abroad (GHIC and EHIC) - NHS

    M

  • I suppose it’s all about risk….in both sides.  You don’t say where you were going or for how long….but the ‘gap’ between your departure date and the biopsy result is a minimum of a week.  That could be delayed while they decide what treatment is necessary…..or indeed, the biopsy could come back negative.   The minimum week gap is half of a two week holiday.  
    If it were me, Id be taking the advice of the medics and, as long as they didn’t veto it (in which case your current insurer should pay out incurred costs) I’d go with a GHIC card.

    Liz