Why You Need Travel Insurance

[dioxide45]

Here is a local news story (Ohio) about a mother and son stuck in Progreso Mexico because the son got appendicitis while on a Carnival Cruise.

 

http://www.whio.com/news/news/boy-mother-stuck-in-mexico-after-cruise-sickness/nmWJY/?ref=cbTopWidget

[BeagleOne]

Not to mention passports...

 

Fortunately for them they are collecting a lot of $$$ over the internet.

[dioxide45]

Apparently someone in the know, perhaps the mother, commented on the Facebook post where my wife first saw this story. They have passports, but only the Passport Card. This is one reason why I think the passport card is worthless document, especially for a cruise. It serves the same purpose as a birth certificate and ID. Why pay money for the Passport Card when you can use the BC for free.

 

It also begs the question, why buy travel insurance when you can just start a funding campaign?

Edited June 5, 2015 by dioxide45

[BullDawg91]

I am waiting for someone to say that Carnival should help them financially.

 

Complain all you want about healthcare in the US, but no hospital would hold up an emergency surgery for $3000.

 

This situation is exactly why we all need travel insurance and passports.

[BullDawg91]

Apparently someone in the know, perhaps the mother, commented on the Facebook post where my wife first saw this story. They have passports, but only the Passport Card. This is one reason why I think the passport card is worthless document, especially for a cruise. It serves the same purpose as a birth certificate and ID. Why pay money for the Passport Card when you can use the BC for free.

 

It also begs the question, why buy travel insurance when you can just start a funding campaign?

 

 

Excellent points.

[klfrodo]

I hope the child gets all the help he needs and is returned home.

 

Mom on the other hand,,,, (what would Red Foreman say?)