Travel insurance!!!

Again more cost comes with being diseased! But we’re used to it right? I’ll keep this section short and sweet as there isn’t much to say but there are a few factors to be considered. For example, I did what every person would do and used typical websites like compare the market, go compare etc these sites do what they do and give you the lowest prices they can find. However, wanting to keep costs down I chose the cheapest cover around £200 for a year to investigate first, and I’m glad I did as I could have just bought it online and thought I was covered…wrong! Once I had explained my medical condition over the phone and they found out I was on monthly infusions they actually said they would not cover me at all as I was a high risk traveller so I could have easily wasted my money and thought I was covered when I was not, definitely ring any insurance providers to get a legitimate quote. My advice for travel insurance if coming to Australia from the UK though is probably don’t bother at least if you want it to medically protect you. I say this as you are covered by Australia’s Medicare anyway through the reciprocal health agreement which basically means you will get treated as you do back home free of charge, it really is a wonderful thing and trust me I know it’s all legit and works I’ve had 2 admissions to hospital since being in Oz and haven’t been stung with any hidden fees, all I get asked for is my Medicare card which I will explain how to attain further along the line. Of course get travel insurance if you want to cover belongings, flights etc but looking back now I wish I would have saved finding something that covered everything and shelling out £300+ that money can stretch a long way in Oz.