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Breaking into this Thread JB:

Some time ago I said that I knew of a good travel insurance site, for medical problems, I just found it again:

http://tinyurl.com/yaz2xulz

Collect all your medical conditions, tell them what they are over the phone number and they will come back with a quote, ask them to send you a written quote to your address. They never let me down, but I always do that with any quotes from anywhere, then you have proof. They are fairly inexpensive for UK travel, obviously a bit more for abroad.

Hope that helps, cheers, Bob.

I haven’t used Stay Sure myself yet, but whenever travel insurance comes up on the Vasculitis groups, they’re recommended. They’re who I’ll use if ever I get to go away 🙂

Steve, the insurance companies are getting shirty about things now. Mate of mine last year was refused repayment because he had forgotten to add another medical condition. That’s why I was with StaySure, they take all conditions onboard and get back with a texted quote. I always make them send a written quote before I say OK to a quote though. We have not been away for 2 years now, but I have so much happening that we are looking forward to some kind of cottage holiday later. But Status are a specialist in Medical travel insurance. If I needed a hospital on holiday, my Gert does not drive, so we would be snookered.

My bank does not do travel, but my mate’s did: and that was Nationwide, who refused payment. I would love to go to the continent, preferably Brugge (or Bruges if you like the French version) as we really like that town, it’s medieaval but the house owners have to keep up all the deco and the apearance of the buildings, by City Law. Food is very good too, and the Belgian coast is close enough to visit every day. I like a place called Knokke*, which is the cleanest seaside town I ever saw. Makes Skeggy look like an Iranian camp in Syria, after the Israelis finished with it. SWMBO and I shared a very nice whole roast chicken in the Market Place there one sunny day: don’t think some of the more toffee-nosed locals thought much of that, but several young people guessed we were Brits and stopped to talk.

We do have so many beaches around here though, so when it’s good weather we can get out and be back home for evening. I don’t think we miss a holiday as much as when we lived in Notts.

*Ka-nocker. Funny speech, these foreigners.

Steve if you go to Germany, there is a place in Bavaria you might like, I love it. It’s called Füssen spelled Fuessen in English:

http://tinyurl.com/yaa9exxo

It’s my favourte place in the world, even more than british Columbia, but it’s a long way South, so it’s best to look up the Romantic Road:

http://tinyurl.com/y9kyrhaf

– and find good places to stay along the way. It is the highest town in Western Europe, a spur of land which pokes into Austria.The German people are fine, especially down there. I have heard Bavarians call North German tourists “Prussian B******s” but never heard a word against Brits in the many years I went there. It can be a bit expensive, but the scenery and the beautiful old buildings, all decorated in old fashioned Bavarian scenes, are worth it. There are some fantastic lakes amongst the mountains.

Not recommending these holidays, never been with them, but it might give you ideas:

http://tinyurl.com/ya6yx4mo

Don’t forget to get an EHIC card for everyone before you go.