Jumping in exotic locations...

[Orange1 0]

Jumping in exotic locations sounds wonderful, but what happens when things go wrong? Thinking of 2 recent incidents in the incidents forum - a survivor of the Tanzanian plane crash who had to be moved to Kenya after initial surgery in Tanzania, and the jumper who crash landed in Vietnam and got medevac'd to Thailand.

For those guys who travel around the world on these boogies which often sound fantastic - do you ever research what the healthcare system in these countries is like? Do you have insurance that pays for medevac? Or does none of this cross your mind?

Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun.

[flyangel2 2]

Before I went to Thailand for the 400 ways, I got Travelers Insurance that would cover all my medical expenses, plus it would have paid for one of my parents or a friend to be flown out. It was good insurance, but I can't remember which one it was. I'm just glad I didn't have to use it
Edit to add: The hospitals in Thailand are a lot better then some here in the states.

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[mik 2]

I work a fair amount in different countries (with extremely variable levels of health care) and take my rig if it looks as though I might get a jump or two. I tend to get insurance that covers medical expenses / personal liability - in the UK it is not that expensive when compared to the cost of specialist repatriation / care / dealing with personal liability claims if things go wrong.

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[billvon 2,995]

Medical evac insurance is fairly cheap; I got it for both Thai records.

[goobersnuftda 0]

I'm leaving for Thailand in 8 days and of course I have travel insurance.

This situation may be unique because I'm Canadian but here goes. Get a CAA membership (like the AAA in the US). Then you may apply for travel insurance called Travel Gold. For my age, I pay $54/year and I get to travel anywhere in the world for up to 28 days coverage. $5 million in complete coverage. I don't have to notify anyone when I leave or where I go just as long as I am not staying out of Canada for longer than 28 days.

There are other packages that let you stay longer etc. but for my traveles, it is the most afforable travel insurance possible. Comes in so very handy for those spur of the moment business trips into the great US of A. I hear they have some pricey bills if you are unfortunate enough to have to use them :)

[mik 2]

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I'm leaving for Thailand in 8 days and of course I have travel insurance.

This situation may be unique because I'm Canadian but here goes. Get a CAA membership (like the AAA in the US). Then you may apply for travel insurance called Travel Gold. For my age, I pay $54/year and I get to travel anywhere in the world for up to 28 days coverage. $5 million in complete coverage. I don't have to notify anyone when I leave or where I go just as long as I am not staying out of Canada for longer than 28 days.

There are other packages that let you stay longer etc. but for my traveles, it is the most afforable travel insurance possible. Comes in so very handy for those spur of the moment business trips into the great US of A. I hear they have some pricey bills if you are unfortunate enough to have to use them :)

$54 a year sounds a great price... in the UK you can be sure that anything at that rate would exclude all dangerous activities / personal liability etc.. and I have heard (but never seen myself) of so-called extreme sport skydiving insurance policies that restrict the number of skydives to a couple for the whole trip..

Some of the cheaper policies in the UK (c$120 a year) don't include personal liability insurance.. not great if you can be held responsible for any damage to anyone / property in a foreign country that may not appreciate a foreigner causing damage to local property / harming a local.

And the benefits payable in the event of a claim vary significantly (eg death from £10,000 to £100,000 on two separate policies I looked at today).

Moral is - check the small print of the policy very carefully (at least in the UK) and make sure you know what cover you are getting before you hand over your hard-earned cash

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[vskydiver 0]

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I'm leaving for Thailand in 8 days and of course I have travel insurance.

Hey! JohnMitchell and I will see ya there!

[goobersnuftda 0]

Valinda------PM sent

As for the insurance, yes skydivng is covered. The only exclusions are if you are being paid as a PROFESSIONAL, the boogie is not such an event.