Travel insurance

[brianthainess]

A family member is coming for 3 weeks and although i know travel insurance is highly recommended, is it now mandatory or not ? 

[4MyEgo]

5 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

A family member is coming for 3 weeks and although i know travel insurance is highly recommended, is it now mandatory or not ? 

Not that I am aware of, but it will be coming.

 

The above said, I never travel without travel insurance, to think that how many people get hospitalised and don't read the fine prints in the policies makes the mind boggle.

 

Be responsible, tell your friends to take out travel insurance, but to read the fine print to see what it doesn't cover, like motorbikes over 125cc, licence required in the country of travel ect ect ect.

 

You never know, they might thanks you if they ever needed it.

 

Worst case scenario, it costs them dearly, high risk for little outlay is self explanatory in my opinion.

[brianthainess]

2 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Not that I am aware of, but it will be coming.

 

The above said, I never travel without travel insurance, to think that how many people get hospitalised and don't read the fine prints in the policies makes the mind boggle.

 

Be responsible, tell your friends to take out travel insurance, but to read the fine print to see what it doesn't cover, like motorbikes over 125cc, licence required in the country of travel ect ect ect.

 

You never know, they might thanks you if they ever needed it.

 

Worst case scenario, it costs them dearly, high risk for little outlay is self explanatory in my opinion.

I have told them, but i was trying to find out about the, for example ridiculous out patient cover that has been discussed here etc   which is why i wanted to know if they had made any mandatory rules yet. the UK post office site states only about 70 quid for a holiday, but thanks for the input anyway. i don't mean to be rude but,  what is the answer to my question is it, No Not Yet or, you are not aware yet, or you don't know. 

Edited January 3, 2020 by brianthainess

[Peter Denis]

At present the only instances when you need to meet a mandatory insurance requirement are:

- when applying for a Non Imm OA (long-stay) Visa in your home-country;

- when you apply for an extension of stay based on your original OA Visa for reason of retirement;

- when applying for or staying on an OX Visa.

But obviously it makes sense to ensure that you are well covered in case of serious accident/illness when in Thailand.  The 'self-insure' option (no insurance, but sufficient funds to cover any eventualities) is a high-risk strategy, which I personally would not recommend.

Edited January 3, 2020 by Peter Denis

[4MyEgo]

38 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

I have told them, but i was trying to find out about the, for example ridiculous out patient cover that has been discussed here etc   which is why i wanted to know if they had made any mandatory rules yet. the UK post office site states only about 70 quid for a holiday, but thanks for the input anyway. i don't mean to be rude but,  what is the answer to my question is it, No Not Yet or, you are not aware yet, or you don't know. 

The link below is as far as it got from 2 years ago, and I haven't read anything else thus far. That said only the O/A visa has had mandatory insurance requirements put into place from 31 October 2019, so if they aren't on the O/A wouldn't worry about it, but would get them to take out insurance either way, as it's better to be safer than sorry, but shopping around could save them a few quid, that said, the fine print (policy disclosure) should be read as it shows what is excluded, and at least that way they will know whether to go parasailing or not ????

 

 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1262919/insurance-to-be-compulsory-for-travellers-to-thailand

[Chivas]

lol OP if you need to ask the question than simply the visitor needs the cover.

[Chivas]

Wonder if travel insurance will cover the upcoming visit to the Philippines in light of Volcano erupting. Am reluctant to ring the insurer at this moment in time knowing that calls are recorded.

Will wait and see. We've paid flights but not the room which is reserved but payment not required for a while