This is final email in this Before You Go series, and today we'll discuss travel insurance and medical evacuation.
Hiking in Patagonia is safe and accidents are uncommon, but in the rare case of a serious injury costs can add up fast. That's why we require all of our clients to purchase travel insurance before starting their trek. Specifically, it is important to have coverage for medical expenses, evacuation, and repatriation.
We work with Travel Guard from AIG, a leading travel insurance provider headquartered in Wisconsin. All of their plans cover medical expenses, evacuation, and repatriation. If you would like to book travel insurance through us, you can review the plans and benefits with their respective affiliate links in the PDF linked below. Any insurance plan initiated using the links in this PDF will automatically be made under Pygmy Elephant's account.
For more peace of mind, we've also partnered with Global Rescue, one of the industry leaders in medical evacuation and advisory. This is an optional service and is likely more useful for O-Trek hikers, where helicopter extraction can be difficult to organize.
Where travel insurance will only reimburse you for medical extraction, Global Rescue will arrange and pay for your extraction on your behalf. They are also well-versed in handling evacuations in remote and foreign locations, where you might not know the language. Click the link below for more information. As with our Travel Guard affiliate program, any Global Rescue memberships made using this link will be made under our account.
