Arthritis Travel Insurance
Arthritis is a group of inflammatory joint disorders that cause pain, stiffness, and swelling, affecting mobility and overall quality of life.
Free Spirit understands how beneficial foreign travel can be to people suffering from Arthritis and we believe it certainly shouldn’t stop you and your family from enjoying a holiday. If you are looking to book a holiday, you will need to plan in advance and ensure you have a travel insurance policy that covers your medical conditions.
Important Reasons For Insuring Your Medical Condition
If you are unfortunate to have a medical emergency while travelling abroad because of your arthritis, failing to purchase adequate existing medical condition travel insurance could leave you open to paying for expensive emergency medical treatment especially in places such as Spain and the USA. Many standard travel insurance policies will exclude cover for medical conditions such as arthritis or will decline to offer cover. How would you feel if you were faced with a massive bill at the end of your hospital stay and you were left out of pocket!
Free Spirit arthritis travel insurance is a comprehensive policy with all the key features you would expect from a specialist medical travel insurance cover to ensure you have a hassle-free break. We were the first scheme of its type dedicated to those being declined cover elsewhere due to their health and we are now one of the UK’s largest specialist travel insurance providers, for people with medical conditions and disabilities.
Why Choose Free Spirit To Cover You?
- Most medical conditions and disabilities covered
- No upper age limit for most destinations on Single Trip and Annual Multi-trip policies
- Choice of several cover options
- Single trips covered up to 115 days (45 days if aged 76 years or over)
- Annual Multi-trip provides cover for any number of trips during the year – travel up to 32 days per trip (Standard and Super cover) and 45 days (Super Duper)
Get a Medical Travel Insurance Quote
With a Free Spirit medical travel insurance policy, you gain the peace of mind to travel knowing that you and your medical condition are fully covered.
Planning Your Holiday
Choose your holiday accommodation carefully. Ensure it is easily accessible even if you are not in a wheelchair, so as to avoid unnecessary steps or steep paths. Pre-book a wheelchair for transport to and from the plane if it is needed. Most airline carriers will carry standard-size wheelchairs free of charge. However, battery-powered chairs may need to be dismantled for carriage.
If you are travelling to a hot destination, think about the type of clothes you take and the fabric. Pack light, loose, long-sleeved cotton clothing to avoid heat discomfort and a light hat with a wide brim. Choose flat shoes rather than heels for walking in to avoid trips and falls.
Check that you have enough prescribed medication for the duration of your trip and a bit more just in case you are delayed on your return journey. Try and pack them in your hand baggage, just in case your hold luggage is lost or delayed whilst in transit. If you need to keep medication refrigerated, the aircraft crew could put them in their refrigerator but, make sure you retrieve them at the end of your journey.
If you’re travelling to a new time zone, you’ll need to adjust the time you take your medication. Check with your doctor for your own personal situation to ensure you do not take too much or too little.
How Can I Get A Quote For Arthritis Travel Insurance?
Why not get a quote today for your arthritis travel insurance. Free Spirit provides online medical screening and we will ask you some questions about your medical condition so that you get the cover that’s right for you:
- What type of arthritis do you (or did you) have?
- Have you had any joints replaced or resurfaced?
- Do you currently use any mobility aids because of your arthritis?
- Have you ever needed treatment for any neck / back problems?
- How many unplanned hospital admissions have you had for arthritis in the last year?
- Are you awaiting any joint replacement / resurfacing operations?
Should you need any help whilst getting a quote or if you have any questions not covered by our frequently asked questions page, our dedicated UK-based customer services team is on hand to help you. Call us on 02392 419 080; we’re open Monday to Friday.
Travel, With Confidence
For full details of our arthritis travel insurance cover, please read our Free Spirit policy wording. Even more importantly, make sure you declare all existing medical conditions for everyone that is to be insured on your policy.
We cover people on a daily basis with Arthritis and most people have had difficulty getting cover elsewhere. Our travel insurance features a minimum level of £10 million emergency medical cover as standard, so this should give you the peace of mind to enjoy a well-earned break.
Customer reviews
″I found the operators to be very knowledgeable and sympathetic and I would certainly recommend you to others. It is about more than just insurance to me, and to other cancer patients who want a relaxing holiday to look forward to. I have wanted to on the QEII since I was ten years old and as she is being retired I knew this would be my only chance. I was so pleased that Free Spirit could help me.″