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Sat 11-Jun-05, 08:37 PM
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| Junior Member   Join Date: Jun 2005 Nationality: British Occupation: Teacher Location: 
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 | travel insurance Looking at the range of options, I'm just baffled which travel insurance option to go with? Do I buy travel insurance locally before flying out or do I purchase it at my final desitination?  |
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Sat 11-Jun-05, 08:39 PM
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| ESL Rookie  Join Date: Jun 2005 Occupation: ESL Teacher Location: 
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| free travel insurance with gold card If you have a Gold Visa or MasterCard then be sure to purchase your airline ticket with this. Most probably, your credit card will then extend to you free travel insurance. I know mine does, and it's valid for 6 months! |
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Sat 11-Jun-05, 08:42 PM
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| Administrator   Join Date: May 2005 Nationality: American Occupation: Teacher Location: 
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 | Travel Insurance If you work in Taiwan legally, then you will automatically be enrolled in the National Health Insurance scheme. Usually the schools will then subsidise the fee and you will only pay a small percentage. In Japan, there are many private insurance companies that offer insurance to expatriates, so I would recommend checking these out. Yes, there is also the alternative of using your Gold credit card to get complimentary travel insurance.
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Sat 11-Jun-05, 09:16 PM
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| ESL Newbie  Join Date: Jun 2005
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|  IAPA Membership Hello All, You may want to consider IAPA Membership if you don't have a gold card. The prices are very reasonable. You can see further information at www.aggregate-finance.com/iapa.htm. It may be a worthwhile alternative for many.
Other than that, I think you can buy insurance online. Does do a search in Google etc. This alternative works out to be about $3 a day which I think can be a little expensive.
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Fri 09-Dec-05, 11:58 PM
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| ESL Rookie  Join Date: Jun 2005 Nationality: British Occupation: Kids Teacher Location: 
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| I use my gold credit card also for travel insurance. Works great! But check with your visa company to the length of insurance offered. Some travel insurance only lasts up to 3 months. With my travel insurance, I have to pay the first USD200. So doesn't help me much if I go for a checkup. It's really only good for hospitalisation. |
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