In Reply to: NEVER leave without ........ posted by Bali lovers on Saturday, 8. July 2006 at 07:54 Bali Time:
I certainly agree with Bali Lovers, if you can't afford insurance you should not be going on holiday. It only cost 100's of dollars as opposed to 1000's for you holiday. My husband hurt his back in Bali in 1998 and spent 9 days in hospital. We were so lucky to be staying in a private house at the time, I had the back up of 2 lovely friends
who came with me to the hospital. It was next door but one to Marta Hari's in Denpasar, so was handy for food etc. Our Insurance co., (not sure if I mention it) was Mike Henry and they were just great. I even told my travel agent when I got back to NZ that I had spent $50 on phone calls to Nz from the house. Mike Henry even paid that although I did not have receipts. My husband had a blood clot around his spinal cord, and they never would have found it in Bali. It took 8 days, and then he had to have a MRI to find it. I am glad to say his op was successful and we have been back to Bali 5 times since then, we are going in September and are looking forward to it very much. Carol