Travel insurance issue

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J4CKO

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42,465 posts

206 months

Sunday 8th October 2023
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We are going to NYC soon, we are taking out three kids (all in their twenties) and their girlfriends, however my youngest and his GF live in Frankfurt (since March) but he is having an issue getting Travel insurance in Germany as he is not a german citizen and has a British passport and cant really book it from the UK as he doesn't live here and isnt his permanent residence.

Any suggestions as cant really travel without insurance seeing as one small issue in the US would mean selling the house to pay for a laster cast and some paracetemol !

BertieWooster

3,434 posts

170 months

Sunday 8th October 2023
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Can he get it through his German bank or credit card provider? When we lived in Germany we had travel insurance through HypoVereinsBank as part of our annual fee.

parabolica

6,795 posts

190 months

Sunday 8th October 2023
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J4CKO said:
We are going to NYC soon, we are taking out three kids (all in their twenties) and their girlfriends, however my youngest and his GF live in Frankfurt (since March) but he is having an issue getting Travel insurance in Germany as he is not a german citizen and has a British passport and cant really book it from the UK as he doesn't live here and isnt his permanent residence.

Any suggestions as cant really travel without insurance seeing as one small issue in the US would mean selling the house to pay for a laster cast and some paracetemol !
How permanent is his living situation in Germany? I had the same issue this year being in Netherlands but I’m on a 1 year secondment and just used my parent’s address in the UK (where my cards are also registered too) and was able to get cover no issue. Obviously had I needed to use it, I would have been repatriated to the UK.

mikef

5,150 posts

257 months

Sunday 8th October 2023
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If he has travelled from the UK to Germany recently, he may be able to take out “already travelling” insurance

J4CKO

Original Poster:

42,465 posts

206 months

Monday 9th October 2023
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parabolica said:
J4CKO said:
We are going to NYC soon, we are taking out three kids (all in their twenties) and their girlfriends, however my youngest and his GF live in Frankfurt (since March) but he is having an issue getting Travel insurance in Germany as he is not a german citizen and has a British passport and cant really book it from the UK as he doesn't live here and isnt his permanent residence.

Any suggestions as cant really travel without insurance seeing as one small issue in the US would mean selling the house to pay for a laster cast and some paracetemol !
How permanent is his living situation in Germany? I had the same issue this year being in Netherlands but I’m on a 1 year secondment and just used my parent’s address in the UK (where my cards are also registered too) and was able to get cover no issue. Obviously had I needed to use it, I would have been repatriated to the UK.
He has a permanent job there, probably best to just use our address, cant be a unique situation !

craig1912

3,609 posts

118 months

Monday 9th October 2023
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