Travel Insurance to Greece

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Looks at Squaremouth.com and Insuremytrip.com. There are a wide range of policies. BUT. -- read the fine print a couple of times and do not assume something is covered unless it says so in the fine print. Expect the premium to be about 10% of the total value that you are trying to insure. Natural disaster are generally not covered in most policies.

we are outside the 15 day window.

In that case pre-existing conditions won't be covered.

If you are past the pre-existing conditions window, BCBS Global Solutions formerly GeoBlue does not have a pre-existing conditions clause. It's Medical only and you can buy almost up to the time you depart (check that, I'm using last year's info). Don't forget to consider a medical evac policy. The rep at GeoBlue did not recommend their med evac saying it covers "to nearest facility."

I like to break out the costs and see whats covered already or can be done separately, its usually much cheaper - First, If you're flying a major US airline, even with a European codeshare, you can have the outstanding balance of the trip, or the entire flight cost put back onto your account for a year. This is less hassle and cheaper than what some people call 'full coverage'.

If you're covered by medicare, you should look carefully at the supplemental policy, usually it has $50,000 of overseas lifetime medical coverage, but you must pay out of pocket first.

I know others who have had claims and been paid back by GeoBlue, that's who I was using until I reached 70, then the premiums went up. I had GeoTreker policy, it was reasonable.

Check out Visa / whatever credit card, if you use it to make bookings, some things are covered.

Medical evacuation is a separate policy, some will ship you to a nearby hospital only, Medivac, what I carry, sends you from hospital to whatever hospital in your home country, it's their jets, not private. Read up on details.

I never book pre-paid hotels, so that's not an issue. Good luck!

Thanks everyone for your input! Very helpful....