Buying Last MinuteTravel Insurance at the Airport was Easy!

Buying Insurance Last Minute on Our Travel Day 

Since we have heard many horror stories about the huge medical cost incurred by some Canadian while travelling overseas, one thing we always sure we do prior to our trips is buying travel insurance.

However,  since there were so many unexpected things going on prior to our departure for our big trip that we forgot to buy travel insurance. I remembered people could do that from the airport and that was exactly what we did.

We called the insurance company which we often use at the airport. To our surprise and relief, our call was answered right away without a lot of waiting time! As long as we had not boarded the plane and were still within the country, we could buy the travel insurance for our trip, the insurance agent told us.

The agent was very pleasant and polite. She asked us a few questions plus some standard medical questions such as what kinds of medications we had been taking, had we been treated for serious illness or hospitalized for past few months and did we have any previous known illness etc. The whole process did not take long at all, about 10- 15 minutes.

However, the cost jumped up a lot from our last overseas trip since we turned 60!  It was close to $200.00 for the two of us for a two week plus a few days holiday covering us for medical emergencies.

It was fast and easy buying our travel insurance last minute before we boarded our plane in the Toronto Pearson Airport

Well, for our peace of mind, we gladly bought the travel insurance and hope that we would not have to use it!

R.T.
Toronto Pearson Airport
Toronto