Repatriation assistance should certainly know when he looks at travel insurance to subscribe to his next getaway. It is often said to be very important, but why exactly?
What is a repatriation?
Repatriation can take different aspects, depending on your health status and the place where you are.
For example, if you are seriously ill or injured (after an event guaranteed by your travel insurance contract), and your health status requires a rapid movement, The insurance company organizes and supports its repatriation to a competent hospital. If you are a victim of acute mountain evil (MAM) in the middle of a walk in Nepal, the repatriation guarantee will apply to a helicopter that will evacuate it to the nearest hospital.
If the local medical infrastructure cannot provide the required attention, the company is responsible for its transfer,
– Either to the center of the nearest hospital.
– Either to the hospital closest to your home in your country of residence.
– Oa your home in your country of residence.
This repatriation or medical transport can be carried out if necessary under medical surveillance (support for a doctor and/or a nurse) for special health aircraft, or regular plane, train or ambulance.
The repatriation guarantee also occurs in more serious contexts, as in case of death. The company supports and organizes the transport of the body from the place of beer to the international airport closest to its home. Keep in mind that there is also body repatriation insurance for people living abroad and that in case of death wishes to be buried in their country of origin.
Why is repatriation assistance so important?
As you can see, repatriation occurs in emergency cases that require its immediate transfer.
In case of serious diseases that cannot be treated on the site, this guarantee allows you to be redirected to the nearest hospital. If, for example, you are a victim of a appendicitis crisis when visiting the Machu Picchu, the company will do everything possible to locate it and urgently take it to the nearest hospital.
In case of illness or accident that ends your trip, the guarantee of repatriation allows you to quickly return home in France. If you break a leg after a fall and this accident ends its trip, the company will go to the nearest hospital and a place will be reserved on the next flight to your country of residence.
In case of death, in addition to transporting the body, the company will cover the additional costs necessary for transportationincluding the cost of the coffin (up to the amount indicated in the guarantees table). If he dies during a trip to the other side of the world, his body will quickly be repatriated to their loved ones, who will not have to pay for this.
Repatriation is one of the guarantees that are more expensive for insurance, because Transfers prices are often exorbitant. The situation is always catastrophic when the traveler has not signed to this guarantee. This represents a debt for the family, and the patient or the body may be trapped abroad. Everyone has seen them on the Internet of the Disaster Organized by those close to a traveler trapped abroad, hospitalized or, worse, deceased. Do not let this kind of thing happen!
A medical repatriation can amount to a few thousand euros for regular flight repatriation without medical assistance, and health repatriation with a doctor who accompanies it can cost up to 40,000 euros. Finally, the cost of repatriation of a body ranges between 1,000 and 5,000 euros.
It should be noted that in the case of the repatriation of health or the repatriation of death, You cannot count on the help of the government of your country of origin. In fact, the Consulate may deal with contacts with the family and provide advice in case of difficulty with local authorities, but in no case can help him financially. At most, in rare cases, you can make a fundraising that must be reimbursed afterwards.
You can avoid all these inconveniences to your loved ones by subscribing to travel insurance, including repatriation assistance.
How to subscribe to repatriation insurance?
Repatriation assistance is often included in travel insurance offers. In the case of our Globe Traveler contract, it is part of the contract assistance guarantees. The repatriation of health and repatriation of the body in case of death are covered at 100 % of the real costs, with funeral costs limited to 1,500 euros.
If it is expatriate, our specific contracts have the guarantee of optional repatriation.
If you are expatriate provided by local health insurance, you can eliminate our repatriation and civil liability contract.
This repatriation guarantee remains an essential guarantee that you are a traveler or expatriate and, whatever your destination. It allows you to go without apprehension in the regions where medical care is sometimes problematic and, in all cases, it is possible that repatriation in your country of origin is possible.
Attention !
The guarantees described in this article may vary according to the guarantees and exclusions of each travel insurance or expatriation insurance contract. It is essential to read and understand the general conditions of your contract to avoid any surprise.
