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Retired Engineer Bob

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3. Yeah, it's something purchased that we hope is not used

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 8, 2021, 10:57 PM

Dec 2021

Dad and I used to take a one week fishing vacation in northern Ontario. We would be on the boat for the entire day and not see another soul. Paid a couple of hundred bucks to rent a satellite phone, just in case.

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Anyone here get travel/health insurance? [View all] Retired Engineer Bob Dec 2021 OP

Sounds like a decent amount. elleng Dec 2021 #1

Definitely we do for cruises. jimfields33 Dec 2021 #2

Yeah, it's something purchased that we hope is not used Retired Engineer Bob Dec 2021 #3

Definitely good idea. Hope you and dad had a blast. jimfields33 Dec 2021 #4

Thanks, we did. Took a yearly vacation for over 30 years. Retired Engineer Bob Dec 2021 #5

Pro tip: ret5hd Dec 2021 #7

They used to call these a "Go Policy". DURHAM D Dec 2021 #6

I always buy travel insurance. I had to use it once when my BIL died prior to our fully paid for sinkingfeeling Dec 2021 #8

Past trips I never bought travel insurance, Callalily Dec 2021 #9

Well I made the purchase Retired Engineer Bob Dec 2021 #10