SKI INSURANCE

Hi Snapzz

Thanks for your comment but not helpful,post says I am looking for insurance not avoidance.

brooksy wrote:
Hi ise
I'm going to Engelburg on 6th March for a week.

That's simple enough then, you can get REGA or Air Glaciers. This is rescue insurance, so they come and get you and take you to the the road and an ambulance in simple terms, so you want other medical insurance and if you want your travel insurance insured you need that.

If you're living in Europe you probably have that cover so this would be ideal.

It could well be that Engelberg will sell another insurance with their lift ticket, you'd need to ask them about that.

Thanks for that ise I will look into it.

Sorry Brooksy, but if you have skied uninsured, I agree, you've been a fool. )

A major part of having ski insurance is to get you repatriated in the event of injury. Carre Neige and the like won't do that, and nor will an EHIC.
Without insurance you are likely to have to get your credit card out to get off the mountain, to get into the ambulance, to get into the doctor's surgery, to get into the ambulance to go to the hospital where you'll need your card for a bed.

Add on the ambulance to the airport and the special flight home (or extra seats) and it's a no brainer unless you're a millionaire.

you could try Fogg Travel - www.fogginsure.co.uk who insure the British ski teams. They may be able to help.

brooksy, J2skier 4x4 is also a Spanish resident. A keen skier, he lives near Barcelona. You could try contacting him through the forum and asking who he uses for ski insurance :D

Dorset Boy wrote:Sorry Brooksy, but if you have skied uninsured, I agree, you've been a fool. )

A major part of having ski insurance is to get you repatriated in the event of injury. Carre Neige and the like won't do that, and nor will an EHIC.
Without insurance you are likely to have to get your credit card out to get off the mountain, to get into the ambulance, to get into the doctor's surgery, to get into the ambulance to go to the hospital where you'll need your card for a bed.

Add on the ambulance to the airport and the special flight home (or extra seats) and it's a no brainer unless you're a millionaire.

you could try Fogg Travel - www.fogginsure.co.uk who insure the British ski teams. They may be able to help.

I don't think you quite understand how insurance works for those people who don't live in the UK, just because health and accident insurance works in a particular way in the UK doesn't mean it's same elsewhere.

Insurance like carre neige or REGA exist for a reason and the reason is most of us, ie all of the rest of Europe, are automatically covered for all the things you think are missing.

yeah, i agree - i wouldnt go without insurance. Too risky if anything happens, the last thing you want is a delay in getting medical attention.

I have used the usual sites like money supermarket, compare the market etc in the past but now have worldwide travel insurance, including winter sports, through my bank account.

WOrth checking whether your bank account provides any cover, but i know that a lot of them wont cover winter sports

Ise - the Carre Neige contract certain has changed since I last looked. Repatriation outside of France used to be excluded for example.
However, I think you'll find that unless you also have private medical insurance (which I accept is semi compulsory), not all the items listed will be covered automatically for residents of all EU countries without some form of insurance.

I am not niaive enough to think that there is an EU wide standard health service offering.