December is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, so we thought we’d take the chance to highlight the issues around obtaining travel insurance cover for children who are living with cancer and their families.

The charity CLIC Sargent organises Childhood Cancer Awareness Month every year to raise awareness of cancer in children and improve the support available to young cancer sufferers and their family.

In the UK 10 children are told that they have cancer every day. The charity CLIC Sargent organises Childhood Cancer Awareness Month every year in order raise awareness of cancer in children and improve the support available to cancer sufferers and their families.

After intensive cancer treatment a holiday could be just the thing

A family holiday can be a good chance to relax after the trauma and stress of cancer treatment. As long as doctors agree, a holiday is a great way for children with cancer and their families to take a break, recharge and enjoy some special time together.

If you do get the opportunity to enjoy a family holiday abroad it’s very important to get appropriate travel insurance which includes cover for your child’s cancer, as well as any other pre-existing medical conditions.

Goodtogoinsurance.com can cover all types of childhood cancer. To ensure that your child’s cancer or other pre-existing medical conditions are covered by your travel insurance you must declare them when you get a quote and purchase your policy. You can get a quote for cancer travel insurance online or you can call us and our team will be happy to help you.

Declaring the cancer and other medical conditions will mean that you are fully covered if you or your child requires emergency medical treatment whilst you are away, as well as if you become unfit to travel due to the cancer or another illness and are forced to cancel your holiday.

If you or your child do require medical treatment abroad our 24 hour emergency medical assistance team are on hand to help. They are just a phone call away, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and are there to help you get the medical treatment that you need.

It pays to cover the whole family on the same travel insurance policy

If you are travelling with an adult or child with a pre-existing medical condition, including cancer, it pays to cover everyone on the same travel insurance policy.

Covering the whole family or group on the same travel insurance policies means that you will all be covered if you were forced to cancel the holiday due to one travellers pre-existing medical condition.

If you are all covered on different travel insurance policies this is unlikely to be the case.

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