Gustave Flaubert

Travel Tips and Tricks

Healthcare Outside of the US and How to Deal with It

  As we travel the world, we’re all probably hoping that we’ll stay healthy. Maybe you’re eating clean to stay healthy, or you figured out the best way to beat jet lag and stay on top of things, but one thing is sure for everyone that undertakes international travel – we worry about getting sick when we’re so far away from home. We worry about our health abroad. We worry about having a major health crisis while overseas, and we may not have enough resources to take care of ourselves. Even if we have all the resources, our host country might not be medically advanced enough to take care of our needs. It’s a catch-22! We want to have fun on our vacation, yet at the back of our minds, we wonder what would happen if we needed medical health in the next country on our list. It even gets more worrisome if we’re traveling with others because our entire family or friends might also have the same medical needs. And what if the healthcare system of the country we are visiting isn’t good enough to save our lives if it came to that? Read More