There are details that you have to be aware of (becoming very sick and requiring transport home can be expensive for many reasons), but I generally don’t worry about travel health insurance when travelling abroad. BUT, part of that is knowing that anything I’m covered for at home (Canada) will also be covered on the…

My dad traveled to Taiwan and got sick with bronchitis. He visited a clinic and was prescribed a course of antibiotics. As a total stranger and tourist essentially fresh off the plane, he paid something like $20USD in total for the visit and drugs.

I have definitely heard stories of friends of friends going to various EU locales, breaking a bone, and then being charged a whopping $300 for an ER visit and a cast because the country they’re visiting has proper healthcare. But that’s anecdotal. I’m sure there are travel websites that cover this, though, so best to…

I was pleasantly surprised that despite there being a couple thousand passengers and crew on the ship it never really felt crowded, especially after learning to not going to eat during prime dining times. The ships are designed to hide the crowds. We had done Disneyland for a couple days before the cruise with my GF…

If you’re traveling in the EU, my understanding is you can be treated by EU healthcare, which is much more affordable. I think most countries with universal healthcare are like that.

I just feel like I would look up at the enormous cloud of exhaust and feel like I really shouldnt be doing this. I’ve seen the ships outside the bay in Cabo and when they get going its so gross. I’m not necessarily a “green” person, but that just seems a bit much.

It’s worth doing at least once. I’ve been on two, and the problems were minimal. First one was back when Swine Flu broke out and Obama banned travel to Mexico, so we couldn’t get off the ship and spent a day at sea. Second one was a couple years ago, took the GF and her kids since they’d never been on one, oldest kid…

$47K for treating the flu, and Norwegian saying that is normal pricing for this kind of service?  Yet another reason not to travel on a floating petri dish.

I stand in awe of the capitalist system. Folks getting sick and having a terrible time trapped on a cruise ship could be a huge negative. Probably not getting any good referals or reviews out of them. But rather than have it be some kind of cost center, taking care of your sick guest, they turned it into a profit…

You even quoted what you’re misunderstanding.  Headline is fine.

Based on your quoted text, they already tried to run it by their primary, who denied it because it happened “Abroad”. So, now the ball is back in Norwegian’s court. They say they won’t pay unless the couple tried to get their primary to cover it. They did try, and it was denied. So, now Norwegian needs to put their…

Calling Luigi!

Just wiping your hand with normal skin oils will stain the stainless steel.

On a normal car, probably nothing. On a Cyberfail’s notoriously delicate bare metal? Probably leaves a stain as greasy and black as Muskrat’s heart.

I cannot overstate this:

The muskrat was still a piece of shit before the whole nazi salute business

I once came out to my Tacoma in a parking lot and someone had left a bag of McDonalds trash in the bed. Was I a victim of a hate crime?

On behalf over every Prius driver that’s ever been tailgated by an asshole in a bro-dozer, and on behalf of every EV driver that’s ever been inconvenienced by a jerk parking their Mo-par noisemaker in an EV charging spot, and on behalf of every driver that’s ever had to choke on some douchebag’s rolled coal, I say…

those.....those are not eccentric car choices.