Things are moving on...

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hotel now booked

Booked the Grandville Ouro Verde - 2 doubles... Debs is gonna join up with us after all. So Alli and Debs will share a room and me and the Ginga Ninja (Rik) will share the other.

Insurance finds the way to my heart !

Having had a heart attack on March 20th 2005 at the ripe old age of 36 (an artery wall gave way... cholestrol and blood pressure were normal.. as was everything else) I'm now on the British heart foundation's web site getting some insurance together... it's not as expensive as I thought it was going to be. I've put the details on here in case anybody in my position wants to use the information.

I'll update this and put on the quotes to show which ones are reasonable and which ones just take the p1$$ !!

The details of Insurance agencies that will underwrite World Travel insurance for heart attack victims are:


* Bishopscourts Insurances - 0870 777 9339 - £100.19
* Bupa Travel Cover - 0870 5858585 - NO TO QUOTE
* Direct Travel - 0190 381 2345 - NO TO ANNUAL COVER
* Flexicover Direct - 0870 990 9292 - £127.43
* Insuremore Travel Insurance - 0870 054 0162 - NO TO QUOTE
* Manor Insurance - 0800 027 6171 - NO ANSWER
* Marks and Spencer - 0800 068 3918 - £205
* MediCover - 0870 735 3600 - NO ANSWER
* Perry Gamble & Co - 01404 830 100 - NO TO ANNUAL COVER
* Preferential - 0870 607 7277 - NO TO QUOTE
* Travelability - 0207 446 7626 - NO TO ANNUAL COVER
* Brunsdon Insurance (Robert Gunnel)- 01452 623623 - £190
* C H Facilities - 0870 750 6711 - NO TO ANNUAL COVER
* Free Spirit Solutions - 0845 230 5000 - NO TO QUOTE
* Freedom Insurance Services Limited - 0870 774 3760 - £155
* Global Travel Insurance - 01903 203933 - NO TO QUOTE
* Go Travel Insurance - 0870 1126442 - £102


I went with the Go Travel Insurance. Unlike the rest it had no exclusions for worldwide travel. All the others refused North America, Canada and a whole host of other countries.

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