Trip Interruption Insurance for Motion Sickness

[nszzya]

Thinking of booking a cruise. It will be my wife's first time at sea. She tends to get very motion sick in the car unless she drives. She has also gotten motion sick on ferry rides. Has anyone heard of or used trip interruption insurance to cover intractable motion sickness? If so, what documentation was needed? Thanks.

[D4]

So you want to have coverage to leave during the cruise and fly home from a port if she has motion sickness? I doubt that it is a covered reason for trip interruption coverage unless the ship doctor felt she was too sick to stay on the cruise. Does she fly?

 

If you encounter really rough seas where lots of people on the ship are sick, it may be a couple days until you reach the next port to even have the opportunity to get off and fly home. We've been on many cruises where the wind or waves make it too dangerous to dock or tender and you have a sea day instead of a port day.

 

If she is that prone to motion sickness, then a cruise is probably not the right vacation choice for her. Or maybe you should try a really short cruise.

Edited August 6, 2014 by D4

[Hlitner]

What a great question. Trip Interruption is generally for specifically defined reasons...and not for "any reason." A Medical Emergency that forced a passenger to leave a cruise would generally be covered. But this would have to be documented and its hard to fathom (a good nautical term) a ship's physician removing anyone from a cruise because of mal de mer. The medical staff would offer medical support for the condition (at over $100 per visit) and they can administer drugs to minimize the problem...although some of those drugs would have the passenger doing a lot of sleeping.

 

Hank

[sirwired]

Have your wife get a prescription from her Dr for Scopolomine patches. They work great, and don't cause drowsiness. The most common side-effect is dry mouth. It's used for the industrial-strength nausea caused by general anesthesia, so it should work for your wife.