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chest rockwell
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Sanbon
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 Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: Cant buy travel insurance in Korea? |
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| I just went into a travel agency and they said that insurance companies wont allow foreigners to buy travel insurance in Korea. Is this true? |
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kat2
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| this question comes up every week. worldnomads.com |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| stupid question for anybody, do say you are a resident of South Korea or your home country? |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:54 am Post subject: |
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There are a couple of issues here:
1. Yes, you can buy insurance as a foreigner. I always buy mine at the airport. There are MANY different companies. I usually get it from AIG.
2. I was once told that if you were flying home to your HOME COUNTRY, then you could not buy travel insurance. We were dubious and kept on asking. Then we discovered that yes, you can, indeed, buy travel insurance, even if you were flying home. You just have to go to a special counter for it.
Then this last trip we went and bought travel insurance for my daughter and we were told that I was able to buy travel insurance for me, too, eventhough I am flying back (to one of) home.
So your travel agent probably doesn't have the most updated info, or he is just lazy and doesn't want to deal with it.
The BEST place, in my opinion, to get insurance is at the airport because they are so used to dealing with it. We usually get it done within 10 minutes. |
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chest rockwell
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Sanbon
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:28 am Post subject: |
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Cheers for that  Whereabouts in the airport? |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:04 am Post subject: |
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| They are everywhere. They are like newspaper kiosks... beside the departure areas (passport control). |
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Kim Jong Jordan
Joined: 13 Mar 2004
Location: The Internet
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:15 am Post subject: |
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| how much was the AIG insurance? |
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makemischief
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: Traveling
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:07 am Post subject: |
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| the airport is a good second choice, but i�ve always found it LOTS cheaper to buy online (as some of the posters have suggested). |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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just used worldnomads.com to get insured for my 2 week trip to Mongolia.
Cost = $72
I'm sure it will be worth every penny.... |
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chest rockwell
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Sanbon
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Am at the airport now and just bought insurance - 28k |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:49 am Post subject: |
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| chest rockwell wrote: |
| Am at the airport now and just bought insurance - 28k |
Damn! 
$500,000 in the event I fall of a horse...yeah $72 is worth it... |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| What about American's buying insurance it visit America? Is AIG a good way to go? Other suggestions? |
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