Author Archives: SkyMed Team

The Best Shoes to Pack When Traveling

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We’d like to thank Rae Steinbach for this fantastic guest post! An avid traveler, Rae is also a passionate foodie and, of course, writer.   If you’re traveling for a long period, it’s natural to wonder what you’ll need over the course of that time. Traveling, even long-term can be surprisingly affordable, but partof that involves […]


Traveling in Retirement: Staying Safe and Within Budget During Your Vacation

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Thanks to Sharon Wagner from SeniorFriendly.info for this great guest blog post. One more senior-friendly travel tip: check in with your Personal Travel Concierge at SkyMedTravel.com to plan your trip. If you book with us, you get a SkyMed Trip Essentials membership free! Retirement is supposed to be the time in life where you get to […]


Testimonial: SkyMed Member Diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis Flown Home to Kansas City, MO

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My dad and my husband had traveled from Kansas City to Altoona, PA for a recreational trip. Dad had pulmonary fibrosis and wasn’t feeling well on the return trip and it became apparent that he needed to get help in Evansville, Indiana. They were about seven hours away from home, so Dad was taken to a […]


Budget-Savvy Travel Tips for Seniors on the Go

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This guest post was written by Sharon Wagner, editor of www.seniorfriendly.info, a user-friendly site that offers “tips, tricks, and advice to stay active and engaged as you age.” Good news for senior travelers!  You don’t need to spend a fortune in order to be able to take your retirement on the road.  Whether your trading in […]


Testimonial: SkyMed Member Suffers Congestive Heart Failure During Driving Trip to Alaska

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  Jim & Kathie Carter from Naperville, IL We left Chicago on April 29, 2018 to go on a planned three-month driving trip to Alaska. We met most of our group in Great Falls, Montana, and then traveled on to Cochran, Alberta for four or five days. On our last day there, Kathie had been […]


Testimonial: Member With Internal Bleeding Airlifted from Guadalajara, MEX to Los Angeles, CA

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Pepe & Concha Gurski Ajijic, Mexico We live in Ajijic, Mexico and on December 27, 2017, my husband, Pepe, had internal bleeding from a stomach ulcer and was hemorrhaging. We went to the hospital in Guadalajara and this became an extreme emergency because they did not have his blood type and he needed surgery. We […]