Testimonial: Global ETS Member with Femur Injury Evacuated from Greece to Florida

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Bob & Bette Burgfechtel The Villages, Florida Recently my wife, Bette, and I were on a Viking Mediterranean cruise from Venice to Greece. While on the ship I suffered an unusual injury to my right femur which was very painful. My wife got help immediately and shortly after that our cabin was full of people. […]


Luxury Family Travel: Passport Edition

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Gone are the days when vacation meant leaving the children at home. What’s trending now? Families traveling together on immersive, cultural trips. From golf lessons with PGA pros to learning the art of Thai dance from a local expert, we rounded-up family-friendly offerings for summer – and beyond. AFRICA Language (and chocolate) Lessons Royal Mansour turns […]


Testimonial: SkyMed Members Trapped in RV While Tornado Slams Through RV Park

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Charles & Jill Heath from Cleveland, Ohio My wife, Jill, and I were wintering in South Florida and on our route home stopped to stay a few nights at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park near Lake Okeechobee. We had been watching the weather and thought we would hook up the truck and trailer so we […]


Travel Vaccinations: What You Need To Know

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Planning on traveling abroad? While some countries don’t require a thing other than your passport and a sense of adventure, others require travel vaccinations to keep you safe from different diseases that either don’t exist or have been eradicated in the United States. Thing is, travel vaccinations aren’t something you can stop in and get […]


21 Basic Phrases For Travelers

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So you’re packed and ready to go! Congratulations! If you’re headed to a foreign country, you might want to pack a little more than your walking shoes and sunscreen. Learning or writing down a few choice phrases for travelers in the language of the country you’re visiting is never a bad thing: not only does […]


Testimonial: SkyMed Member Suffers Fall, Flown from Mexico to Miami for Surgery

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  Dr. John Gough & Marcia Owen San Miguel, Mexico As an ex-patriate living in Mexico, I am pleased to offer my experience with SkyMed. In September 2016 (three months after my enrollment) I suffered a fall with fractured head of the humerus, and a radical tear of my rotary cuff, including rupture of the […]