Jet Fuel is Up - Air Ambulance Card Prices Stay the Same

The price of jet fuel has increased 68% in the past 6 months. 68%! An air ambulance flight from Europe that would have cost $70,000 a couple of years ago would cost $90,000 today. A recent transport from Jacksonville to Cincinatti cost about $8000 (The Air Ambulance Card member didn't pay a dime more than his annual membership fee.) That same flight would have cost about $4500 in 2006.

This makes Air Ambulance Card memberships more valuable than ever. Without these memberships, travelers must pay for these costly flights up front, in cash before they board the plane. Who has access to that kind of cash at a moment's notice? Air Ambulance Card not only provides travelers the peace of mind of knowing they have the option of being treated in their home hospital, they have a considerable financial protection... and their prices haven't gone up in 5 years. Now that's a good deal.

More Travel Overseas, More Buy Travel Coverage

It doesn't seem to make sense, but with fuel prices high, consumer confidence low and groceries and everything else going up, AAA says more Americans will travel abroad this summer than last., a 2.6% increase.

A recent article from the LA Times suggests they may choose a less expensive destination, or spend less once there, but travel abroad they will yet.

They will also be protecting themselves better. A recent article from the Arizona Republic, reprinted in the Detroit Free Press says travel coverage is more in demand as well. This echoes a trend we wrote about last summer. What's interesting is the fastest growing segment of travel insurance is medical evacuation and other medical related coverage.

As baby boomers begin to reap the rewards of their collective lifetime of hard work, it's hardly suprising those traveling are also looking to safeguard their health. It is increasingly important to them that, in an emergency, they can be cared for by the doctors and hospitals they know and trust, and who know their specific medical situations. Medical evacuation membership programs, like Air Ambulance Card give them the peace of mind of knowing they will choose which hospital they will be flown to in an emergency, and the financial protection of knowing they won't pay a dime more than the low yearly membership price.

Frightening Fall in France

There is a terrifying story out of Nebraska that shows the worst can happen in the most idyllic of spots. A teen on a school trip with his parents was walking on an ancient town wall in the south of France when he fell two stories and broke his back. The Omaha World-Herald tells a terrifying story of how his parents, who didn't speak French, couldn't tell the nurses, who were lifting their son up, that he had broken his back and shouldn't be moved.
Injury in a foreign country is frightening. But imagine if a language barrier made it life-threatening.