Insurance: What to claim?

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On my 3/2/03 Wonder cruise, I fell ill on the first night, went to the doctor the next day and was quarantied for 48 hours. My wife was quarantied for 24 hours.

Can I claim reimbursement for the 48+24 hours? Or more since my illness actually spanned more time?

Those who've filed claims for being quarantied, what were your experiences on the reimbursements?

Thanks,
Sam
 
Interesting question, Does it cover quarantined time?
 

I will be interested as well; honestly, I don't think ANY travel insurer compensates you for time quarantined...at least not any policy I have seen.

Please let us know once you have contacted AccessAmerica! :)
 
I had 'Travel Safe' insurance on my Dec cruise and it did not cover my quarantine. However, I have seen several brd members who claim to have bought the Disney ins., had their quarantine covered, plus reimbursed for part of trip loss. At any rate I wish you luck. I would contact Disney and they may offer some type of compensation. Sorry for your illness, it is not fun to be sick on your cruise and loose out ~ and in my case, even less fun to be quarantined and not sick :(.
 
I did contact Disney and they gave me a free cruise voucher equal to one person's fare I paid for my last cruise. Disney also wrote in their letter back to me that I should file a claim with AccessAmerica.

I will report back when I hear back from AccessAmerica.

Thanks,
Sam
 
Sam, we're one of the people Nana mentioned who filed due to quarantine. I put out a thread on this after our January cruise, and again in March when we got our reimbusement. Here's our story.

On our 4 day cruise in January, DS threw up while participating in the kids club the end of the first full day. Counselors told us to take him to sick bay to be checked. Second full day, DD threw up once in the morning. DS was fine. We checked with medical and guest services, and they said to enjoy the day in Castaway Cay, but not to put the kids in the club until they were fine through the afternoon. That evening, DD threw up again, and admitted that she had been having diarrhea all day long. DH took her down to sick bay, and we were officially "quarantined". DH then came down with it the following day. DH and DD were to stay in the room until we returned to port, or 72 hours (we were in port at about 60 hours).

Guest services told us to file a claim with Access America. I called them when we got back, and they sent forms to fill in. I put together a timeline, and requested that we be reimbursed for a pro-ration of the time we missed (something like 2.5 days out of the 4 days * price of the cruise). Even though DS and I weren't officially quarantined, he couldn't participate in the clubs, we couldn't eat in the dining rooms, and they asked us to limit contact with other guests. Given that, I felt like our vacation was limited as well.

Access America was great. They asked if we had any medical expenses, (which we didn't since the ships medical center didn't charge us for anything), and sent us a check for exactly what we asked for about 6 weeks later.

Hope this helps. Feel free to pm me if you have any other questions.

Lisa
 
Lisa...Glad you posted here. Did you get your insurance through DCL or on your own? I see DCL's insurance has less coverage for more money than I had seen on other websites, but I am thinking of going through DCL, because our vacation last week we had injuries and made me realize how much you really need insurance when cruising.

Joanna
 

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