another travel one, because the flights are actually booked now - yay!
- insurance?; I was wondering if anyone could recommend me a good (reasonably priced!) company to get travel insurance with? i've been phoning round, but would like to know of any good ones i've missed - so far i've tried diabetes uk, diabetictravel.co.uk and medicitravel.com - but wasn't too keen on them because they didn't seem to understand type 1 diabetes so that wasn't too promising.
- where to keep medication?; every time i've been on holiday before i've always brought all my medical stuff (insulin,pens,needles,strips etc) with me in my hand luggage, because i was always told never to store it in the hold because of possible loss/delay with the luggage and also the fact that freezing temperatures will affect it so it won't work properly.
but on the virgin atlantic website it said to only bring as much as i'd need for the flight in hand luggage, and to store the rest in the hold where the temperature remained between 4-5 degrees c. but i'm nervous about doing this, because i don't know how reliable that is and i really really really don't want to lose my medication or have it "ruined" by dodgy temperatures, especially as i'd be away for 3 weeks.
So i emailed them this morning to ask whether it would be alright to bring it all with me in hand luggage but i got a kind of neutral reply (which i'll put at the end) so it wasn't much help!
So long story short: *** Has anyone travelled to north america recently and did you have any issues with your medication? did you bring it with you in hand luggage or with your main luggage in the hold? I'm not sure whether to do as i'd prefer and put it all in hand luggage & hope it's ok to do that?
this is the reply i got:
The advice on carriage of medication is taken from instructions issued by the airport security services. If you wish to carry all your medication in hand luggage and have medical documents supporting the need to have it with you please show this to security at the central search area. I understand your hesitance to have your medication out of your sight but the hold is heated and pressurised.