10/16/2026
This spring, norovirus spread through a cruise ship fast enough to sicken more than 100 passengers and crew before the ship even reached port. Most cases pass on their own in a day or two. Some don't, and a ship's medical bay isn't built for the ones that don't. If you need to be evacuated to real care, that can run $15,000 for a helicopter lift to over $100,000 for a longer trip home, depending on how far you are from land. Travel medical coverage is what stands between a bad few days and a bill like that.
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