Travel Insurance for Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic has 28 designer golf courses amid breath taking coastlines with mountain backdrops and lush green fairways. Given so many beautiful natural settings like waterfalls, scenic mountains, breath taking coasts and idyllic scenic spots, Dominican Republic is a top destination for weddings and special celebrations. World class-resorts and hotels cater to seminars, meetings and incentive groups who come to the Dominican Republic for business mixed with fun and relaxation. All these factors attract over 5 million tourists annually to the Dominican Republic, with over 40% of them, more than 2 million being from the United States. Another 750,000 tourists come from Canada.

Along with tourists, the Dominican republic also attracts many expatriates who choose to relocate to work or retire in the country. There are several attractive reasons to choose to retire and move to the Dominican republic, here are some of the notable factors. The island paradise offers excellent value for money, has wonderful weather, excellent infrastructure and a good cosmopolitan sophisticated lifestyle. You can have a very comfortable standard of living for less than $2,000. You can even buy a cosy apartment for about $100,000. Given the very European culture, the wonderful weather with all year sunshine and recently built highways, the quality of life is very good. The modern airports are very good and make it just a comfortable couple of hours of flying time to reach the US east coast.

While visiting or living as an expatriate in the Dominican Republic is hugely popular, visitors or expatriates must buy good travel health insurance Dominican Republic or expatriate insurance. While healthcare in Santo Domingo is good, it can be expensive. You also want to have medical evacuation coverage to get you to the nearest healthcare facility quickly. Given the larger cost of a holiday in Dominican Republic, the cost of travel insurance is very small and should not be overlooked. For expatriates in the Dominican Republic, given the overall lower cost of living in the country, good global medical coverage with the ability to also access US healthcare facilities if required is strongly recommended.

Globehopper insurance offered by International Medical Group (IMG) is a travel health insurance plan specifically designed for US citizens and US permanent residents 65 years and older. The GlobeHopper Senior plan is very popular as it provides coverage up to $1 million for travelers less than 79 years and $100,000 for travelers more than 80 years old. The plan includes $2,500 cover for sudden unexpected recurrence of an existing medical ailment and $25,000 for emergency medical evacuation.
Travel insure offers two plans namely Intermedical and WorldMed Insurance where are listed below in the table.