Seeing the Statue of Liberty on Independence Day: Flight to USA this Passover

Closing the itinerary is important, but the following steps will help you get through it with a minimum of surprises (even with God forbid you will need medical assistance thousands of miles from home)

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19/04/2022

Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 3:45 p.m.

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In the run-up to the upcoming Independence Day, our thirst for Israelis to go free touches the sky.

After two years in which some of us hesitated to go abroad, in recent weeks there has been a jump of hundreds of percent in booking vacations abroad.

One of the popular destinations for family trips is the United States, a land of unlimited possibilities where the ways to enjoy a vacation are truly endless.

In the United States, as in Israel and the rest of the world, people are learning to live alongside the rising waves of the corona plague.

After the wave of the omicron faded and in February 2022 a series of American governors announced the removal of the masked pen obligation indoors, the virus seems to be picking up again.

His head.

One of the indications of the re-expansion trend of the corona, are positive samples to the corona of the sewage.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has reported an increase of more than 100% in coronary samples found positive in many states across the United States.

The resurgence of the corona plague in the United States and other parts of the world is estimated, among other things, to be due to the high infectivity of the BA.2 variant.

As of this writing, the United States is classified on the Department of Health website as an orange country.

How does the morbidity situation in the United States affect the ability to fly to the land of unlimited possibilities - and what actions need to be taken?

Golden Bridge, San Francisco (Photo: ShutterStock)

Flight to home countries this Passover - What do the guidelines say?

In order to ensure that entry into the United States and return to Israel go smoothly, it is important to follow the instructions:

As of December 6, 2121, travelers to the United States are required to present a negative corona test performed within one day prior to flight. Three days before. The aggravation of the procedures was carried out in the light of the omicron wave, and as of this writing it is still valid.

The requirement to present a negative corona test applies to both vaccinated and unvaccinated.

Children up to the age of two are exempt from the requirement to present a negative corona test, or recover from corona during the 90 days prior to the date of travel.

Receiving an exemption from a corona test in the case of a corona recovery in the last three months, requires that you obtain the results of the positive test and a document confirming your recovery from the corona during the 90 days prior to the trip.

In addition to a negative corona test, non-citizen or U.S. passengers are required to present a vaccine certificate.

Entry to the United States is also allowed for children up to the age of 18 accompanying their vaccinated parents. What is the American definition of vaccinated? People who received two doses of Corona vaccine, at least 14 days before the date of travel.

According to the guidelines, returning from the United States to Israel involves entering solitary confinement until a negative result is obtained on a PCR test or for 24 hours - whichever is earlier.

People who have been recognized as recovering and have passed 60 days from the date of recovery are exempt from isolation.

And if you recovered from Corona during your trip to the United States?

As of this writing, Israel does not recognize those who fell ill in the US in Corona as recovering (the US is not included in the list of countries whose digital recovery certificates can be verified in Israel).

Important to know: Corona guidelines in Israel and the United States are dynamic, and may vary depending on global corona disease.

It is therefore important to follow the latest guidelines near the time of travel, and act accordingly.

In recent years we have learned to live alongside the corona, and still: Traveling abroad in an era of global epidemic increases the chance that we will need medical assistance during the trip. The good news is that medical treatment in the superpower is one of the most advanced in the world. This increases the need for insurance to cover you in cases where medical assistance is needed.

Hence the great importance of travel insurance abroad: its main part includes medical insurance abroad, which should cover a variety of medical expenses during the trip abroad, including doctor visits, medications, hospitalizations And surgeries abroad.

The medical expenses following infection in Corona are also covered within the same basic level of medical insurance abroad.

Times Square, New York - USA (Photo: ShutterStock)

How to choose travel insurance that suits your stay in the United States?

As we have already understood, the cost of medical care in the United States is considered high.

Therefore, the more complex and prolonged medical treatment, including prolonged hospitalizations or complex treatments and surgeries, the higher the costs may be.

In situations like this, the coverage ceiling offered in some overseas travel insurance may not be enough, even if it seems high. And the result

? You should choose insurance that does not include a ceiling: for example, Phoenix smart travel travel insurance covers unlimited medical expenses (except as a result of an existing medical condition).

This way you can fly to the United States knowing you are covered, even when medical care costs are high.

Removing the coverage ceiling from medical expenses as part of overseas travel insurance will allow you to fly in peace, especially in light of the high costs of medical care in the United States.

Statue of Liberty (Photo: ShutterStock)

The extended protection that keeps the pocket in case of infection in the corona

Along with the medical coverage that provides travel insurance to apply in case of infection in the corona, the encounter with the plague can hurt in the pocket.

For example, entering isolation or sticking to a corona before a trip may require moving the travel date or even canceling it.

In cases of this type, you will be at the mercy of the various travel providers and the policies pursued in each of them.

In case of cancellation of the trip, in many cases the refund you will receive will be partial, which will force you to spend significant sums of money on a vacation that you did not realize.

And if you get infected in Corona or go into isolation while traveling to the United States?

Even if you do not need medical assistance, in many cases accommodation expenses will increase as a result of extending your stay beyond the original date.

In order to protect the pocket in cases of this type, which are not included in the basic coverage in travel insurance abroad (because they are not directly related to medical assistance), a corona extension can be purchased.

For example, the Phoenix Smart Travel "Corona Shield" extension provides reimbursement of expenses in a variety of situations of infection in the Corona, before and during the trip. In case of cancellation of the trip due to infection in Corona in the week before the trip, the Corona Shield extension provides reimbursement for loss of expenses of up to $ 6,000 (of which up to $ 2,000 for flight tickets), for expenses not reimbursed by the various travel providers.

Did you get infected in Corona or went into isolation while traveling to the United States?

Even in these cases, overseas travel insurance with the Corona Shield extension can protect your pocket.

For example, in the case

of isolation due to Corona infection, you will be reimbursed for up to $ 200 per night for accommodation for up to 10 nights, during the original period of stay.

The "Corona Shield" extension also includes reimbursement of accommodation expenses of up to $ 200 per night for up to 15 nights for extending the stay beyond the original insurance period, in case of Corona infection or entry into isolation.

And that's not all: in the case of a corona infection, you can receive $ 50 compensation per day for up to 10 days for extending your stay beyond the original insurance period - without having to prove expenses.

All this before we mentioned reimbursement of transportation expenses in case of infection in Corona, coverage of expenses for changing the flight ticket for urgent departure in case of approaching closure and reimbursement of accommodation expenses for extension of stay beyond the original period, in case of sudden closure that does not allow flying back to Israel.

All refunds listed are up to the ceilings specified in the policy.

It took the children of Israel 40 years to reach the Promised Land.

You can reach the land of unlimited possibilities in less than a day.

In order for you not to need signs, masterpieces and miracles - it is important to purchase travel insurance before the trip, which if necessary will cover you and allow you to receive the best medical treatment, thousands of miles from home.

Happy holiday and a fun trip!

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