# Travel Insurance **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 4, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/travel-insurance/263660 "2012-05-04T20:07:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/travel-insurance/263660/1 "2012-05-04T20:07:33Z")
Leaving for Europe on the 19th for 2 weeks. Taking my laptop and possibly my DSLR with me. And my phone. Not worried about trip insurance such as cancellation, health, etc. Just my electronics. Anyone here ever get travel insurance for their electronics? I’ll only be staying with family 4 out of 14 days…the rest will be alone so I can’t lug my stuff around with me. Definitely going to get a safe or what not in my room, but figured I’d rather pay for some insurance (if it’s not too expensive) and have that piece of mind as well. ---
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/travel-insurance/263660/2 "2012-05-04T20:12:41Z")
Would you get travel insurance if you’re staying at a hotel in the US? No? Then why bother doing it in Europe? Unless you’re staying at some ratty hostels or something. ---
**Author:** ![Dread](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dread/32/6544_2.png) [@Dread](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dread)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/travel-insurance/263660/3 "2012-05-04T20:13:06Z")
Ive been to third world countries with my laptop and phone and had no problems, I think you should be ok in Europe unless there is something I am missing here. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/travel-insurance/263660/4 "2012-05-04T20:16:53Z")
I’m going to a sanatorium…I have no idea what kind of ‘door access’ that facility has. Meaning, is it lock and key? Is it badge/card? etc. That’s the place I’m worried about. I’m not worried about the airports, etc. And no, I wouldn’t get travel insurance in the US. :lol Still…Europe makes me a bit more skeptical for some reason. EDIT: I guess I can do a personal articles policy with State Farm for like $30. No brainer. Gonna stop by on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Dread](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dread/32/6544_2.png) [@Dread](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dread)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/travel-insurance/263660/5 "2012-05-04T20:20:22Z")
> [@Time Warner Metered Internet](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/19): > > I’m going to a sanatorium…I have no idea what kind of ‘door access’ that facility has. Meaning, is it lock and key? Is it badge/card? etc. That’s the place I’m worried about. I’m not worried about the airports, etc. > > And no, I wouldn’t get travel insurance in the US. :lol > > Still…Europe makes me a bit more skeptical for some reason. Isnt a Sanatorium like a resort but with a medical staff on hand? ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/travel-insurance/263660/6 "2012-05-04T20:23:16Z")
I thought a sanitorium was a mental hospital ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/travel-insurance/263660/7 "2012-05-04T20:23:20Z")
> [@WTB: LOCK ME PLEASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-lock-me-please/49442/12): > > Isnt a Sanatorium like a resort but with a medical staff on hand? Yes. It’s like a mayo clinic or what not. I’m not worried about my medical though…just my electronics. Since they’ll be in my room (whatever that entails at the place) while I’m meeting with the medical staff for hours per day, etc. > [@WTB: LOCK ME PLEASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-lock-me-please/49442/13): > > I thought a sanitorium was a mental hospital Long long ago. :lol > **[Sanatorium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanatorium)** > > A sanatorium (from Latin sānāre 'to heal, make healthy'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments and convalescence. Sanatoriums are often in a healthy climate, usually in the countryside. The idea of healing was an important reason for the historical wave of establishments of sanatoriums, especially at the end of the 19th- and early 20th centuries. One sought, for instance, the healing of consumpt Sanat... ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/travel-insurance/263660/8 "2012-05-04T20:40:50Z")
I say go for it if it’ll help you sleep better at night. ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/travel-insurance/263660/9 "2012-05-05T09:23:11Z")
I say get it if you can afford it for accidental damage and most of all theft. I back packed acrossed Europe back in 92 and we would take the night train to save a night of lodging. Depends on where you are going, thief would board the night trains and steal stuff from you cabin while you are sleeping. Most travelers will tie the cabin door shut with a belt to make it difficult to get in. Will you be getting a Eurail pass? You can get the insurance when you get them. Good luck and have fun. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/travel-insurance/263660/10 "2012-05-05T10:07:25Z")
Nah, I’m flying to Kiev, Ukraine, changing plans and going to Lvov, Ukraine. Then taking the train to Ternopil which is my home city. The Sanatorium is like 20 miles from there.