Scott McCartney

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3,086 appearances 43 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2017 last heard Dec 2021

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · How Travel Is Changing as We Look Beyond the Pandemic · 13 Jan 2021 podcast

The problem has been tourists in hospitals, in tourist destinations. voice-verified

And if you don't have insurance that covers you abroad, you may be on the hook for a big medical bill or the country where you're staying may be on the hook for taking care of you, for taking care of uninsured tourists. voice-verified

To clamp down on that, there are going to be more and more requirements for health insurance when you travel. voice-verified

The bigger question is what happens if you test negative and get on the flight. voice-verified

And then in some countries and even in some states, you're required to take a test after you've been there. voice-verified

Because as you say, the test is just a snapshot in time. voice-verified

So how do we know five days later you're not positive for COVID? voice-verified

if you test positive when you're abroad, you may not be allowed to go home. voice-verified

And that's the tricky part. voice-verified

Are you going to end up quarantined for 14 days at your expense in a foreign country? voice-verified

Or are you going to need medical attention in the foreign country? voice-verified

But even if you don't, if you're sort of locked in a hotel, that's an expense. voice-verified

That's an inconvenience. voice-verified

That's a worry to a lot of people and a big reason why voice-verified

people aren't traveling right now is they don't want to get stuck overseas. voice-verified

The way airlines deal with sick passengers is they don't deal with them. voice-verified

They actually give you incentives to show up on the airplane sick. voice-verified

And if you do the right thing, if you have the flu or the common cold or you don't want to travel, you want to postpone your travel, and you're on a non-refundable ticket, the airline will say, fine, you now have a credit towards future travel. voice-verified

The good news is that change fees and penalties have been waived, so you don't have to worry about that. voice-verified

But if you want to travel two days later or two weeks later or whatever it might be, you may end up paying a higher fare, and you're going to have to pay the difference in the fare. voice-verified

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