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Accessibility Planning for Healthcare Trips | The Planner
A guide to accessibility and disability-accommodation planning for a healthcare trip abroad.
A guide to accessibility and disability-accommodation planning for a healthcare trip abroad.
Couples can save $20,000+ by combining procedures on one medical tourism trip. How to stagger surgeries, coordinate recovery, and make it work logistically.
CareCredit, HSA/FSA funds, personal loans, credit card rewards — how to finance a medical tourism trip when you can't pay cash upfront.
Some Colombian clinics offer 10–15% returning patient discounts and referral credits. How to ask about loyalty pricing and build a long-term care relationship.
VA wait times for elective procedures can stretch months. Medical tourism offers veterans faster access to dental, orthopedic, and cosmetic care — often for less than domestic copays.
Teachers have the ideal recovery window — 10 weeks of summer break. How to plan dental, cosmetic, or LASIK surgery abroad on a teacher's budget.
Mom gets veneers, Dad gets LASIK, Grandma gets implants — all on one trip. How to coordinate family medical tourism and save $30,000+.
Minute-by-minute walkthrough of the premium concierge medical tourism experience — from airport pickup to surgery to recovery house to your flight home.
A day-in-the-life look at what your medical tourism coordinator actually does — from airport pickup to pharmacy runs to daily wound check coordination.
A holistic budgeting model for a healthcare trip that accounts for situation-specific costs beyond the procedure itself.
Colombia's JCI hospitals offer VIP suites with private nursing, gourmet meals, and concierge services for $200–$500/night — vs $3,500+ for a standard US hospital room.
Standard travel insurance excludes elective surgery. These 5 policies cover complications, medevac, and extended stays for medical tourists. $150–$500.
Most medical tourists don't speak Spanish — and it rarely matters. How JCI hospitals, coordinators, and bilingual surgeons handle the language gap.
A second surgical opinion in the US costs $300–$1,000. Colombian specialists offer virtual consultations for $50–$150 via WhatsApp. Here's when it changes everything.
Dental patients return for Phase 2, cosmetic patients come back for maintenance, and first-timers bring their families. Why medical tourism creates repeat visitors.
In-home nursing care in Colombia costs $80–$150/day vs $500+/day in the US. What daily post-op nursing includes — wound care, medication management, vitals, and more.
Self-insured companies can save $20,000+ per employee procedure by covering medical tourism. How the model works, who's doing it, and how to build a program.
Use Thanksgiving or Christmas PTO for medical tourism. 4 days off + 1 week vacation = enough time for dental, LASIK, or cosmetic procedures abroad.
95% of medical tourism trips go as planned. Here's your contingency playbook for the 5% — extended stays, complications, insurance activation, and getting home safely.
US executive health screenings cost $2,500–$10,000. Colombia offers the same comprehensive panels for $500–$1,500. Here's what's included and how to plan your trip.
Combine team building with optional health screenings, dental check-ups, and wellness procedures. How to structure a tax-deductible corporate wellness trip to Colombia.
Compare concierge medical tourism services with DIY planning. Costs, stress levels, safety, and when each approach makes sense for surgery abroad.