I sat in the VFS Global office, watching the couple next to me get rejected for their Portuguese D7 visa. […]

I stood at the discharge desk of Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok with a $12,000 bill for emergency appendicitis surgery, and

I landed in Ho Chi Minh City and bought health insurance the next day. Three days later, I woke up

I landed in Frankfurt with my US passport and my SafetyWing app open. The border guard demanded “Proof of Schengen

We moved our family of four to Bali. I quoted “Global Health Insurance” for all of us: $1,200/month. We panicked.

I tried to ship a 3-month supply of Adderall from the US to Japan. Not only did customs seize it,

A new respiratory variant flared up in Manila. The government ordered a 7-day hotel quarantine for all foreigners. Cost: $1,400.

I hit my 60th birthday in Lisbon and got a polite email from my insurance provider: “Your policy will not

I flew back to Ohio for my sister’s wedding. I kept my SafetyWing subscription active, thinking I was covered. I

I’ve used both. I’ve claimed on both. In 2026, the landscape has shifted. SafetyWing (Nomad Insurance 2.0) has become the