Sudden death reminds us all that tomorrow is promised to no one, so we are reminded to live our lives to the fullest each day. So we try to focus less on the trivial matters and focus more on the more important things in life.
Knowing that death can often come without warning and in any location, we need to think about what would happen to us and our close ones when we die. Especially when travelling overseas.
Recently on May 11th, 2016, Cindy McPherson of Ontario was with her husband Zadori when her husband drowned to death while on vacation in Mexico.
Devastated by losing her soulmate, McPherson was also shocked when the local Mexican police told her “your husband’s body is not coming home until you give us the money.”
While in distress and an emotional state., McPherson has to find a way to pay the police and the funeral home a total of $3,500.
After several day negotiating with local authorities and the Canadian embassy, she was finally able to bring her husband’s body home, but not without a lot of trouble.
Advantages of a Final Needs Travel Insurance Plan
Bringing home a loved one’s body is a pain no one should ever have to fathom. In the case of Cindy McPherson and her husband, a Worldwide Travel Assistance Plan would have been able to take care of all the expenses leaving her to focus on what was more important.
The Worldwide Travel Assistance Plan covers travel anywhere in the world if your death occurs 100 kilometers or more away from your legal primary residence. As opposed to the stressful way Cindy McPherson had to go through in order to get her husband back to Canada, one simple toll-free phone call made by your family or funeral director is all it takes to begin the process of bringing you home. Your call will be immediately answered by agents working 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week who will immediately begin notifying the appropriate parties necessary for a quick, safe and dignified return.
Our plan covers all the aspects involved from transportation to the funeral establishment, all transportation (air, land, sea travel) needed for the deceased, handling of all necessary documents, including consular services if outside Canada, transportation home for any other travelers, or next of kin to accompany the deceased.
Protecting your family from making big financial decisions at the time of your death is both easy and affordable. When you take a few minutes to enroll in the Worldwide Travel Assistance you immediately earn full protection. It can also be paid on your schedule. You can also take solace in the fact that your protection plan is in the right hands as ours is backed 100% by a company that works with a worldwide network of travel assistance providers protecting over 67 million people.
Our Worldwide Travel Assistance Protection Plan is an extension of how the Final Needs Planning Program can assist you and your family members after an unexpected death. Contact us today to explore how the Final Needs Planning Program can help you and your today.
