Untold Italy · Friday, July 10, 2026
The podcast strongly advises travelers to secure comprehensive travel insurance, particularly for health coverage. Host Katie Clark emphasizes that while Italy has a healthcare system, insurance is crucial for covering unexpected costs like medical evacuation, trip disruptions, or needing to return home due to emergencies, which can be financially devastating without coverage.
“One thing please, no one forget is to get insurance. Please please make sure you have your travel insurance, especially the health one. I can't say this enough.”
“But the real challenge is if your vacation is disrupted or you need to be flown home for whatever reason. Some of our tour guests have had to leave our tours early for family health emergencies and other things, and if they don't have insurance, you know, basically the cost of flying back, getting an extra ticket, canceling the tour, getting additional accommodation and transportation, and if you are unfortunate enough to have to be medi backed home that can be life changing in a really terrible way from a financial perspective.”
“So the cost of the insurance is small in comparison to your trip and it's a really important thing to do.”