Expert Travel Advice Don't Let Inoculations Bleed You Dry
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Long-haul travel is expensive enough without the added costs of vaccinations and anti-malaria tablets. But are you paying more than you need to?
A reader from York tells me how she took her gap-year son to get his jabs before a trip to Brazil. As he was planning to travel through rural areas, he needed various shots, including typhoid, hepatitis A, yellow fever and rabies. "We were in a hurry, so we went to a private clinic. At the end of the appointment, I was handed a bill for more than pounds 250. The anti-malaria tablets alone cost pounds 25 for a 50-tablet box," she says.See the full content of this document
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Expert Travel Advice Don't Let Inoculations Bleed You Dry
However, had her son been given his vaccinations by a nurse at his local surgery, this reader would have saved well over pounds 100. GPs don't usually charge for immunisatio...
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