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4 May 2010
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Buying Insurance at SA Boarders
Is it easy and without a lot of hassle to buy Insurance at the borders of Mexico , Central and South America . I see that the South Americian policy from Motorcycle Express doesnt cover for Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica , Nicaragua and now Chile . So can someone advise me on this , I speak FA Spanish . Sorry about Spelling (boarder)
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Hi!
I'm quite interested inthis as well And also I speak FA spanish hehehe...
C'mon there's gotta be someone who could shed some light on the subject!
Stay safe!
Andy
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I'll offer the general response: wherever you need insurance, there'll be someone who's ready to sell it to you. This general approach has worked for me all over the world (so far).
I can't speak specifically except with regard to Mexico and Costa Rica; both require insurance at the border, therefore both have agents at their borders waiting for your business. Other places I haven't bothered. Columbia apparently requires it, but I survived without--other people have discussed this here in the past, including suggesting where to purchase in Bogata.
Attempts to figure everything out in advance tend to take a lot of effort, and while this might be comforting it often turns out your advance information is wrong or dated anyway. Of course, when I tried to make this point on another forum I was chastised severely, so take it with whatever grain of salt you wish.
Hope that helps.
Mark
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I can agree with Mark on this.
I had no choice but to buy insurance in Mexico and Costa Rica, and apparently it is illegal to not have insurance for Chile and Argentina. But, as I went though many of those last two countries borders to get in and out of Ushuaia, I never actually was sold any, I never knew where to buy it and it was never mentioned by any official or copper.
So, rather than try and buy and pay money when it is not needed beforehand, buy as needed.
Colombia I had no real choice as we shipped from Panama and it was a requirement that we buy insurance in Cartegena. This was for 3 months, but if you fly into Bogota, you can bu it for one month only. As Mark points out he did without and got away with it
The same goes for Bolivia and Peru apparently, I read a few threads on this with some people claiming it was needed, and some actually designing an insurance certificate to cover themselves. The thing is, if there is no insistance at the border crossing, then I won't pay and chance my luck, the choice is yours.
Have a read of this site here I used this extensively and although some of the info is dated, t gave pretty good concise advice for mst of the brders
Cheers
TS
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