Saddles, Safety, and Medjet

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Kevin and Linda kick off this episode of Travel Tuesday with a lively tease of Linda’s multigenerational getaway to Rocking Horse Ranch and a nod to their writing hub at ThatPassportLife, setting a playful tone before diving into meatier topics.

Guest Sherry Howell from Medjet explains the crucial gap Medjet fills: it’s not travel insurance but a membership that moves hospitalized travelers (150+ miles from home) to a hospital at home—bedside‑to‑bedside, with a critical‑care team, and no bill to the member. Real‑world transports can run $250,000+, which Medjet handles; standard insurance/credit‑card “nearest adequate facility” language often won’t get you home.

Pricing highlights: individual memberships have been cited around $99, while Family medical transport runs about $425/year (two cohabiting adults + up to five kids; larger families can split across two memberships). Medjet Horizon adds security/crisis response for about $614/year—and unlike per‑trip insurance, coverage spans the whole year.

Switching gears, Rocking Horse Ranch (founded 1958; family‑run; ~114 rooms) delivers an all‑inclusive, low‑stress, no‑lines experience aimed at families with kids 2–12: horseback riding, indoor/outdoor pools and slides, winter tubing/skiing, boating, archery, laser tag, nightly entertainment, and surprisingly strong dining led by a CIA‑trained chef. Rooms are smartly laid out (think bunks + queens), and typical pricing starts around $500/night for a family of four.

Woven through the episode is a sober sidebar on recent political violence and a plea for face‑to‑face conversation over conflict—framed as part of traveling well and modeling civility for the next generation. The show signs off with links to Medjet and Rocking Horse Ranch, plus Linda’s promise to write more for ThatPassportLife.