Planning and Budgeting all expenses
This activity will be very time consuming and full of “What…if” and options. No one can say your medical travel expense is cheaper than mine, or higher than mine. Because you are not compare apple to apple, or orange to orange. There are many variation in length of stay in the hospital, length of stay in recuperation facility, hotels during pre and post treatment, side trips, etc., . It is like your yearly vacation trip. You can save a lot of money by staying in a guests house and fly on a low cost airline. While other people prefer to fly by first class airline and stay in five stars hotel.
However, remember it is not time for you to trade off any more between your good health and a few bucks.
At this point you can find many medical tour guide book provide you a ‘Budget Planner’ check list that will help you go thru all the small detail. For example, how much you have to pay for some one to come to water your plants at home while you are away? Or, what you have to do with your pet(s) and how much?