Sick in a country where you don't speak the language
Passport number, travel insurance, prescriptions, allergies, the hotel address in the local script — all the things you need when everything goes sideways abroad.
Travel goes wrong in small, boring ways far more often than dramatic ones. A bag doesn't arrive and the claim needs your flight record. A phone is stolen and every confirmation lived in its email app. A stomach bug turns into a clinic visit and someone needs to know what you're allergic to.
The common thread is that the information you need is stored on the exact thing you've lost, or in the country you left.
Two vaults do most of the work
The Travel Vault holds passports and visas, TSA PreCheck and Global Entry, travel insurance, loyalty numbers, itineraries, hotel confirmations, car rental agreements, and the international driving permit you'll be asked for exactly once.
The Medical Vault holds insurance cards, prescriptions and doses, allergies, immunization records, specialist contacts, and directives. Together they answer nearly every question a stranger in a hospital or an airline counter will ask you.
Redundancy is the whole point. The copy you can reach is the only copy that counts.
Questions people actually ask on the road
- “What's my passport number and when does it expire?”
- “What's the travel insurance claim line and policy number?”
- “What dose is my prescription, and what's the generic name?”
- “What's the confirmation number for the hotel on the 14th?”
You can share access with whoever you're traveling with, so two people can pull the same answers. And if a passport or a visa is about to expire, we count it down at 30 days, 7 days, 1 day, and the morning of — which is usually the difference between a renewal and a canceled trip.
Ten minutes before the next trip
Photograph the passport page. Forward the airline and hotel confirmations to your home's private email address. Snap the insurance card and the prescription label. That's the whole setup, and it's permanent — the next trip only adds the new confirmations.
Travel and Medical are $29/yr each on top of any AskMyHome membership, prorated to your renewal date.
Once you're inside, you can also earn this vault — or any vault — free for a year every time a friend joins with your referral link. Refer again and it keeps going, year after year.
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The will exists. The policy exists. The deed exists. What's missing is the map — and the people who need it are grieving when they go looking.
Manufacturers don't remind you. Retailers don't remind you. Most expired coverage isn't used up — it's simply forgotten, and it costs the average household hundreds a year.