In a move that underscores the growing number of grandparents taking vacation trips with their grandchildren, MedjetAssist has announced a special membership rate to cover the grandchildren of MedjetAssist’s annual membership holders.

MedjetAssist protects members who fall sick or get injured when traveling for business or pleasure in the U.S. or virtually anywhere in the world. As long as members are over 150 miles from home when they’re hospitalized, MedjetAssist’s doctors based in Birmingham, AL and at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, work by telephone, e-mail and computer link with the medical team treating their members - wherever they may be. Once members are stabilized and able to be moved, MedjetAssist flies them home at not cost whatsoever aboard a medically equipped and staffed aircraft and takes them to the hospital of their choice.

For more than two decades the specialty grandparent-grandchild travel market has been burgeoning, with several tour operators catering specifically to this paring of travelers. Unlike fifty years ago when most grandparents lived just blocks from their grandchildren, many of today’s grandparents and grandchildren live thousands of miles apart. Thus, vacationing together enables the two generations to cement a special bond.

Holders of MedjetAssist annual memberships (from $205 per person) may add their a grandchild (18 or younger) to their policy for $75 per grandchild. For full details of MedjetAssist’s offerings call toll-free 800-963-3538.