Should we cancel our trip if our toddler has a fever?
When a toddler comes down with a fever right before visiting relatives, travelers face the difficult choice of whether to proceed or use trip interruption benefits. Sorting through insurance policies for family illness or bereavement coverage is necessary to understand what is covered before deciding to cancel.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Notifying grandparents about the sickness and letting them decide their comfort level
- 2Sending only the healthy family members while the sick parent and child stay home
- 3Rescheduling the trip or pet boarding
- 4Debating canceling the trip entirely beforehand
- 5Relying on vendor credits for original trip expenses
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/travel1 person · September 2026
r/Parenting1 person · September 2026
“So we’re supposed to go visit my partner’s parents in 3 days for a several night visit. We’re currently on our second night of toddler having a fever (approx 36 hours).”source ↗
Innumerablegibbon · r/Parenting · 1 upvotes
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