Tripmeant

Medical Tourism Policy

Medical tourism bookings are treated separately from adventure and wellness travel due to the clinical, legal, and consent-related nature of medical procedures.

Minors and Medical Procedures

  • Tripmeant does not independently arrange elective medical procedures for unaccompanied minors under any circumstances.

  • Any minor (under 18) travelling for a medical procedure must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian for the full duration of travel and treatment.

  • Written, notarized parental/guardian consent is required prior to booking confirmation, in addition to any consent required directly by the treating clinic or hospital.

  • Final authority on whether a minor may legally consent to or receive a given procedure rests with the treating clinic and the applicable local law of the treatment destination—not with Tripmeant. Age-of-consent rules for medical treatment vary by country, and in the U.S. and Canada, by state/province.

Free Booking & Discount Eligibility — Medical Trips

  • The free-travel (under 2) and age-based discount table in Part A applies only to accompanying minors who are not the patient (e.g., siblings travelling with a parent who is the patient).

  • No standard discount schedule applies to a minor who is themselves the medical patient—pricing for minor patients is quoted individually based on the treating facility's own policies and any additional guardian accommodation, translation, or care requirements.

Adult-to-Child Ratio — Medical Trips

  • A minor patient must be accompanied by at least one parent or legal guardian at all times. This requirement is non-negotiable and is not covered by the general 2-children-per-adult ratio.

  • Non-patient accompanying children follow the same ratio limits as Part A (maximum 2 children per adult).

Jurisdictional Note

  • Tripmeant serves clients from the UK, EU, US, Canada, and Australia. Consumer protection and package travel regulations (e.g., the EU/UK Package Travel Regulations), as well as medical consent laws, differ across these regions. Where a client's local law provides stronger protections or different consent requirements than stated above, the stricter or more specific local requirement will govern. This document is a general policy framework and does not constitute legal advice. Tripmeant recommends that clients confirm any medical-consent-specific requirements directly with the treating clinic.