Medical Tourism
You choose the care. I plan everything around it.
The flights. The transfers. The room you wake up in afterward. The days you spend recovering before you are cleared to fly home. All of that is travel, and travel is my work. Yours is to focus on getting well.
Debra Orringer, MS, ACE-MES, ACSM-CEP, CIHC. My background is in exercise physiology and health coaching, which is why recovery shapes every decision I make about your trip. Your care stays with your medical team. The journey around it is mine.
What medical tourism actually is
Medical tourism means going somewhere else for care. People choose it for cost, for access, for a shorter wait, or for a specialist they have come to trust. Those decisions belong to you and to the licensed professionals treating you.
Everything on the other side of that decision is travel. Getting there rested. Getting home comfortably. And the days in between, which deserve as much thought as the appointment itself. That is where I come in.
Who this is for
People in midlife traveling for planned, scheduled care, and the person going with them.
Dental
Implants, full-mouth restoration, extensive restorative work. Often multiple appointments across one or two weeks.
Orthopedic & Joint
Knee and hip replacement, spine, shoulder. The longest recovery windows, and the ones where the hotel choice matters most.
Longevity & Diagnostics
Comprehensive screening, advanced imaging, multi-day clinic programs. Shorter stays, tighter schedules.
Cosmetic & Aesthetic
Elective procedures with real recovery needs, including guidance on when you are cleared to fly home.
Clear lanes, so nothing falls between them
Your medical team holds the care. I hold the journey.
I handle the travel
- The itinerary, built around your clinic’s schedule and its written requirements
- Flights chosen for recovery: seat, cabin, timing, layovers, and the window when you are cleared to fly
- Hotels vetted for what matters afterward: elevators, step-free entry, quiet floors, room service, a walk-in shower
- Private ground transfers, arranged and confirmed, waiting for you on discharge day
- Travel medical and medical evacuation insurance options, laid out plainly
- Your companion’s trip, including where they can be during the hours they are waiting
- The recovery stay, once your provider clears you to travel
- One reachable person, the whole time you are away
Your medical team holds the care
- They choose the procedure and the provider, together with you
- They give the medical guidance, the records review, and the expected timeline
- They set the written instructions, and I plan the travel to fit them exactly
- They are paid for their care. I accept no payment of any kind from a medical provider
The recovery is the trip
The procedure is a few hours. The recovery is a week, or two, or three, and you spend it in a room someone chose for you. I choose it for what it will actually feel like to be in it, on the days that matter most.
Not medicine. The same four questions I bring to every journey I plan.
How it works
Discovery call
Thirty minutes. You tell me the procedure, the city, and the date, and we map out what the trip could look like.
Your clinic’s rules
You send me what your provider has told you in writing. Arrival date, restrictions, and how long before you can fly. I plan to those rules, not around them.
The plan
Flights, hotels, transfers, and a recovery stay, laid out as options with the tradeoffs written down. You choose.
Booked
I book it, hold the documents, confirm every transfer, and give you and your companion one printed page that has everything on it.
While you are there
Plans shift. Discharge moves a day. You reach me directly, and I take care of it while you rest.
Planning fee
The fee covers design, sourcing, and coordination from the first call to the day you land back home. It is separate from the trip cost and due when planning begins.
Built around a clinic’s calendar. Includes the recovery stay, the companion’s travel, and one point of contact the entire time you are away. $1,500 when recovery runs beyond 14 days, when more than one city is involved, or when your companion needs a separate itinerary.
One clinic-driven date change is included. Further changes are $100 each. Add-ons: $150 per additional city, $75 per traveler beyond two, $150 rush fee if departure is within 45 days.
Questions people actually ask
Do you choose the clinic or the provider?
That decision is yours, made with licensed medical professionals who know your history. My work begins the moment you have made it, and everything I plan is built to serve it.
Are you paid by clinics or hospitals?
No. I am paid by you, and by the hotels and airlines I book through. It means every recommendation I make is about your comfort and your recovery, and nothing else.
Will you work with my clinic’s patient coordinator?
Yes, and it makes the whole trip better. They hold the dates, the pre-procedure requirements, and the clearance to fly. I build the travel to fit exactly what they tell us.
What about insurance?
Coverage varies by policy and by country, and your insurer is the one who can confirm yours. Travel medical coverage and medical evacuation coverage are separate products, and I will lay the options out clearly so you can choose.
Can someone travel with me?
Yes, and I hope they do. I plan their trip as carefully as yours, including where they can rest, eat, and wait comfortably during the hours you are in care.
How far ahead should we start?
As soon as you have a procedure date. The earlier we begin, the more choice you have in flights, rooms, and the recovery stay. A rush fee applies inside 45 days.
What happens if plans change while I am there?
Anything medical goes straight to your provider. Anything to do with travel, a shifted discharge, a flight, a room that needs to change, comes to me, and I handle it while you focus on healing.
Which countries do you work in?
You bring the destination your care is in. I plan the journey around it.
Debra Orringer is a travel advisor and is not a medical provider. Nothing on this page is medical advice, and nothing on this page is a recommendation or endorsement of any clinic, hospital, physician, facility, or procedure. The selection of medical providers and all decisions about care are yours, made together with licensed medical professionals. Debra Orringer accepts no compensation, referral fee, or commission from any medical provider. Travel is booked through Fora Travel, Inc., the licensed travel agency (CA 2151995-50 / FL ST43973 / WA UBI 605329242).