I am traveling to New York from Las Vegas for my daughters wedding.  I know I can carry-on my Bi-pap but the O2 generator is a bit large to bring along.  Is it possible to rent one for the week I am away from home, and will insurance cover it?

Ellabear Check with your DME about it, I know I am going on a trip the first part of next year, a cruise, and the Oxygen Concentrator is just to big to bring along, my DME has a small portable one that you can reserve and use for the trips, I get all my supplys from them VPAP and my concentrator is rented by Medicare thru them so they said just to give them as much advance notice as possible and they would supply me with a portable one that can be taken aboard a plane, train or cruise. Or maybe ask them if you can exchange your machine for a small portable one. Also check with your insurance company about it. Good Luck


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Ellabear;  my wife has been on supplemental oxygen for several years.  She has the large noisy concentrator that she uses at night, or if she is too tired to go downstairs and fill her Helios bottle.  Under normal day-time conditions, she is wearing a sling over her shoulder, with a belt around her waist, and a pouch where she carries a Helios bottle.  Set on #2, the supply lasts anywhere from 8 to 12 hours, depending upon how hard she breathes.  We have a rather large heavy tank they fill about every 3 weeks, and also a slightly smaller one, that fits in the basement of the motorhome, when we travel.  This smaller one lasts about 10 to 14 days.  
We have never traveled by bus, train, or plane since she started on the Helios.  But from what we can gather, most common carriers will not allow you to take the storage bottle with you.  I may be wrong, but checked into riding Amtrak a few months back, and it was strictly forbidden to do it.  
A few months ago, we inquired with a local charter bus company, about taking a trip to one of the out of state casinos, and they turned us down.  Good luck on your endeavors.  Sorry about throwing water on your fire!!

Ellabear wrote:

I am traveling to New York from Las Vegas for my daughters wedding.  I know I can carry-on my Bi-pap but the O2 generator is a bit large to bring along.  Is it possible to rent one for the week I am away from home, and will insurance cover it?

You could try locating the name of O2 suppliers in Vegas then call to see if you can rent what you need from one of them while in Vegas.


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