A new partnership between two high-profile businesses is about to save Kelowna residents Bristol and her son Henry Debowski a lot of stress and money.

Hope Air sa国际传媒� a charity that covers financial costs for Canadians travelling for medical reasons sa国际传媒� has announced that theysa国际传媒檝e partnered with Airbnb to cover free accommodation for those same people travelling.

The Debowskis will be one of the first families to benefit from the new partnership when they stay in a Airbnb free-of-charge next week in Vancouver as part of a medical trip for Henry.

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The familiessa国际传媒� lives changed considerably last April when Henry was diagnosed with leukemia on April 8, 2019. After Henry got a blood transfusion at Kelowna General Hospital, the family flew to BC Childrensa国际传媒檚 Hospital in Vancouver from Kelowna the next day to find out further treatment options.

It was then the Debowskisa国际传媒檚 found out theysa国际传媒檇 have to fly to Vancouver for Henrysa国际传媒檚 chemotherapy treatments on a routine basis over the next four years.

While Bristol said theysa国际传媒檝e already benefited from free transportation costs from the Hope Air charity, she said the additional accommodation costs saved for Henrysa国际传媒檚 medical trips will be an added bonus.

sa国际传媒淭his announcement is huge for sure. I wonsa国际传媒檛 have to come up with any amount of money for trips. That money saved from the trip can be used for Henrysa国际传媒檚 medication and food.sa国际传媒�

Bristol said the process for getting the accommodation and travel costs covered is extremely easy.

sa国际传媒淵ou give (Hope Air) your specialistsa国际传媒檚 information, the date and time of your appointment, your doctorsa国际传媒檚 contact information, and when you prefer to go,sa国际传媒� said Bristol.

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With the new Airbnb partnership, Canadians travelling to city centres for medical trips are eligible to have their accommodation costs covered for up to seven nights.

Bristol said she found out about the service when Henrysa国际传媒檚 grandpa was doing research online about affordable transportation between Kelowna and Vancouver. After the discovery, she estimates that her family has already saved thousands of dollars in transportation costs from Hope Air.

sa国际传媒淲esa国际传媒檝e probably flown between the two cities close to 30 times,sa国际传媒� said Bristol.

sa国际传媒淚sa国际传媒檓 estimating that wesa国际传媒檝e saved five to ten thousand dollars from the service so far.sa国际传媒�

When asked about what Henry thought of the new service, he had a pretty clear answer.

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connor.trembley@kelownacapnews.com
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