Are there less expensive sources for yellow-fever vaccinations?

penguin_pam

For a trip to South America in June, we will need yellow fever vaccination. The travel clinics and doctor’s offices we tried claim there is a shortage on yellow-fever vaccine, and therefore the prices are 250+$ ( plus the cost for the visit). I have found several articles about that shortage, it seems that the only producer is behind, and that won’t change before mid of 2018. Are there cheaper US sources known for this vaccination? I found that...

Originally asked by Aganju on Stack Exchange (travel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Because the question seems to be very popular, I wrote up what we ended up doing. No, there is no cheaper source within the US. If you have any travel to another country, be it Europe, the Bahamas, South America, or Canada, get it there. We ended up calling the whole list provided by the CDC , for 500 miles around us, and picked a spot about 2 hour drive away, as the overall cost of driving plus getting vaccinated were the minimum. Our appointment was on Saturday morning, and we combined it with some sightseeing; overall, we paid $205 per person; including all 'incidental costs' (they all charge extra for the 'doctors visit' itself, the verbal 'instruction session', plus the 'qualified...

Full answer by Aganju: https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/148953 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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