Travel Medicine · Independent Comparison
These two are the closest in model: both are largely asynchronous and both send the prescription to your own pharmacy. Bidwell is nurse-practitioner-led, publishes a flat $45 price, and serves 11 states. TravelMeds2Go is physician-led, serves roughly 20 states including New York, adds an oral typhoid vaccine and epinephrine, and does not list a price publicly. Choose by what you value: a transparent flat price and an ISTM member, or a physician with wider coverage.
| Bidwell Health | TravelMeds2Go | |
|---|---|---|
| Visit price | $45 flat, published up front | Not listed publicly as of June 19, 2026 |
| Format | Asynchronous, no video | Mostly asynchronous (some states require a short video) |
| Clinician | Nurse practitioner, board-certified, Member of the ISTM | Physician (board-certified) |
| States served | 11 states (not New York) | Roughly 20 states, including New York |
| Medication | Sent to your own pharmacy, generic cash price, no markup | Sent electronically to your own pharmacy |
| Scope | Motion sickness, altitude, traveler's diarrhea, malaria, epinephrine refill | The same, plus an oral typhoid vaccine |
| Injectable vaccines | No, refers to a travel clinic | No (offers oral typhoid only) |
We will be straight about this: TravelMeds2Go does a couple of things Bidwell does not. It lists an oral typhoid vaccine, which we do not offer because we refer all vaccines to a travel clinic, and it serves more states, including New York, which we do not serve. If either of those is decisive for your trip, TravelMeds2Go may be the better fit.
Bidwell publishes a flat $45 price up front rather than revealing it at checkout, adds no markup to your medication, and its clinician is a Member of the International Society of Travel Medicine with a published methodology and a dated changelog for how the scope is maintained. Both services are founder-led by travelers, which is a genuine strength of each.
As of June 19, 2026, TravelMeds2Go does not list a visit price publicly on its site, so we cannot quote one. Bidwell publishes a flat $45 visit, with the prescription sent to your own pharmacy at the generic price and no markup. If an up-front, transparent price matters to you, that is a point in Bidwell's favor; if you are comfortable seeing the price during checkout, TravelMeds2Go may still suit you.
They are the closest in model: both are largely asynchronous and both send the prescription to your own pharmacy. Bidwell is nurse-practitioner-led, publishes a flat $45 price, and covers 11 states. TravelMeds2Go is physician-led, covers roughly 20 states including New York, adds an oral typhoid vaccine and epinephrine, and does not list a price publicly. Bidwell refers all vaccines to a travel clinic.
In a couple of ways, yes. TravelMeds2Go lists an oral typhoid vaccine, which Bidwell does not offer (we refer all vaccines), and it covers more states, including New York, which Bidwell does not serve. Bidwell's edge is a published flat $45 price, a clinician who is a Member of the International Society of Travel Medicine, and no medication markup. Both prescribe malaria, altitude, traveler's diarrhea, and motion sickness medications and an epinephrine auto-injector.
Choose Bidwell if you want a transparent flat $45 price, a Member of the ISTM, and you are in one of its 11 states. Choose TravelMeds2Go if you want a physician, you need a state Bidwell does not serve such as New York, or you want an oral typhoid vaccine handled in the same visit. Both refer you to a travel clinic for injectable vaccines.