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I can help you understand travel insurance and give you some good travel tips. I lived in Mexico & Guatemala for a year in 1985-86. Plus, I've been to another 11 countries over the years. I speak Spanish, so it's easy to travel in Latin America.
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Don’t Want To Get A Passport
Hello, Steve. I have several friends who love to cruise. They have never had, nor do they plan to get, passports. (I know…weird, but it’s their belief system.) At any rate, Homeland security has o.k.’d (at least for now) birth certi...
Are Claims Easier With Primary Coverage?
Hey Steve, I was wondering if the policies that provide primary medical coverage are more or less of a hassle to process a claim than the ones that provide secondary coverage? Thanks, Jim Great question Jim! There’s so much confusion about prim...
The Quickest Way to Report Stolen Cards
Written by Michelle Schusterman Whether it’s a purse left sitting on a cafe table, or a pickpocket on a crowded subway, many of us have experienced the panic of losing credit cards while traveling. A bad situation is made worse when you’re in a ...
Trip Insurance Won’t Help Brenda’s Husband
We are considering a Euro River Cruise in June of 2010. The sailing we are interested has limited availability so we need to make a non-refundable deposit ASAP; however, due to family issues my husband is not sure he will be able to go…..can he...
How Do I Insure My Marriott Points?
We paid $937.10 for 3 plane tickets. Our hotel was purchased with Marriott points. If we cancel within 7 days of departure we will have to pay a $431 penalty. How do I insure this? Matthew Matthew, You can insure your plane tickets, but you cannot in...
Travel Insurance Won’t Help Robert
Steve, I want travel insurance, but I don’t want to pay for all the coverages. Here’s what I want: Trip Cancellation & Interruption coverage, but no medical Coverage for all variations of missed flights for any reason Full coverage ...
One More Reason To Use Cement Trucks
I sure am happy I refer to Cement Trucks and not other big things that can hit you. I’ve used the phrase “if you get hit by a Cement Truck” so many times in the past 20 years, 2 months and 8 days that I wonder when I’ll meet s...
Tricky Travel Agents
I recently took a trip insurance application over the telephone from Brian O., one of our Wisconsin clients. In the course of our conversation, Brian said “my travel agent told me to tell you to be sure to use Location Number ___ when you order...
Don’t Insure A $0 Trip Cost To Save Money
I’ve read that buying a trip cancellation travel insurance plan with a $0 trip cost is a good idea because I’ll still get all the medical, evacuation & other coverages without paying extra for the trip cancellation. It sounds too goo...
One Reason to Not Get Travel Insurance
I’ll be studying abroad in Cape Town, South Africa and traveling for 5 months. I want to insure my laptop, digital camera and similar things. Which travel insurance plan do you think is my best option to insure these items? Thank you, Jesse Hi ...
Easily Find Travel Insurance Information on TripInsuranceStore.com
Now you can find Travel Insurance information more easily on TripInsuranceStore.com with Google Custom Search I put a lot of information on www.TripInsuranceStore.com. The reason for that is that I personally want to know everything I can learn, befo...
Will Waiting Cause My Travel Insurance Cost to Increase?
I see the deadline to get travel insurance is the day before my departure for the policy I’m considering. Will there be a difference in the price quote if I wait until I make my final payment or wait until the day before my trip vs buying my tr...
Do Past Customers Get A Discount?
Steve, I’m a satisfied past customer, but like many people, I’m trying to spend my money wisely. So, do past customers get a discount? I’m asking because my travel agent said her travel insurance plans are discounted for past custom...
New US & Canada Border ID Requirements
Be Sure You Have A Passport When Crossing The USA - Canada Border Source: CNN Travel “Americans and Canadians heading to the United States from Canada on vehicles or cruise ships will face new entry requirements beginning next week, the US Home...
Who Is The Travel Insurance Claim Paid To?
I’m buying the plane ticket for a friend. Will the insurance pay me, the purchaser of the ticket, if they are forced to cancel their trip? The trip insurance plans I see say they will pay the person whose name is on the ticket, NOT the one who ...
Can I Re-book To Reset My Initial Deposit Date?
We are in the process of switching our reservation from Holland America to AAA as it’s $120 cheaper!! I will confirm this on Friday and then call you. So I am assuming I have 14 days or so to get the travel insurance and that would cover pre-ex...
Get Travel Insurance Certificates of Coverage
Do you want to just see for yourself what travel insurance covers? I created a new page that has all our Pre-screened Companies‘ Certificates of Coverage. Go to this page: http://www.tripinsurancestore.com/3/certificate.shtml and you can view o...
Does Rebooking My Cruise Reset My Initial Deposit Date?
Dear Steve, we are in the process of switching our reservation from Holland America to AAA as it is $120 cheaper!! I will confirm this on Friday with a deposit and then call you. So I am assuming I have 10 days or so to get the travel insurance and t...
Another Update on How Travel Insurance Covers Swine Flu
Here’s an update to my 4/29/09 post “Update on How Travel Insurance Covers Swine Flu”. Check out this page, too: http://www.tripinsurancestore.com/3/epidemic.shtml. Pertaining to Swine Flu, the only way you can be sure that you won&...
Update on How Travel Insurance Covers Swine Flu
Here’s an update to my 4/27/09 post “How Does Travel Insurance Cover Swine Flu?” With 3 exceptions, of the plans we sell & trust*, the key date is April 23, 2009: If you had bought a travel / trip insurance policy before April ...
How Does Travel Insurance Cover Swine Flu?
Before I get into the Travel Insurance & Swine Flu details, I hope and pray all the Swine Flu cases get under control quickly and that no one dies from this sickness. As of 4:50 pm Central Time on 4/27/09, the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
I Got The Opposite Advice From Your Advice
Steve, I called another company and they gave me the opposite advice from what you told me about pre-existing conditions. I don’t completely trust what they said. Since you say you stand behind what you sell, and I like you, I want to buy my tr...
What If I Miss My Ship In Port?
My question is: What if we miss the ship in a port for any reason? Excursion ran late, traffic delays, etc. Will travel insurance cover us if we missed the ship’s departure at a port of call? Would it get us to the next port to meet with the sh...
4/15/09 TripInsuranceStore.com Update
Sorry I haven’t written a Blog post since April 6th. You’ll be happy (I hope) to know that I didn’t get hit by that Cement Truck I keep referring to. I got away from the office April 9th - 12th. And, I’ve been busy updating T...
How To Compute Your Per Person Trip Cost
Do my spouse and I evenly split the expenses or insure our actual out of pocket costs? Gretchen Hi Gretchen, You can split the costs on items you’re sharing, but for specific things like airline tickets you need to insure your actual out of poc...
10 Tips To Get A Hotel Upgrade
Larry Bleiberg wrote How to get a hotel upgrade for CoastalLiving.com’s blog. I knew you will like Larry’s 10 tips for getting a hotel upgrade. Here are 3 of Larry’s 10 tips: Contact management before you arrive: Let them know if y...
Balance An Egg On Spring Equinox
Can you really balance an egg on Spring & Fall Equinox? Watch the Trip Insurance Guru as he attempts to balance an egg on 3-21-2009: PS -If you liked what you saw, please subscribe to my Blog. You can also connect with me on Facebook, even fol...
Get More Luggage and Baggage Coverage
I am traveling to New Zealand. I am flying from Nashville to Los Angeles, then on to Auckland, returning by the same route. I am interested in insurance that will cover my luggage in the event that anything happens to it. Thank you, Michele L. If you...
Travel Guard Response to Recent AIG News Reports
March 17, 2009 Travel Guard Response to Recent AIG News Reports There have been a number of articles and news stories recently regarding AIG, Inc., (the Holding Company.) Some of you have expressed concern, others have expressed frustration. I am wri...
Will Travel Insurance Cover All My Children For Free?
4 of us are traveling from Chicago including our 22 month old daughter who travels free on the airline. Do we include her in the list of travelers? Or are all children automatically covered free? Paul Hi Paul, Two of our travel insurance plans can in...
