Jim Waited Too Long to Get Travel Insurance

December 14, 2009

Subscribe My wife and I are cruising from New Orleans on 1/17/10 on NCL. I have learned that my mom has just been diagnosed with pneumonia and has been admitted to the hospital. Now I worry that, worst case, I might need to cancel the cruise. What plan would cover reimbursement of trip cost? Jim […]

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How To Give Your Pet an at Home Wellness Exam

December 9, 2009

Subscribe How to Perform an at Home Wellness Exam on Your Pet By Dr. Karen Becker We have a 6 year old Bischon-Poodle mixed breed dog named “Buddy”. This is our second Bischon-Poodle. Unfortunately, we had to put “Katy” to sleep in 2005. If you’ve held a pet as he / she’s put to sleep […]

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Does Travel Insurance Cover You Without a Passport?

December 7, 2009

Subscribe Very confused… We need a plan to cover us if our Southwest Airline flight’s delayed too long and we miss our cruise’s sailing. We cannot catch up to the cruise as we are traveling without passports (I know…). The trip delay / missed connection / trip interruption rules are confusing. Can you help me […]

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Is Trip Cancellation Covered Due to H1N1?

November 18, 2009

Subscribe I’ve been looking over your very helpful and user-friendly website. Would your plans also cover cancellation due to H1N1? I’d appreciate your help. Regards, Janet Hi Janet, Thank you for the kind words. Yes, our plans can cover cancellation due to H1N1 in three ways: 1) Assuming none of you have H1N1 now, but […]

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Can I Get Reimbursed If I Don’t Have a Loss?

November 11, 2009

Subscribe I saw this provision in one of your travel insurance plans under the Emergency Accident / Sickness Medical section “The Company will not cover any expenses provided by another party at no cost to the Insured or already included within the cost of the Trip.” What does this mean? Elsie Hi Elsie, You ask […]

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Save Money by Driving to Your Cruise Ship

October 30, 2009

Subscribe We’ve seen the growing trend of cruisers driving to their cruise ships. It’s always made sense to me that a Floridian would drive to the port, but now we’re having clients as far away as Canada drive to their cruise ports. Just this week, I personally spoke with Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Canada, New York, […]

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You Won’t Get Swine Flu From Us

October 28, 2009

Subscribe Afraid to visit certain places because you don’t want to get Swine Flu / H1N1? You won’t get the Swine Flu & H1N1 viruses from from Trip Insurance Store.com. You can safely call us or visit, browse and buy trip cancellation travel insurance, flight accident insurance and rental car insurance plans from Trip Insurance […]

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Travel Insurance Won’t Help With Paul’s Pre-Ex Condition

October 23, 2009

Subscribe We are leaving for Europe on 11/12/09. We booked non-refundable flights on 6/14/09. This is the issue. I had a TIA on 8/31/09. Following several hours in the ER on 8/31, I’ve seen my doctor several times and had many tests to determine the area of concern. I am now taking medications to control […]

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Does Travel Insurance Cover Giving Birth?

October 20, 2009

Subscribe Hi Steve, Which travel health insurance plan will cover me? I am 30 weeks pregnant and I just bought my plane tickets for a trip to the USA. I plan on having my child in the USA and I want to get travel health insurance to cover all my expenses. Thanks, Rudeen Du P. […]

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Most Vegetables and Fruits Have ‘Unacceptable’ Levels of Pesticides

October 15, 2009

Subscribe By: Dr. Mercola According to the European Pesticide Residues Committee, apples, peas, and grapes are sometimes covered in crop spray that is above the maximum levels allowed under EU law. The findings come from tests of more than 4,000 samples of food and drink. The levels of pesticides varied considerably, with imported fruit and […]

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Don’t Want To Get A Passport

October 7, 2009

Subscribe 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 certificates for identification purposes. Our friends are concerned that at some point only passports […]

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Are Claims Easier With Primary Coverage?

September 30, 2009

Subscribe 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 primary and secondary medical coverage in a travel insurance plan that it’s not […]

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Trip Insurance Won’t Help Brenda’s Husband

September 18, 2009

Subscribe 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 purchase insurance only for the non-refundable/non transferable deposit as […]

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7 Tips for Being a More Light-Hearted Parent

September 8, 2009

Subscribe Written by Gretchen Rubin (the Happiness Project) Do you want to be a more light-hearted parent; less nagging, more laughing? Gretchen Rubin has some tips that will help: 1. At least once a day, make each child helpless with laughter. 2. Sing in the morning. It’s hard both to sing and to maintain a […]

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