Tip #1 For Having a Successful Travel Insurance Claim

December 30, 2008

Subscribe Since money isn’t ever quite as easy to get as it is to spend, I want to help you get the most out of your trip cancellation travel insurance policy. Here’s the first in a series of what you can do to help your travel insurance claim be processed quickly and correctly: Tip #1: […]

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Can I Protect My Credit Card Reward Points?

December 26, 2008

Subscribe I read that no insurance company will reimburse points, rewards, etc. I used reward points from my credit card to pay for my cruise. If the cruise is canceled, the points will probably be reposted back to my credit card. But here is the problem: the credit card discontinued the reward program as of […]

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Clear Up Your Confusion on Vitamin D

December 16, 2008

Subscribe Vitamin D deficiency is pandemic in the United States, but many Americans, including physicians, are not aware that they may be lacking this important nutrient. Dr. Mercola has a new & Free video that will help you clear up all your confusion on how Vitamin D can help you and your family. This is […]

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Does Your Health Insurance Cover You Outside The USA?

December 15, 2008

Subscribe I called my insurance company and asked what coverage I have if something happens outside the USA. They were clueless. Should call back and speak to someone else? Sally Hi Sally, First, get out your plan’s Description of Coverage to have handy. Next, call back your insurance company and ask this: “If I get […]

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One Easy Way To Stop Spam

December 12, 2008

Subscribe I’ve used email for 14 years and my biggest email pet peeve is the lazy, careless and indiscriminate use of both the “To:” and “CC:” fields to send emails to multiple people. The one easy way to stop spam is to use the “Bcc:” address field when you send the same email to multiple […]

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Everything You Need to Know About the Latest Threat to Your Baby

December 9, 2008

Subscribe Dr. Mercola wrote this very informative article on the discovery of the chemical melamine in a sample of infant formula sold in the United States. This is good information for any parent or grandparent to know. Here’s Dr. Mercola’s article: U.S. health officials have uncovered trace amounts of the chemical melamine in a sample […]

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Why Do I Have To Supply A Non-Traveler’s Medical Records?

December 8, 2008

Subscribe I didn’t buy trip insurance from you, but I need your advice: I had to cancel my cruise due to my father-in-law having surgery. I filled out my trip insurance plan’s claim forms. I just got a letter saying they want me to give them my father in law’s medical records. Why is this […]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 27, 2008

Subscribe Happy Thanksgiving! Steve, Deanna, Becky & Kim at TripInsuranceStore.com wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s a joke that Steve thinks is pretty funny! You decide: The Parrot A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of […]

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Is My Pacemaker Excluded From My Travel Insurance Policy?

November 25, 2008

Subscribe Steve, Stan just had a pace maker put in. Will this change their existing trip cancellation policy’s coverage? Val Hi Val, Thanks for writing. Don’t worry – Stan’s still completely covered by his trip cancellation travel insurance policy with no changes because the pace maker was put in after his insurance policy’s effective date. […]

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How Light Pollution is Ruining Your Health

November 20, 2008

Subscribe Humans are diurnal creatures, with eyes adapted to living in the sun’s light. Because of this, we’ve engineered the night for our own comfort by filling it with light. Light pollution is largely the result of poor lighting design, which allows artificial light to shine outward and upward into the sky. Wherever human light […]

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What Date Is My Trip’s Final Payment Date?

November 17, 2008

Subscribe Hi, question: Final trip payment date – we paid our cruise by credit card. It’s on our statement, but have not yet paid it (due date is the 22nd). Is final payment date the date it appears on our statement or the date that we actually pay our credit card? I am concerned about […]

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How To Protect Yourself Before A Disaster Strikes

November 14, 2008

Subscribe Have you ever said to yourself (after hearing about a disaster) something like “I’m going to get myself ready so I won’t be caught off guard”? I have, but then my life gets busy and I don’t do anything. Enter Asa Aarons. Thankfully, Asa came to my rescue with his column “Rescue Essentials When […]

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How Not To Save Money On Rental Car Insurance

November 10, 2008

Subscribe If I am on your rental car cdw insurance policy but not listed as an additional driver on the rental agreement (I don’t want to pay their additional fee) will I be covered if I’m driving? Rosita Hi Rosita, In order to be covered on our rental car cdw policy, all drivers must be […]

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Can I Round My Trip Cost Down?

November 7, 2008

Subscribe The total cost of our trip (Cruise only, driving to port) is $1,018 per person. I don’t need pre-existing of financial default coverage, if I round it down to $1,000, other than a reduced reimbursement for trip cancellation, is there any other penalty that could occur? It looks like $1,000 is a cutoff for […]

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