What Are the Right Travel Dates to Insure?

October 7, 2023

Subscribe We are taking a European River cruise, but we are going 5 days early to Holland and adding on extra days in Budapest. Everywhere we look, it says to insure the length of the cruise, but we want to be sure we are also insured for the extra days in case something happens to […]

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Is it Worth Paying More to Have $500,000 Medical Coverage?

August 20, 2023

Subscribe An update on my being healed from Long Covid: I am still free of Long Covid and I explained how it happened it in detail here on April 12, 2023. Since then, dozens of people have contacted me telling me that they’ve been taking 5 – 20 grams of Glycine every day with positive […]

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Steve’s Long Covid Breakthrough

April 12, 2023

Subscribe Anyone that’s talked with me in the last 31 months probably heard (as I tend to overshare) about my Long Covid symptoms: Fatigue and brain fog that affected me until the middle of the day. I wrote about it here on Jan. 21, 2023. Not surprisingly, I lost business due to delays in my […]

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Travel Insurance Can be Bought After Final Payment

March 6, 2023

Subscribe Hi Steve, We recently paid our trip’s Final Payment, but didn’t buy a Trip Cancellation plan. Based on what I read on other websites, it’s too late to get a policy. But, your name keeps coming up online as the person to get the right answer from, so can you help me? We don’t […]

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Welcome to 2023 and Long Covid Tips

January 21, 2023

Subscribe Happy New Year and Welcome to 2023! I’m happy the last 3 years are over. The travel and hospitality business is recovering, the worst of the pandemic is over, though Covid and other diseases are still very dangerous for a small part of the population. Unfortunately, some people now have Long Covid. I’ve had […]

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How to Insure a Future Cruise or Travel Credit

July 28, 2022

Subscribe You were referenced on a Cruise Critic thread. Someone suggested you might know insurance plans that would cover the full cost of a canceled trip with Viking Cruises, when a portion of the cruise fare was paid with a Viking Voucher from a previously cancelled cruise. Once a Viking Voucher is used, Viking will […]

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Why are Travel Insurance Claims Taking So Long to Process?

July 14, 2022

Subscribe Why are Travel Insurance Claims Taking So Long to Process? Note: I originally wrote this on July 18, 2020. I updated it today with some more information. This is a typical phone call or email we have been getting for the last twenty nine (29) months: It’s now been 4 (or 5, 6, 7…) […]

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How Does Re-booking My Trip Affect My Initial Deposit Date?

March 28, 2022

Subscribe How Does Re-booking My Trip Affect My Initial Deposit Date? Prior to Covid, the most common reasons we saw that a traveler would potentially cancel and re-book their trip and not file a trip cancellation claim on their policy were these: Your travel supplier cancelled and they offered you a great deal on a […]

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Does Cancel For Any Reason Cover Me if the Travel Supplier Cancels My Trip?

January 27, 2022

Subscribe My cruise line cancelled my cruise. The cruise was supposed to be leaving 11 days from today. I have a policy with the Cancel for Any Reason Benefit. If I file a claim using my Cancel for Any Reason (CFAR) coverage, will I receive the 75% cash refund from the insurance company as long […]

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Are Quarantine Costs Covered if I Test Positive for Covid?

December 31, 2021

Subscribe Will a Trip Cancellation Travel Insurance policy pay anything towards the quarantine costs if I have to be medically quarantined due to a positive Covid test? I don’t have Covid now and I am fully vaccinated and boostered. I have cruises, tours and land trips booked for 2022 and 2023, so if Covid is […]

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Don’t Cancel for Your Own Medical Reasons If You’re Not Ill or Injured

December 29, 2021

Subscribe I originally wrote this on March 6, 2020, but with the confusing guidance from the CDC in respect to the Omicron variant, I am updated this and am moving this post to the top of my archives. The Coronavirus threat is real. Unfortunately, thanks to fear, seemingly “political” science decisions and the lack of […]

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This Little-Known Benefit is Important

November 11, 2021

Subscribe The Extension of Coverage is an Important Benefit What is the Extension of Coverage? If you insured the entire length of your Trip with your Trip Cancellation Travel Insurance Policy and your return is delayed by specific unavoidable circumstances beyond your control, all coverages will be extended to the earlier of the date you […]

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How is a Positive Covid Test at the Cruise Terminal Covered?

September 28, 2021

Subscribe Hi Steve, In “Does a Trip Cancellation plan Cover a Last-Minute Positive Covid Test?”, you said that your plans will cover me if I have a positive Covid test result just before I leave on my trip as long as I see a doctor who tells me that I have to cancel my trip. […]

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TripInsuranceStore is in the Washington Post

September 10, 2021

Subscribe TripInsuranceStore is in the Washington Post. I am thankful to Christopher Elliott for including me in his September 8, 2021 article “What’s the best travel insurance for your fall trip? It depends.” Here are some excerpts from his article: Finding the best travel insurance has never been easy, but if you’re planning a trip […]

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