Why That Internet Airfare’s Price Sometimes Jumps Up When You Return To Book It

February 5, 2008

Subscribe I use the internet all the time. In fact, if you ever get an email from me that’s timestamped in the middle of the night, there’s nothing wrong with your email’s settings. 😉 A few years ago I read that many large retailers use pricing software (“yield management” programs) that time sales, set prices […]

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Use Your Frequent Flier Miles

February 4, 2008

Subscribe We have a lot of NWA Frequent Flier miles. We’ve been lucky using them as we have gotten some great free flights over the past 8 years. But our luck seems to have run out. Ten months ago we tried to plan a family vacation via the NWA website, but no matter how hard […]

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Does a “Cancel For Any Reason” Travel Insurance Plan Cover Me If I Want To Return Home Early?

February 3, 2008

Subscribe Does a “Cancel For Any Reason” Travel Insurance Plan Cover Me If I Want To Return Home Early? Thanks, Roy No, The “Cancel For Any Reason” is just that – cancelling a trip. It’s not “Interrupt For Any Reason”. That said, I can see why Roy asks this question. There’s a lot of discussion […]

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Try A Repositioning Cruise When You Have Time

February 1, 2008

Subscribe Repositioning cruises refer to when ships are shifted from one area of the world to another. For example, one hemisphere to another. Ships often move from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean in April or to Alaska in May. These ships usually return to the Caribbean in September. Repositioning cruises are a good value, too. […]

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Beware of Foreign Currency Restrictions

January 30, 2008

Subscribe I didn’t know you can’t freely leave some countries with their currencies. I actually have some Indian Rupees and Russian Roubles from past trips. Thankfully I wasn’t searched on the way out of the country. In fact, I just found out this wasn’t good from Peter Greenberg’s Free Daily Travel Tips. You can read […]

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How Are Award Travel Trips Valued and Covered?

January 29, 2008

Subscribe How do I figure the value of the vacation if I am using points? You need to do this: Count frequent flyer tickets, award travel, vouchers, reward points & credit card miles as a $0 trip cost. The value is not equal to the money you save by using them. Your trip cost is […]

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Planning a Cruise? Here’s a Great Site to Help You With Your Planning

January 28, 2008

Subscribe If you are planning a cruise, you absolutely need to go to CruiseCritic.com. Cruise Critic is loaded with Cruise reviews, cruise line reviews, cruise ship ratings, cruise deals. You’ll find 20,000+ ship reviews and active cruise forums. It’s the best Cruise information travel guide I think exists out there. You can sign up for […]

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Adding More People To a Travel Insurance Policy

January 27, 2008

Subscribe Can more travelers be added to an existing Travel Insurance policy? Jan Hi Jan, You cannot add more travelers to a Travel Insurance policy once a policy’s set up. However, they can get a new policy. If pre-existing conditions’ or Cancel For Any Reason coverage is needed, they have to get their policy within […]

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Do You Or A Loved One Suffer From Food Allergies?

January 26, 2008

Subscribe If so, you know how difficult it can be to try to figure out exactly what’s in the food you’re eating. Thankfully, you can often just ask the person who prepared the food to tell you what’s in it. This is pretty easy to do when they speak english or your native tongue. But […]

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Insurance Is Never As Simple As It Seems

January 25, 2008

Subscribe Being in the insurance business, you would think it’s easy for me to buy any kind of insurance, right? I thought so, too, until I went to find a new Homeowner’s Insurance policy. I did the right thing and decided to compare at least 4 companies. I ended up with 6 choices. After making […]

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Buying Travel or Any Other Kind of Insurance Is A Risk

January 23, 2008

Subscribe Few people trust insurance companies. For obvious reasons, this discussion’s just about travel insurance. Here’s what we say: Buying travel insurance is a risk: You are trading a known certainty (your hard earned money) for an unknown quantity – the promise of the insurance policy doing what it says it will do. This is […]

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Annual Travel Insurance Plans for US residents

January 20, 2008

Subscribe I’m looking for an Annual Travel Insurance Plan. Where do I start? Marilyn As far as I know, the only Annual travel insurance plans you can buy if you are a US resident are either Flight Life Insurance (die in a plane crash) or Medical Insurance. Neither of these choices includes trip cancellation, interruption […]

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Does Travel Insurance Pay Your Bills Directly?

January 19, 2008

Subscribe Do I get some kind of a medical insurance card I just present to the doctor or hospital I go to? And does the medical facility just collect from the travel insurance company? Thanks, Judy The short answers are “No” & “No”, but you want to know why. With one exception,you have to pay […]

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Primary Medical Travel Insurance Is Not Better Than Secondary

January 17, 2008

Subscribe Most travelers are are mis-informed about how Primary & Secondary Medical Travel Insurance coverage works. Read this to learn the truth about what Primary or Secondary Medical coverage means and how they differ: Primary Medical Coverage means your medical bills are paid from the first dollar. No “coordination of benefit” claim forms need to […]

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