Travel Insurance and Medically Stable

November 30, 2007

Subscribe Contrary to popular opinion, getting coverage for a pre-existing condition with a pre-existing condition waiver is not guaranteed. That’s because the person with the pre-existing condition must be medically stable when the insurance is purchased. We get quite a few calls a month from people where it almost sounds like we are the only […]

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Do All Travel Insurance Plans Cover You The Same Way?

November 29, 2007

Subscribe The quick & simple truth is “No!”. You are asking for problems if you think all travel insurance plans are the same. The problem is caused partly by sellers who can’t figure out how policies differ. In their minds all plans that include the words “insurance” or “protection” are the same. The only way […]

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Does Travel Insurance Cover Bankruptcy?

November 24, 2007

Subscribe My family of four is planning a trip to Italy in June 2008. If I purchase your trip cancellation insurance, does it cover bankruptcy of the airline I have booked flights on? The answer is technically “No”. Bankruptcy is commonly misunderstood to be the same as Financial Default. That’s because may travel insurance sellers […]

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Can I Insure Just Part of My Trip?

November 21, 2007

Subscribe Myself and my husband are going on a 4 month trip to India using frequent flyer points and perhaps buying a few flights. One month into this trip we’re going to Bhutan for one week. We leave for India on Jan 9 and return from Dubai on April 10th. We’ll be flying to Bhutan […]

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Does Everyone In My Party Have To Get Travel Insurance?

November 16, 2007

Subscribe I’ve purchased insurance through your company for a past trip and I am once again headed over to Europe. I am traveling with 4 other people who do not want to purchase any insurance and I am mainly interested in having coverage for emergency medical and emergency medical transportation back to the states. Am […]

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I Just Want Trip Cancellation Coverage

November 13, 2007

Subscribe All I want is coverage to cover my airline and accomodations costs if I, my wife, or one of my kids gets injured or sick OR if someone in my immediate family dies and we have to cancel the trip. Isn’t there something that covers just that? I don’t need or want all the […]

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Do You Use Your Real Names?

November 9, 2007

Subscribe The short answer is “Yes, Steve, Deanna, Becky & Kim are our real names”. This is a common question. The nature of this question reveals how little trust there is in doing business both online and offline. One of my pet peeves is websites that don’t have real people with real names available to […]

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Can I Get Travel Insurance Even Though I Paid For My Trip 10 Months Ago?

October 31, 2007

Subscribe If I already paid for my trip in full in January 2007, will any of your plans cover me? Thanks, Rachel Many people think if it’s been months since you paid for your trip, it’s too late to get travel insurance. Here’s the correct answer: Yes, you can get travel insurance. Any of our […]

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Who Can Get The Rental Car CDW Plan?

October 26, 2007

Subscribe I live in Thailand and only return at Christmas each year to visit my Dad. I do have an California Drivers License though. Can I get your Rental Car Collision Damage Waiver Plan? Thanks, Jeff What do you think? Since Jeff has a valid California Drivers License, does he qualify as a US resident? […]

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Travel Insurance Doesn’t Cover Everything

October 20, 2007

Subscribe No matter what you’ve been told, trip cancellation travel insurance doesn’t cover you in all situations. It only covers you against “Listed Unforeseen Events”. What does “Listed Unforeseen Events” mean? This means that if the event’s not specifically named as a covered reason, you won’t have a valid claim. Or, put another way: a […]

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What Is Travel Insurance? (part 2)

October 16, 2007

Subscribe I ended my last entry with this:What Commonly Is Called Travel Insurance? travel health / medical trip cancellation flight accident baggage / luggage rental car damage waivers evacuation plans Learn what these coverages are: Travel health / medical covers you if you are hurt or get sick when you are traveling outside your country […]

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What Is Travel Insurance?

October 12, 2007

Subscribe This is a large subject to tackle and there’s no way I can explain it all in one blog post. However, I’ll start by clarifying what travel insurance is and what it’s not. In its most broad definition travel insurance is “insurance that covers you while you’re traveling”. In fact, this definition explains why […]

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Why We Only Recommend A Handful Of Companies

October 10, 2007

Subscribe Something you’ll notice about TripInsuranceStore.com is that we don’t offer travel insurance plans from every company. In fact, not even from some better known companies. We only offer plans from the companies I trust. That’s because I (Steve) am both paranoid (in a healthy way) and skeptical in the beginning about financial / insurance […]

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Welcome To TripInsuranceStore.com’s Travel Insurance Blog

September 25, 2007

Subscribe Welcome to the TripInsuranceStore.com Travel Insurance Blog! The author of the TripInsuranceStore.com Travel Insurance Blog is Steve Dasseos. In Feb. 2001 Steve founded and is the President of TripInsuranceStore.com. Steve’s purpose for this blog is to help you understand travel insurance better. But before I go any farther, I’ll tell you what a “blog” […]

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