Cruise Critic’s Jan 7, 2019 Q & A with Steve Dasseos

February 18, 2019

Subscribe CruiseCritic invited me to be their Question and Answer featured guest: “Everything you’ve always wanted to know about cruise insurance will be answered by Steve Dasseos of TripInsuranceStore.com”. Here’s the Cruise Critic Q & A I did on Jan. 7th: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/2441-qa-cruise-insurance-w-steve-dasseos-of-the-tripinsurancestorecom/ I have always been very thankful by the kind things people say about […]

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Why Must I Insure The Full Trip Cost?

November 12, 2018

Subscribe Hello Steve, I don’t think it’s right that in order to have the Pre-Existing Medical Conditions exclusion waiver and / or the Cancel For Any Reason coverage, the Travel Insurance company makes me insure all my non-refundable prepaid trip costs. If I want to self-insure any of my prepaid trip costs I should not […]

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Will a Travel Date Change Void My Policy?

October 13, 2018

Subscribe We changed our travel dates. Due to the delay in processing the change, the payment was not received within 14 days of booking and paying for the award flights. My concern is that the date change put us one day over the 30 day trip duration, so an additional $18 was required. My concern […]

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May I Increase My Trip Cost Later?

August 20, 2018

Subscribe When I booked my trip, and bought Travel Insurance from you, my departure date was too far away to buy airfare. It’s possible that I will use frequent flyer miles for my airfare. If I end up paying for my airfare, may I add the price of it to my policy? What about other […]

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Why Can’t I Get This Letter?

May 11, 2018

Subscribe When I bought your Rental Car Insurance policy I specifically asked regarding the Rental Car Damage Coverage if Ireland was covered. I was told that “yes it is”, and also in the plan documentation, I see there is NOT any exclusion for Ireland. I have my Plan Document and Confirmation of Benefits. But for […]

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Am I Covered if the Travel Supplier Changes the Itinerary?

January 25, 2018

Subscribe I’m back after a few major high stress life changes. My son graduated from High School and moved away to college. We also sold our house, downsized (which was harder than I thought it would be) and moved to a small town 10 miles away. We are taking a cruise in the Baltics which […]

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Do This Right Now To Protect Yourself

September 16, 2017

Subscribe If you haven’t heard, credit monitoring company Equifax was hacked a few months ago. Equifax discovered the hack July 29, but waited until Sept 7, 2017 to warn consumers. I don’t think that was ethical to wait so long, but I’m sure they had their reasons. The hackers gained access to company data that […]

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Does Booking a Cruise with a Non-Refundable Deposit Make a Difference?

August 29, 2017

Subscribe We are getting ready to book another cruise. Royal Caribbean now offers lower rates when booking a cruise with non-refundable deposit. Does trip insurance reimburse non-refundable deposits in the event we have to cancel? Non-refundable deposits also incur a fee if date of cruise is changed. Is that covered? Janet Hi Janet, Those fees […]

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I Enjoy Answering Email Requests Like These

July 18, 2017

Subscribe Here are three requests I recently received. I appreciate it when someone calls or emails us with any request no matter how strange it might sound. These three people wanted the correct answers and I’m happy to tell them. I recently got a new job function and just found out I may not be […]

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Does Flying Standby Cover Travel Delay?

May 28, 2017

Subscribe Since I am flying standby because of employment with a major airline, I need to know if you have an insurance that would cover my cruise in case we keep getting bumped from our flights? I am not worried about insuring the air portion of the trip since it is little cost, but if […]

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May I Buy Travel Insurance After Final Payment?

April 25, 2017

Subscribe I am booked on a Princess Cruise and am departing home on May 8, 2017. I booked on March 15, 2017 and paid in full. May I still buy insurance even though my trip is paid in full and I am past the Final Payment? Yes, you may get any of our Trip Cancellation […]

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Are Pre-Departure Date Changes a Covered Cost?

February 17, 2017

Subscribe We get a lot of requests for pre-departure date changes. Here are three recent emails: I’m planning a trip to Australia and back from the USA. There’s a possibility that I will need to change the date of my return plane ticket to later than planned if my visa gets extended so I want […]

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More on Why Kara’s Claim Wasn’t Paid

December 2, 2016

Subscribe I have two new rules before I publish a Blog post: Don’t stay up all night the night before Have someone without Austism review it first (I have Asperger’s) My good friend Amrit reviewed this one. If you need a good writer, don’t hire me. Hire Amrit. He provides professional content writing services. In […]

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Why Kara’s Claim Wasn’t Paid

November 30, 2016

Subscribe About: Kara bought a trip cancellation policy with “Cancel For Any Reason” coverage from our website. Due to some unavoidable reasons (a military coup in Turkey!) she was forced to make some changes to her trip, which is fairly understandable. The problem is, she made those changes without consulting us. The changes she made […]

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