{"id":5714,"date":"2014-08-16T10:56:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T15:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TripInsuranceStore.com\/blog\/?p=5714"},"modified":"2014-08-16T10:56:59","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T15:56:59","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-trip-cancellation-and-trip-cancellation-for-any-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/what-is-the-difference-between-trip-cancellation-and-trip-cancellation-for-any-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Difference Between Trip Cancellation and Trip Cancellation for Any Reason?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trip cancellation coverage means some <a title=\"Subscribe to my Wall Street Journal Recommended Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/what-does-trip-cancellation-travel-insurance-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">covered reason<\/a> causes you to cancel your trip. The &#8220;Cancel For Any Reason \/ Change Your Mind&#8221; is an optional upgrade that allows you to cancel your trip for any reason including ones that are not normally covered reasons. If you have a &#8220;Cancel For Any Reason&#8221; claim, it will simplify your claim if you enter the reason for cancellation as &#8220;I changed my mind&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/what-does-trip-cancellation-travel-insurance-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">normally covered reasons<\/a> to cancel a trip include you, a close family member or a traveling companion gets unexpectedly hurt or sick before you leave (if it&#8217;s one of the travelers make sure they see their doctor in person because their doctor must say they can\u2019t travel). If you insured your prepaid non-refundable trip costs, Travel Insurance reimburses you the money you lose. This can include <a title=\"What is a Pre-Existing Medical Condition?\" href=\"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/how-travel-insurance-pre-existing-medical-conditions-coverage-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pre-existing medical conditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other events that could cause you to cancel your trip are: Your travel supplier unexpectedly ceases operation, you are laid off, you are required to work, terrorism at your destination, bad weather, hurricanes, natural disasters or unexpected jury duty.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of when something happens determines if it&#8217;s a trip cancellation or trip interruption. If the covered reason happens as early as the day after you <a title=\"Get Side-By-Side Comparisons or call 888-407-3854\" href=\"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/get-a-quote.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buy your trip cancellation insurance policy from us<\/a> (that was a shameless plug), and before you leave, it&#8217;s a trip cancellation. If it happens after you leave, it&#8217;s a trip interruption.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my detailed page with a lot more information on the &#8220;Cancel For Any Reason \/ Change Your Mind&#8221; plans: <a title=\"What is Cancel For Any Reason?\" href=\"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/cancel-for-any-reason-travel-insurance-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/cancel-for-any-reason-travel-insurance-plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trip cancellation coverage means some covered reason causes you to cancel your trip. The &#8220;Cancel For Any Reason \/ Change Your Mind&#8221; is an optional upgrade that allows you to cancel your trip for any reason including ones that are not normally covered reasons. If you have a &#8220;Cancel For Any Reason&#8221; claim, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-travel-insurance-works"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}