Weatherproof your trip with the right Travel Insurance plan. Find the right one by using QuoteWright.com’s convenient weather coverage comparison chart. Understanding how travel insurance responds to adverse weather and natural disasters like hurricanes can be a daunting task. Policies differ on the type and amount of coverage that they offer. John Cook, President of…
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Consumer Reports misses the mark!
Recently Consumer Reports published an article, Travel Insurance: Why you rarely need it and in my opinion they missed the mark entirely and they end up with some misleading and erroneous generalities. The most misleading statement made in the article is that: “In most cases,… the insurance merely duplicates coverage that they already have”. This…
Top 4 reasons to buy insurance at 1st trip payment
There are 4 good reasons to purchase travel insurance when you make your first trip deposit: Most plans offer you extra benefits – the most important being the waiver of pre-existing conditions exclusion. Even though some plans will offer the waiver at final trip payment you have much bigger selection as well as cheaper plans…
More Factors Adding to Travel Delay
While my last post touched on why travel delays are expected to get worse, there are a couple of other points worth mentioning concerning cuts in airline staff and rising “load capacity”. While airlines struggle to stay profitable they have been cutting back on staff and operating flights at 80-90 percent capacity, as opposed to…
Is Cheaper Always Better? When it Comes to Travel Insurance Plans, Not Necessarily
This is the time of year when many individuals and families travel to escape the cold or to get some much needed rest and relaxation. While it could take months or years to save up for a trip, it could take minutes for plans to change and money spent on airfare to be lost. Travel…