Credit Card Mileage Award Trips Can’t Be Insured

March 30, 2011

Subscribe Hi Steve, We’ve purchased travel insurance through you in the past. I was hoping you could provide me some information. My wife and I have booked flights to travel to Italy for two weeks in May 2011. Since we booked the trip, my grandfather has been diagnosed with advanced-stage cancer and it is unclear [...]

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Pregnancy is Not a Covered Reason to Cancel Your Trip

March 18, 2011

Subscribe Steve, I am considering taking a cruise Dec 2-5. The cruise does not let you travel if you are over 24 weeks pregnant. I have to book the cruise in April. Are there any insurance companies that cover my non refundable deposit if I get pregnant? Molly H. Hi Molly, You cannot cancel a [...]

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Happy Pi Day or Half Tau Day

March 14, 2011

Subscribe Today is “National Half-Tau Day” or, as others call it, it’s “National Pi Day”. Not apple or Cherry Pie, but what you multiply the diameter of a circle by to get the length of the circumference: Circumference = Diameter times Pi. I’ve had a strained relationship with Pi. In 1997 I read a book [...]

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Travel Insurance Can’t Help Debbie

March 11, 2011

Subscribe Steve, I knew I was past the deadline — wish I would have known about your wonderful website TripInsuranceStore.com when I booked. I looked at all of the reasons and I might need the plan that lets you cancel for any reason, but I don’t know if I can get it. Here’s my circumstance: [...]

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Why Does Trip Cancellation Coverage End on My Departure Date?

March 3, 2011

Subscribe Hi Steve, I purchased this policy through you a couple of weeks ago and was wondering if I can change the departure date of the policy to March 26th because my Trip Cancellation coverage ends on March 24th? I leave home on the 24th to meet my Mom on the 26th and it is [...]

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Where Is The International Space Station?

February 21, 2011

Subscribe I’m a space, sci-fi and science buff. I was born in 1957, so I grew up with space exploration in the news. Plus, I watched “Lost In Space”, “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Star Trek”. On top of that, I had an aunt & uncle who lived in Cocoa Beach, Florida. I got a [...]

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Ever Wanted To Start A Butterfly Garden?

February 17, 2011

Subscribe What is butterfly gardening? Simply put, butterfly gardening is the art of growing flowers and plants that will attract these colorful and dainty creatures to your garden. Delight your family and visitors with beautiful butterflies, but be sure to create a safe habitat for them. Here’s an important tip: Rethink your plans if you [...]

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How To Get More And Better Sleep

February 4, 2011

Subscribe A few days ago someone told me that I should check my email’s time and date settings because the email they received from me said “Tuesday Feb. 1, 2011 2:11 am”. They were sure that something was wrong. I assured them that, yes, something’s out of whack, but it wasn’t my time and date [...]

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How Does Travel Insurance Help in Egypt Protests?

February 1, 2011

Subscribe I was writing a blog post on the Egypt Protests and Travel Insurance when Sarah Schlichter from IndependentTraveler.com contacted me yesterday. Sarah wrote her article far better than I could have, so take a look at IndependentTraveler.com article Egypt Protests: Can Travel Insurance Help?. Here’s another tip. Sarah referred to contacting your travel suppliers [...]

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Do Prepaid Trip Costs Have To Be Paid Before You Leave On Your Trip?

January 19, 2011

Subscribe here Hi Steve, I’m confused by what constitutes a prepaid non-refundable trip cost. We are renting a villa in Italy (we found you in Travel + Leisure’s 7 Tips for Villa Rentals article) and they require a $1,000 deposit now. It’s fully refundable until less than 30 days before we arrive. If we, as [...]

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Here’s Why Cindy Couldn’t Get Written Proof

December 29, 2010

Subscribe We live in Illinois. I am looking for insurance to cover a cruise in May. If my husband’s union goes on strike, he may have to work on the picket line. Can we get coverage for this under the “cancel for work reason” benefit if he has to work on the picket line? Everybody [...]

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Tanya Shouldn’t Waste Her Money On Travel Insurance

December 22, 2010

Subscribe Hi there, I am South African but live in the USA. I’m going to S. Africa 12/23/10 and returning on 1/12/11. I just need Baggage travel insurance because I have lots of presents and clothes for Christmas. I don’t want to spend too much money. Can you please quote me and tell me what [...]

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Don’t Miss Tonight’s Total Eclipse of the Moon

December 20, 2010

Subscribe Source: SkyandTelescope.com A Sky-High Lunar Eclipse It’s been almost three years since those of us in North America saw a total lunar eclipse. Visibility of December’s lunar eclipse North and Central America see the entire eclipse from start to finish. Europe, Australia, and East Asia can only observe some of it due to the [...]

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It’s Too Late For Kathy To Get Travel Insurance

December 14, 2010

Subscribe I think we’re out of luck, but I just want to double check! On Nov 4 my husband and I made the first payment for a $1662 per person trip. He had been seeing a doctor now and again for years because of a slowly deteriorating leg problem. The doctor said that SOME DAY [...]

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Ed’s Frequent Flyer Re-deposit Fee Isn’t Covered

December 2, 2010

Subscribe I have no trip costs, hence my $0 trip cost, as I am using frequent flyer miles. Do your plans cover the cost of redepositing miles in a frequent flyer account if miles were used to pay for travel? Thanks for your very informative website, Ed Not if you insure a $0 trip cost. [...]

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Opt Out Day Delays Aren’t Covered by Travel Insurance

November 22, 2010

Subscribe Travel Insurance Doesn’t Cover Security Line Delays That’s right – Travel Insurance policies don’t cover security line delays. Nor do they cover you if you are delayed due to any civil disobedience, including peaceful civil disobedience. This includes delays from “National Opt Out Day” on Nov. 24, 2010. What do you mean? What’s “National [...]

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You Can Get Trip Insurance Past The Deadlines

November 16, 2010

Subscribe I’m going to Europe in October 2011. We booked the Cruise early to take advantage of a special and put down $1000 on a $3000 cruise. I just learned that we needed to call you within 3 weeks of placing that deposit in order to take advantage of any trip insurance to cover the [...]

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