Jim Waited Too Long to Get Travel Insurance

December 14, 2009

My wife and I are cruising from New Orleans on 01/17/10 on NCL. I have learned that my mom has just been diagnosed with pneumonia and has been admitted to the hospital. Now I worry that, worst case, I might need to cancel the cruise. What plan would cover reimbursement of trip cost? Jim
Hi Jim,
I [...]

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How To Give Your Pet an at Home Wellness Exam

December 9, 2009

How to Perform an at Home Wellness Exam on Your Pet
By Dr. Karen Becker
We have a 6 year old Bischon-Poodle mixed breed dog named “Buddy”. This is our second Bischon-Poodle. Unfortunately, we had to put “Katy” to sleep in 2005. If you’ve held a pet as he / she’s put to sleep you’ll understand me [...]

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Does Travel Insurance Cover You Without a Passport?

December 7, 2009

Very confused… We need a plan to cover us if our Southwest Airline flight’s delayed too long and we miss our cruise’s sailing. We cannot catch up to the cruise as we are traveling without passports (I know…). The trip delay / missed connection / trip interruption rules are confusing. Can you help me figure [...]

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Santa Claus Gets Free Travel Insurance in 2009

December 2, 2009

Yes, you read that right: “Santa Claus Gets Free Travel Insurance”. By special arrangement, TripInsuranceStore.com is giving the real Santa Claus free travel insurance for Christmas 2009.
What if Santa gets sick or injured and can’t deliver his presents this year? Santa won’t have to worry about that because he’s getting free travel insurance this year.
“Santa [...]

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Is Trip Cancellation Covered Due to H1N1?

November 18, 2009

I’ve been looking over your very helpful and user-friendly website. Would your plans also cover cancellation due to H1N1? I’d appreciate your help. Regards, Janet
Hi Janet,
Thank you for the kind words.
Yes, our plans can cover cancellation due to H1N1 in three ways:
1) Assuming none of you have H1N1 now, but you get it before you [...]

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Can I Get Reimbursed If I Don’t Have a Loss?

November 11, 2009

I saw this provision in one of your travel insurance plans under the Emergency Accident / Sickness Medical section “The Company will not cover any expenses provided by another party at no cost to the Insured or already included within the cost of the Trip.” What does this mean? Elsie
Hi Elsie,
You ask a good question [...]

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Save Money by Driving to Your Cruise Ship

October 30, 2009

We’ve seen the growing trend of cruisers driving to their cruise ships. It’s always made sense to me that a Floridian would drive to the port, but now we’re having clients as far away as Canada drive to their cruise ports.
Just this week, I personally spoke with Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Canada, New York, Nevada, Missouri [...]

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You Won’t Get Swine Flu From Us

October 28, 2009

Afraid to visit certain places because you don’t want to get Swine Flu / H1N1?
You won’t get the Swine Flu & H1N1 viruses from from Trip Insurance Store.com. You can safely call us or visit, browse and buy trip cancellation travel insurance, flight accident insurance and rental car insurance plans from Trip Insurance Store.com.
Steve Dasseos, [...]

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Travel Insurance Won’t Help With Paul’s Pre-Ex Condition

October 23, 2009

We are leaving for Europe on 11/12/09. We booked non-refundable flights on 6/14/09.
This is the issue. I had a TIA on 8/31/09. Following several hours in the ER on 8/31, I’ve seen my doctor several times and had many tests to determine the area of concern. I am now taking medications to control my blood [...]

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Does Travel Insurance Cover Giving Birth?

October 20, 2009

Hi Steve, Which travel health insurance plan will cover me? I am 30 weeks pregnant and I just bought my plane tickets for a trip to the USA. I plan on having my child in the USA and I want to get travel health insurance to cover all my expenses. Thanks, Rudeen Du P.
Before I [...]

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Most Vegetables and Fruits Have ‘Unacceptable’ Levels of Pesticides

October 15, 2009

By: Dr. Mercola
According to the European Pesticide Residues Committee, apples, peas, and grapes are sometimes covered in crop spray that is above the maximum levels allowed under EU law. The findings come from tests of more than 4,000 samples of food and drink.
The levels of pesticides varied considerably, with imported fruit and vegetables tending to [...]

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Trip Cancellation Insurance for non-US & non-Canadian Residents

October 14, 2009

Hi Steve, My wife and I plan to take a cruise trip to Scandanavia for 12 days and we wanted to take a travel insurance. We are Hong Kong residents. Can you help people like us find a trip cancellation travel insurance plan? Thanks, Jay
Hi Jay,
Yes, I have one trip cancellation travel insurance plan that’s [...]

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