Hotels and cruise lines often overbook. I’ve had more than one client “walked” at a hotel to an alternative property, or are flat out told they didn’t have a room.
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A $150 fee is a significant amount of money to change a ticket, especially when more than one passenger is traveling. Unfortunately, to the surprise and annoyance of travelers, the cost to change an airline ticket can end up being much more than simply the change fee.
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I recently booked a trip to Colorado Springs on American Airlines. I paid for the tickets with a credit I’d received after canceling a previous flight, plus $350 in fees. I bought travel insurance from Access America, which is offered through the American Airlines website. Then, I had a bicycling accident and we could not travel to Colorado. Access America won’t pay my claim.
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To insure, or not to insure — for many travelers that is the question. Once that decision is made, what kind of insurance should travelers buy? While some tour operators and insurance companies offer cancel-for-any-reason insurance, the normal travel insurance policies are considerably more restrictive. And sometimes even cautious travelers get caught without insurance, even [...]
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Tourists in Cairo are being advised to remain in their hotels and not get involved in the demonstrations. Stay away from the U.S. Embassy since it’s situated where many of the protests are taking place. The American government announced this morning it will arrange flights to Europe for U.S. citizens who are currently in Egypt.
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After rumors of financial issues for months, Cruise West has stopped taking reservations, and they are terminating a world cruise partway through the sailing.
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If you think travel agents are about as worthless as travel insurance — and I’ve seen your comments on this site, so I know you’re out there — then you’ll like this story.
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What happens when the tour operator and their insurance agents don’t understand their own policies?
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When their child got sick only hours before a big trip, this family not only had travel insurance, they had something that turned out to be a trip saver, the tour operator’s travel waiver-insurance package.
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This is one of the questions that I am asked occasionally. Rarely do I hear someone ask “Do I really need an auto insurance policy for my car?” Most of us cover our cars simply because they are a huge investment and failing to cover them can cost a lot more in the long run (granted some states [...]
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