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Traveling can be very expensive. Most people plan their trips well in advance and save money to make the most of their trip. However, a vacation can be ruined in an instant by the unexpected. If a member of the family becomes ill, a sudden storm makes your tropical vacation impossible or there’s an unexpected heat wave during your planned ski vacation, your trip may be ruined. Travel insurance can give you peace of mind that all your efforts will not be wasted.

Travel insurance covers a variety of expenses to save you from wasting the money you invested. Travel insurance covers trip cancellations and interruptions. Travel insurance can also provide you with medical coverage in case of an accident or unexpected illness. Damage to checked luggage is also covered with travel insurance. There’s no faster way to ruin a vacation by arriving only to find the airline lost your luggage entirely. Travel insurance will cover that loss so you can continue enjoying your getaway.

With the recent storm activity that has devastated popular vacation spots around the world, emergency evacuation is a concern. This can sorely strain a tight budget but travel insurance will cover those costs. Travel insurance will also often cover theft or vandalism that may occur. Leaving your hotel only to come back to find your valuables are gone can put a damper on any vacation. Travel insurance will give you the confidence that unexpected emergencies will not ruin the trip you’ve been planning and saving for.

The type and amount of travel insurance you will need depends on the length of stay and your location. You may not need travel insurance to cover terrorist activities when going to Florida but it may be a wise investment if you are exploring the pyramids of Egypt. Check online to compare travel insurance costs and coverage. Also, your travel agent will be able to give you valuable advice on travel insurance including which travel insurance is most popular for your type of trip. Check your credit cards as well to see if they offer travel insurance. Many major credit cards offer reduced rate travel insurance to their members.

Travel insurance is not expensive, especially compared to the cost of most vacations. You can often choose travel insurance to suit your particular needs or get all included travel insurance packages. The prices for each vary so research what your needs are and only buy the amount of travel insurance that will be necessary to cover unexpected emergencies that may occur. Do not overbuy travel insurance because it will be a waste of money.

Travel insurance can bring peace of mind to the vacationer. After saving for your trip and planning your dream vacation, you don’t want to lose your investment because of an emergency that’s beyond your control. Losing your belonging either by theft or accidental loss can put stress on an otherwise relaxing trip. Travel insurance will let you continue to enjoy your getaway and cover you for those unexpected problems that always occur at the most inconvenient times.

Kevin Hansen

He has been a successful online business owner since 2003. He is also owner of http://www.ezymoneyathome.com, http://www.sheetmusicweb.com, and http://www.travelinsurancedot.com

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What is Travel Insurance?

In general terms, travel insurance protects all holiday costs against adverse events such as cancellation and interruption and also reimburses medical expenses, the loss or damage of property and transit delays. Travellers are compensated if they have to cancel or interrupt their travel, they will also be covered should they need emergency medical treatment, medical evacuation and other situations.
Categories of travel insurance:

1. Delays and cancellation - including curtailment
Cancellation: Reimbursement comes into effect if travellers have booked and paid for a holiday, but are unable to embark because of personal illness or injury, death (of the individual or of a family member), adverse weather conditions, airline strikes, terrorism, bankruptcy, sudden unemployment, jury duty or by sustaining serious damage to their home causing it to be uninhabitable due to fire or flooding.

Interruption: Insurance companies pay money to policy holders abroad if they have to cut short their trip due to illness, death (of the traveller or a family member), terrorism, weather, airline strikes, bankruptcy, sudden unemployment, and other adverse conditions which mean that, due to events outside the control of the holiday-maker, a trip has to be curtailed.

Delay: This reimburses travellers for hotel, food or clothing expenses in the event of a flight delay. Some plans also cover costs associated with catching up with a cruise should another delay cause the traveller to miss embarkation.

2. Health and Medical reasons
Medical evacuation: This provides emergency transportation to either a local hospital in the event that the traveller is unable to get there by themselves or back to a hospital near the traveller’s home. If family members are covered on the same policy they can return home also
Medical and health reasons: Reimburses medical and emergency dental costs. Almost all travel insurance plans work by reimbursing the traveller after they have paid locally for treatment. Claims are usually paid within 7 - 10 days. Pre-existing conditions are covered by most policies if the policy is purchased within (at the most) 21 days from the date the traveller made the first payment or deposit.

3. Death of travellers:
Air Flight accident - this covers death or dismemberment during an air flight only. Usually provides the highest amount of coverage due to fairly low likelihood of this occurring.
Common carrier - Covers death or dismemberment while travelling on public transport such as a plane, ferry, train bus or taxi.
Accidental death - covers death or dismemberment at any time of your trip. Usually provides the lowest amount of coverage due to a higher risk

4. Personal effects: Loss or damage
-Rental Car damage - Reimburses travellers for damage or loss to a rental vehicle. It is designed to allow the traveller to decline collision damage waiver (CDW) coverage offered by the car rental companies. Liability coverage should still be purchased through the car rental company. Rental Car Damage coverage is also often included with the credit card used to pay for the car rental which is often matches the coverage provided in the policy.

-Baggage loss - reimburses travellers for lost, stolen or damaged personal items. This coverage is usually restricted to the duration of the trip and not confined to baggage damaged or lost by the airline. There are two policy limits, total claim and per item maximum. Some policies also place limits on the type of items that can be claimed for - such as precious jewellery, laptops and sporting goods.

-Assistance services - provides a 24-hour collect telephone advice and assistance service to travellers. This service can be used anytime a traveller needs advice. Make sure you don’t leave home without it,and copy it down in several places

To conclude
Travel Insurance is the one product in the modern insurance-saturated world that really is essential. You will not regret taking it out, because not being insured for your travel mishaps is a source of huge regret for far too many holiday-makers every year.
Don’t leave home without your toothbrush, a clean handkerchief, a bar of nice soap and a travel insurance policy!

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Daisy Evans is a writer and editor living in London

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Are you under insured?

A recent NRMA survey found that while most people thought they had adequate insurance, only about 20% of people actually had enough to cover all of their possessions. Two in five renters had no contents insurance at all, and one in four people did not have their cars adequately insured.

Only about 20% of Australians have life insurance, and even when they do, they are often insured for much less than is really needed. On average, full-time workers in their mid-thirties with young children need insurance cover to provide for at least 10 times their taxable earnings. Recent research for IFSA found that only 4% of this group have this level of cover. The research estimated that about 60% of those with dependent children do not have enough cover to look after their loved ones for more than a year if they were to die. Only about one in fifteen Australians have income protection insurance, and again, are generally insured for much less than required.

One of the reasons for this chronic under-insurance appears to be consumers lack of confidence in insurance and financial advice, and lack of understanding of insurance products. We don’t read our policy renewal forms thoroughly, and we don’t report new large purchases to our insurer. Also, we tend to think that these things will “never happen to us”. While it’s clear too, that affording premiums is an issue for many people, it’s a cost that needs to be weighed against the consequences of not having insurance.

For more information on insurance options or to get a no-obligation quote, go to www.insuranceonline.net.au

Tiffany Boys. Tiffany lives and works in Sydney, Australia. http://www.insuranceonline.net.au

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