Is Travel Health Insurance Really Worth It?
Not everyone has wanderlust, but it’s safe to say that if you’re reading this article, then you’ve been searching travel sites lately and dreaming about your next trip. You might also be wondering if you should get travel health insurance, trip insurance, or evacuation insurance. The answer is yes! Why? Because things go wrong. Not […]
Humorous International Travel Tips for the Family
10 International Travel Tips for Families that Will Make You Smile There are lots of tips out there to help you travel with your kids. The tips provided here—they’re a little better than the rest. These international travel tips might even make you smile! And maybe, just maybe, you will try some of them out—especially […]
Travel insurance for sailing the Baja Ha-Ha
What type of travel insurance should I get for sailing the Baja Ha-Ha? If you’re heading down on the Baja Ha-Ha this year, you should consider travel insurance for sailing. There are several options for health care, as well as evacuation coverage, depending on your sailing plans. International health insurance includes two categories: Long Term […]
15 Top Travel Destinations
Peggy Goldman wrote this great blog article of the top 2015 travel destinations. Now 2016 is almost over, did you get a chance to visit any of these? If not, there is still time as the winter holidays approach. Enjoy reading about these great locations as Peggy first reported in her blog on the Huntington […]
Travel to Mexico and Experience the Day of the Dead Festival
As Halloween approaches, here in San Diego we are not strangers to the Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos as it’s called in Spanish. There are always many celebrations around our town and in other towns close to Mexico. But if you really want to get up close and see this festival […]
Hospital Took Hostages: $30,000 Bill
Sailing down Baja California, Mexico, this wonderful trip suddenly turned disastrous. This trip almost cut their lives short when the boat they were sailing caught fire. They have an amazing tale of the lessons learned, the causes of the fire and how they both survived. On one level this is a happy tale of a […]
Medical Evacuation Insurance Would Have Got Him Home
The following story was picked up by NBC. It actually happened to an acquaintance of mine right here in San Diego. If he had had an evacuation policy he would for sure be home in time to see his daughter go to prom. Medical evacuation policies are like AAA for your body—they get you from […]
Is Travel Insurance Worth It?
The short answer is yes. If you need an example, keep reading. There are some good reasons that make travel insurance worth it. For one, you can’t see into the future. How do you know what might happen on your trip? For example, if you lost all your personal belongings in a hotel fire, what […]
What You Need to Know About Backpacker’s Insurance
Planning on Trekking around the globe, or taking an adventure filled vacation to a remote island? Adventure travel has some unique challenges: What exactly is “five flavor” soup? How do we find a yak or llama that will carry all of our gear? Knowing what do do in a medical emergency in an unknown […]