TRAVEL INSURANCE IS A MUST, PRESS REPORTS

According to the Associated Press, travel insurance is a must. Hurried travelers sometimes don’t understand the value when rushing off for a vacation, but this is a mistake. More often than not, your health insurance coverage is inadequate abroad, and even Medicare offers no off-shore coverage at all.

Up to twenty-five percent of travelers report some sort of accident such as car, heart attacks, or slip injuries. These medical emergencies can create major out-of-pocket medical expense. Factor in the possible need of air transport for the critically ill patient, and the cost can exceed $100,000. SafetyFirst policies always advices inclusion of medical evacuation clauses in our travel insurance programs. This has been a lifesaver to our travelers who would have been financially ruined without coverage protecting them from a catastrophic medical emergency.

A recent Yahoo news story describes the supplemental health insurance coverage offered by our travel insurance policies essential. So does the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. A travelers’ policy must be sufficient.

The U.S. Travel Insurance Association reports that in the year 2008, travelers originating from the United States bought in excess of one billion dollars of travel insurance. In the year 2010, travelers are at risk not only for medical losses, but the transportation issues resulting from the eruption of the volcano in Iceland. The volcano ash triggered not only wide spread cancellation of flights in Europe, but launched an eruption of claim calls to the invaluable insurance companies.

Travel insurance is not expensive. The cost of a typical policies tends to run approximately four to eight percent of the total trip price says SafetyFirst. Insurer Travel Guard concurs. Every traveler owes it to his family to investigate this type of invaluable coverage.