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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Travel Insurance and Its Myths

Traveling includes a lot of essentials, including an insurance. Wherever one travels to, along with their passport, tickets and other essentials, a travel insurance should be a must carry. Today people get insured for everything, from health to their vehicles. So why not for their travelogue too?
 
What it really is!

Travel insurance ensures that due to the inconvenience of cancelling a travel plan or returning early, ending a vacation midway won't be heavy on the pocket. It is like an emergency care which helps a person if an out of the blue scenario comes up while traveling. Whether that is a business or a personal trip. Supposedly losing baggage, missing flight due to an emergency at work or on the personal front, falling unwell to various other conditions, travel insurance looks after it all. An insurance is cheap to get and reimburses an individual based on the trip or loss.
   
Misconceptions involved:
 
Imagine a sudden demise in your family, which makes it mandatory for you to pause your vacation midway and fly back home. Flight tickets, pre-bookings -everything becomes a headache. Everything gets insured under the same plan. Saves you from the expensive flight ticket as well as financial loss due to pre-bookings. People often confuse health or car insurance the same as travel insurance, and that is absolutely a myth. Health insurance does ensure a part of the health repercussion but not the entire travel emergency. Any health issue involving immediate assistance is usually paid by the individual and later reimbursed from the travel company. Immediate budget air tickets, missing a flight, breaking your hand before traveling with a valid reason, it is all covered by insurance companies. Of course, a foolish mistake like drunk driving won't be covered by companies, people are supposed to drive sober and travel sober. So logical and relevant emergencies are all covered by insurance companies.
 
Some people often pose doubts if their credit card would cover the loss, accredited card definitely covers but that too is a very small coverage of loss. Large scale loss is not covered by credit card companies unless one holds weightage. It is a little difficult to obtain an insurance for an elderly person since they are a little high risk, otherwise, it is an easy job to get an insurance for any other age group without any hassle.
 
Travel insurance thus should be must in one's travel plans and one will be able to experience the downscale in the loss they would experience due to an unexpected situation.
 
A very good suggestion for every individual who travels with a large family or even frequently, should get covered under a good insurance company and benefit from their various offers. It comes with a very minimal affordable price which saves one from a big hole in their pockets. A truly good idea to invest on and be responsible!

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