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Senior Travel Insurance: Tips for Senior Citizen Travel »

When people retire, they have more time to pursue their interests and dreams. They also have more time to travel. Blessed with higher spending power and other incentives, more and more senior citizens are traveling. Here are some useful travel tips for senior citizens, including the purchase of senior travel insurance:
Making Plans: To have a [...]

Guide to Senior Travel Insurance (and a full comparison table) »

As people in many countries live longer and retire with better health, more and more seniors are traveling farther and for longer periods than ever. Whether you are an experienced traveler, or you have been waiting all your life to take this one special trip, you want your trip to be as safe and enjoyable [...]

Travel Insurance 101-What does travel insurance cover? »

Travel insurance policies provide many different coverages, here are the 5 main ones:
1. Trip cancellation
This provides coverage in case you need to cancel your trip or vacation. The coverage pays for non-refundable trip costs such as airfare, hotel, tour costs, etc. Covered reasons for cancellation include:

you or your traveling companion get sick and cannot travel
a [...]

Baby Boomers have special travel insurance considerations »

Boomers are finally retiring, and with the extra time and cash will come more travel. Even though health care is better than ever, it is important for the over 65 group to make sure they are insured when they travel. There are a few reasons it is especially important for travelers in this age group [...]

Are you prepared for the worst-case scenerio? »

This story from The Electric New Paper Singapore details an horrific set of circumstances.
A young woman traveling with a group slipped and fell down some stairs at a train station. Since she was towards the rear of the group, it was not discovered until they were on the train and realized she was not with [...]

Refund policy lets travelers buy with confidence »

Can I return my policy for a refund?
So you are planning your trip and researching travel insurance. After browsing a dozen plans, you think you’ve found the right one and are ready to buy. At the last minute though, you get that little hint of hesitation.
It’s natural to have a little anxiety; you want the [...]