What’s a Bargain?
A low price and a good deal are not the same thing. Here is how to tell them apart — and why, once you’ve made a good booking, you should stop looking.
Travel Planning
Planning a Family Reunion Trip
The logistics aren’t complicated. They’re just numerous. And a few of the traps are specifically family-shaped.
Travel Like a Head of State
When a foreign dignitary lands, someone meets them at the jetway. The rest of us queue up with everyone else. There’s a middle option.
Sick Ship Syndrome: A Healthy Perspective
Every winter the headlines arrive. A cruise ship has a norovirus outbreak. Hundreds ill. Passengers quarantined. Here is what those stories aren’t telling you.
Making a Travel Insurance Claim
Most claims don’t fail because something wasn’t covered. They run into trouble because the person filing didn’t have the right documentation, missed a procedural requirement, or made a move — like canceling before seeing a doctor — that undercut an otherwise legitimate claim.
Travel Protection Plans: What They Actually Cover
We have clients who decline travel protection every year. Some of them have later called us wishing they hadn’t. The ones who purchased it and needed it have never once complained about the cost.