May 25, 2009

Tips On International Insurance

Is there anything like the excitement feeling when you leave on a vacation overseas? You count down the days to your trip, looking at red X’s in your calendar. You’ve packed your bags, prepared your tickets, and also prepared your passport for a stamp. You’ll be on your way before you know it! But what if something undesired happens on your way to vacation? What if the weather will stress your health? You’ll get sick? Lose your luggage? In that case, we have a couple suggestions of how you might act in making your trip maximum smooth. Even in cases of unthinkable things taking place.



Overseas insurance pack - what is it?



Most insurance companies are offering full-overseas insurance packs. They start with minimum seven-day coverage, costing lass than $50 per person. Your destination staying period, age and number of people in your party determine the price. They generally embrace:

* Dental and medical emergency
* Urgent medical evacuation
* Accidental dismemberment and death
* Remains’ home coming
* Dependent children return and visitor to bedside
* Damaged or lost luggage
* Protection of a rental car
* Pre-existing condition refusal
* Cancellation/ interruption/ delay/ default of the trip

Things to check, before leaving



Health Insurance: Health insurance isn’t extended outside the U.S. in most cases. Therefore, checking with your insurance and seeing your exact entail coverage is a smart idea.



Lost Luggage Insurance: That’s an insurance you really have to check up on before leaving to your overseas holiday. Even though homeowner’s insurance policies cover destruction or theft of your property, they don’t cover things not listed in the actual policy. So, having a lost luggage insurance adds confidence that your bags contents, lost during vacation, will be covered.



Car Insurance: If you’re planning to rent a car to ride, whence you’re overseas, applying for an international driver license would be a good idea. Don’t forget to read the driving rules in the country you’re going to. They surely may differ from those in U.S. Before you leave, be sure to have adequate car insurance. Your personal auto insurance policy won’t cover, if you’re out of U.S., unless you have a real umbrella policy that’ll cover you worldwide. You can contact your personal insurance company to do this.



Trip Interruption Insurance: Canceling your trip due to conditions that are not in your control is the worst thing to happen. Now there is an insurance called “trip interruption insurance”. It can help you cover part, or even all of the money you paid on canceled trip. Cancel can be caused by weather inclemency. Or a cruise line you booked on might go out of business, before your date of departure. Another thing about this type of insurance is that you might be covered for the hotel and flight costs, if you’ve had to cancel the trip because of death in the family or sickness.

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