InsureMyTrip Blog

Alexia and Becky, Insurance Analysts

At this point travelers have found that their basic travel insurance plans will not cover canceling a trip due to fear of contracting swine flu.  The only way that someone can cancel their trip because they simply don’t want to travel right now is if they have a plan with Cancel For Any Reason coverage.

Cancel For Any Reason comes included in some plans, and is offered as an optional add on with other plans.  It costs more to get a plan with Cancel For Any Reason coverage, so you should decide if the higher cost will be worth it for you.  Travelers who have plans with Cancel For Any Reason coverage can decide not to travel and receive a percentage of their non-refundable trip cost back.  Make sure you check out all plans with Cancel For Any Reason, because the percentage of your trip cost that you will get back varies from 50% up to 100%.

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Becky, Insurance Analyst

Many travelers are concerned about Swine Flu and its impact on scheduled trips. You can find much information about what your travel insurance policy will and will not cover in the previous blog post.

We are getting a lot of calls today from people who are concerned that the airlines might cancel their flights because of the Swine Flu outbreak.

Unfortunately, the consensus so far among the travel insurance providers is that they will not provide trip cancellation coverage if the airline refuses to fly into a Swine Flu area.

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May 1Update: See our new Influenze H1N1 (Swine Flu) Information Page