Comprehensive plans offer the most benefits, including Trip Cancellation and Trip Interruption. These plans provide the best protection for the investment you have made in your trip.
Thankful use of plan was not necessary. Purchase for worst case & peace of mind. Plan covered all of my potential or problematic concerns. Purchase was easy and would use company again.
Christine T. would
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I had baggage delayed 5 days. A very simple claim for $30 for some essentials I had to buy. I had receipts and any other info required. I did get reimbursed by Nationwide, but it took more than two months. This claim was so obvious and simple it should have been handled in a matter of days. I actually got a quicker response from Malaysia Airlines, and they are half way around the world.
Kenneth W. would not
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Fortunately I did not need to put in a claim, so I can't address that aspect of the plan at all. I chose it because it had the best coverage for the price on the features that were most important to me (medical coverage, and emergency evacuation coverage).
Jeanne P. would
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The policies were available for review on line. My questions were answered by a rep, accessible by a toll free number. I have purchased “insure my trip†policies over the years. I have not had occasion to use any policy so I can not comment on how a claim would be handled.
Daniel R. would
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This was one of the rare occasions I have had to file a claim with travel insurance, and my experience was time consuming, frustrating, ultimately dissatisfying, and just plain awful. The dispute centered on a provision buried deep within the the policy language that required a contemporaneous written report of the incident in order to receive compensation. While I will not go into the details, in my case damage to a camera and lens occurred while staying in a rustic backpackers' lodge in a remote region of Borneo, where such formalities would be absurd. I did, however, make the management of the lodge aware of the incident verbally, and I also confirmed my account with them by e-mail after returning to the U.S. This documentation was provided to the insurer, but rejected as insufficient evidence that the damage occurred during the coverage period. In truth, the amount I was seeking -- $290 for repair of the camera and lens -- was not much more than the cost of the policy premium. I found the attitude of TravelSafe (and their claims agent TripMate) to be doctrinaire, inflexible and, frankly, sleazy. I had used TravelSafe on two previous occasions, but I will never use this company, or their underwriter, United States Fire Insurance Company, again.
Robert P. would not
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Thank you for your feedback on the policy. We appreciate you using InsureMyTrip for your travel insurance needs. We are sorry to learn that your property was damaged during your trip and are dissatisfied with this policy. The claims administrator is required to adjudicate claims based on the terms and conditions of the policy. With any travel insurance policy you would be required to have written documentation at the time of loss for damage to, or theft of your personal property. This will substantiate your claim and demonstrate that the event occurred while you were traveling. The following information can be found in the certificate of this policy:
"Additional Claims Provisions Specific to Baggage: Your duties after loss of or damage to property or delay of baggage:
In case of loss, theft, damage or delay of baggage or personal effects, You must:
a) take all reasonable steps to protect, save or recover the property;
b) promptly notify, in writing, either the police, hotel proprietors, ship lines, airlines, railroad, bus, airport or other station authorities, tour operators or group leaders, or any Common Carrier or bailee who has custody of
Your property at the time of loss;
c) produce records needed to verify the claim and its amount and permit copies to be made;
d) provide to the Company, within 90 days from the date of loss, a detailed proof of loss signed and sworn to; and
e) be examined, if requested."
In the future, please consider calling us prior to purchasing a plan so that we can assist you in reviewing any specific concerns that you may have when you are selecting a travel insurance policy. Our toll free telephone number is 800-487-4722. We look forward to assisting you.
Thanks, Melissa. Believe me, I am now quite familiar with the provisions of the policy you have quoted, the reasons for them, as well as the reasons why my claim was denied.
Please allow me to point out, however, that the phrasing of part (b) is unclear and open to interpretation.
The clause requires that written notification be made to any one of a list of entities -- police, hotel, etc. -- "or any Common Carrier or bailee who has custody of your property at the time of loss." Does the qualifier, "who has custody of your property at the time of loss" apply only to Common Carriers and bailees? Or to the entire enumerated list? Bailees, by definition, have custody of your proprerty. That's what makes them bailees. Common Carriers have custody not only of your property, but also of your person for the duration of their carriage. So, qualifying only these two types of entities is superfluous. That would seem to imply that the qualifying phrase, "have custody of your property" applies to the entire list, not only Common Carriers and bailees.
In my case, the hotel did not have custody of or control over my property at the time the damage occurred. It was in my hands and in my control. Therefore, the requirement of wriiten notification has been misapplied in this case, and insurance should've paid.
I brought up this point with TripMate, but they didn't buy it. For my part, I paid $290 for repair of the camera and lens, with which I was very pleased -- Photo Tech on West 36th Street in Manhattan. I recommend them highly. I've moved on with life.
The Cancel for Any Reason option would have been a great feature to add on, but wasn't available as I didn't purchase the plan within the right number of days.
Helen H. would
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Thank you for your feedback on the policy. The CSA Travel Protection Custom Luxe plan offers a Cancel For Any Reason benefit if the policy is purchased within 24 hours of making the initial trip payment.
Aside from CSA, the majority of travel insurance companies offering Cancel For Any Reason contain the following requirements:
1) Purchase the policy within 10-30 days of First Trip Payment.
2) Insure ALL prepaid and non-refundable travel expenses prior to departure.
3) Trip must be canceled more than 2 days prior to departure date.
If you meet all 3 of these conditions, most of the policies will reimburse you up to 75% of your trip costs, unless otherwise noted.
One cannot really review insurance coverage until they submit a claim. In this instance my adventure travel company required that I have specific types of coverage which I was obliged to secure. CSA offered the package I needed and their reviews were within reason.
Larry M. would
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