artnbarb
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I've booked a Panama Canal Cruise for next February, and I have to decide whether to add the travel insurance. The cost for the 'cancel any time up to the day of cruising and medical evacuation included' coverage is $179 per person. They have a cheaper option ($139 pp) but it's more limited, and if I'm in for a penny, I may as well be in for a pound, right?
We've never done trip insurance before, but as we get older, and as travel gets more complicated, I'm seriously considering it this time. We're flying out on SWA, so I'm not too worried about the airline going out of business like Norwegian Air, and we're flying to San Diego the day before the cruise, but still, things can happen. The cruise line is Holland America, so again, not too concerned about them going under, but who knows what else might happen. And should one of us suffer some sort of medical emergency, those arrangements could be costly. Both of us are healthy and fit, but again, you just never know.
What about you - do you buy travel insurance, and if so, have you found it to be as useful as you'd hoped when you had to make a claim?
We've never done trip insurance before, but as we get older, and as travel gets more complicated, I'm seriously considering it this time. We're flying out on SWA, so I'm not too worried about the airline going out of business like Norwegian Air, and we're flying to San Diego the day before the cruise, but still, things can happen. The cruise line is Holland America, so again, not too concerned about them going under, but who knows what else might happen. And should one of us suffer some sort of medical emergency, those arrangements could be costly. Both of us are healthy and fit, but again, you just never know.
What about you - do you buy travel insurance, and if so, have you found it to be as useful as you'd hoped when you had to make a claim?