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Can we just chat about annual insurance plans?

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Absolutely! Let’s dive into the world of annual travel insurance plans! With your family’s busy travel schedule, it’s smart to consider coverage for those unexpected moments. Your experience with claims, especially during the COVID situation, is invaluable. Annual plans can indeed offer peace of mind, but it's important to understand their limitations, such as reimbursement caps. If emergencies arise, like a serious illness affecting a trip, many plans do provide coverage for those situations.

I don’t have a super specific question. I just want to know what kinds of tips or experience you have for annual travel insurance plans.

I’ve insured lots of trips before. I have had to make a claim once - had to cancel an insured trip at the last minute because both kids came down with COVID and although I was inclined to go and just isolate in our cabin at the beach the doctor strongly advised against it and wrote letter to that effect for the insurance coverage. I didn’t have any trouble with the reimbursement from insurance. So anyway, I usually do insure my trips if they are expensive enough to be a hardship if I have to cancel.

This year my family is doing what feels like a LOT of travel. We have three out of state trips planned as a family, plus I’ve got one kid going to summer camp with her scout troop and the other going to the national scout jamboree. So I purchased a general travel plan to cover us for the whole year (March through February). Obviously I’m hoping I have no need to make any claims. :)

I’m just kinda wondering how it works with these plans. I know there’s a limit to how much can be reimbursed - if we had to cancel ALL our trips it wouldn’t cover them all.

But let’s say my kid comes down with a serious illness and has to cancel her trip to Jamboree. Just that one trip is like $2,000 including the bus ride to get there and back. Do these kinds of trips cover that sort of thing? I assume it also covers if she has a medical emergency while she is away from home.

What is your experience with these things? Did I make a smart choice?

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