With the Coronavirus in the news recently, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about travel. Is it safe? Will I get sick? We addressed some facts vs. fiction regarding the virus in a previous post, but today we wanted to share some great travel tips that will help to make any vacation safer and better for both you and your fellow travelers.
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It’s rare that I take a trip and don’t see someone who is supposed to be on vacation and yet they’re in a foul mood. Certainly there are times when traveling can make one angry, but many of the pitfalls that vacationers encounter can be prevented.
With most of our customers living on the Gulf coast, we’re often asked about Hurricanes and how they might impact a customer’s vacation plans. With another storm threatening our area, we thought this might be a great time to address these questions and how to best protect your vacation from the impact of tropical storms.
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Spend any time in an airport and you’ll hear the terms “non-stop”, “direct flight” and “connecting flight” used constantly. However, many people, including those who travel frequently, often use the wrong terminology. So what are the correct definitions of these three terms? Are they interchangeable?
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We’re often asked by clients whether or not we think they should purchase travel insurance. Many customers think insurance is just for cancellation reasons and will say things to us like, “I’m not going to cancel so I think I’ll skip the insurance.” To us, cancellation is a good reason to ask about travel insurance, but an even more important reason is the unknown. Disasters, bad weather, medical issues and other things out of our control happen every day. That’s the best reason to be protected.
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I can’t think of a trip to the airport in the last 15 years that hasn’t included someone running through the terminal to catch a flight or a person asking to cut the security line because their plane is about to depart. Today, I spoke with a customer who wound up having to put his family on two separate flights because they missed the check-in cutoff time. This unfortunate incident inspired me to offer these tips for better air travel.
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