What happened on April 1, 1864? The answer is that the first travel insurance company opened its doors on that day. The company was The Travelers Insurance Company and they were originally chartered to insure people traveling, hence the name The Travelers Insurance Company. I don’t know if James Batterson, the founder, ever envisioned in…
Good Advice from the Washington Post
The “Coming and Going” column from yesterday’s Washington Post offers good advice about checking out a travel enity before you do business with them. Another example where “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”
QuoteWright & USA Today
Timely article by Sandra Block in the 2/27/2007 edition of USA Today. Sandra writes articles for the Money section of the paper but on 2/27 she combined Money with Travel and wrote the article, Snowed in? Travel insurance can save the day, or at least the dough. It’s a timely article about travel delays and…
Is Cheaper Always Better? When it Comes to Travel Insurance Plans, Not Necessarily
This is the time of year when many individuals and families travel to escape the cold or to get some much needed rest and relaxation. While it could take months or years to save up for a trip, it could take minutes for plans to change and money spent on airfare to be lost. Travel…
Best of the Web – Washington Post
Thanks to the Washington Post for listing QuoteWright as “Best of the Web” for travel insurance. In their words, “QuoteWright ( http://www.quotewright.com/) is a cut above” the others because we are the only ones that provide easy access to the fine print of travel policies. Our pledge is to continue to be the best of…