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Cruise passengers stranded
#22062
08/23/2013 06:22 PM
08/23/2013 06:22 PM
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Posts: 5,884 St. Thomas, USVI
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Why you should have a good cruise-only travel agent. And read all the fine print in your trip insurance, cruise docs,etc.
[color:"red"]NUTMEG[/color] Today is the tomorrow you talked about yesterday.
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Re: Cruise passengers stranded
[Re: Nutmeg]
#22064
08/24/2013 09:15 AM
08/24/2013 09:15 AM
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Posts: 82,863 Central Florida!
Carol_Hill
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You know, it's funny, the agent said that they couldn't get travel insurance because they didn't pay anything for the trip. That kind of doesn't make sense to me, when you're talking about medical insurance and evac, as those aren't items that you pay for anyway, unless you are actually injured. When I book travel insurance through Insure my Trip, you just put in however much you want on the cost of the trip. You don't have to provide receipts or anything. Travelling at 89 years old, they should have gotten insurance regardless. And they could have bought medical evac all by itself, and should have....
Carol Hill
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Re: Cruise passengers stranded
[Re: Carol_Hill]
#22066
08/25/2013 10:31 AM
08/25/2013 10:31 AM
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Carol: I thought the story was kind of hinkey, too. I am not 89-yet-but I would never leave home without trip insurance. I have seen too many visitors here who didn't think of it and are amazed to see that they are responsible for a $20,000 medical evacuation bill. And, Sue, you know that we are big fans of Bonnie and Paul at Cruise One around here! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
[color:"red"]NUTMEG[/color] Today is the tomorrow you talked about yesterday.
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Re: Cruise passengers stranded
[Re: swg]
#22068
08/25/2013 03:34 PM
08/25/2013 03:34 PM
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Posts: 82,863 Central Florida!
Carol_Hill
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I don't know whether cruise line insurance doesn't cover medical evac or not. I thought it did, but definitely best to always check the fine print on any insurance, as 'the devil is in the details' and nowhere is that more evident than with insurance.
Carol Hill
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Re: Cruise passengers stranded
[Re: Nutmeg]
#22069
08/30/2013 09:41 AM
08/30/2013 09:41 AM
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Posts: 82,863 Central Florida!
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I see in our paper this morning that Royal Caribbean has now agreed to pay all of this fellow's medical bills.
Carol Hill
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