Travel Guard In The News
As the nation's leading travel services provider, Travel Guard is often featured in articles coast to coast highlighting the importance of purchasing travel insurance.
Travel Guard reported more than a 100 percent increase in calls coming in during the week of the airline bankruptcies.
Forbes.com— April 2008
72% of travelers don't plan to cut any vacations this year, but will try to find ways to lower the cost of trips, especially to countries with appreciating currencies, according to a study by Travel Guard.
New York Daily News— April 2008
When you set up a many-faceted foreign trip, "buying a la carte is fraught with potential risk," said Dan McGinnity, spokesman for Travel Guard, a travel insurer in Stevens Point, Wis. A travel agent can stitch the parts together and trouble-shoot.
L.A. Times— March 2008
If you travel more than once a year, consider buying an annual policy; both MedjetAssist and Travel Guard offer this kind of policy, which can be purchased for as little as $185 a year. I don't travel without it.
MSNBC— February 2008
"Here in the United States, when we buy insurance, we throw the policy in the drawer and wait for something to go wrong," said Dan McGinnity, a spokesman for Travel Guard in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. "And then when something goes wrong, we pull it out and ask, 'Am I covered?'"
CNN.com— February 2008
Travel Guard, which introduced its plan just a few weeks ago, charges $24 to add the “cancel for work reasons” option to a travel insurance plan.
The New York Times— November 2007
For broader coverage, consider a "cancel for any reason" policy. Terms and premiums vary. At Travel Guard, such policies typically cost 40% more than standard ones and may refund 50% to 75% of trip deposits, McGinnity said. They cover you even if you change your mind and just decide not to go, for political or other reasons.
L.A. Times— April 2007