Travel Guard Offers Free Assistance to U.S. Travelers, Families Affected by Haiti Earthquake
Stevens Point, WI – January 14, 2010 – Travel Guard announced today that it will provide free emergency travel and medical assistance services to travelers and families affected by this week’s earthquake in Haiti. Services available through Travel Guard include coordination of emergency medical arrangements and evacuations, temporary lodging, cash wire transfers, passport replacement, translation services, message relay, emergency travel arrangements, and luggage tracking for items lost during the quake.
Travel Guard is also coordinating with its network of medical and evacuation specialists and air ambulance providers to monitor evacuation and assistance needs and facilitate evacuations from the area. Travelers in Haiti or their family members are encouraged to contact Travel Guard’s assistance coordinators for travel help or assistance in communicating with family members at home.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with all whose lives have been devastated by this tragic event,” said Dean Sivley, CEO of Travel Guard North America. “We have a number of Travel Guard customers who are in the area and we are diligently working to provide the assistance they need including medical case management, relaying messages to family members and coordinating emergency travel arrangements. We are also extending these services to any U.S. travelers and their family members who have been affected by the quake, because we feel it is an important part of our social responsibility as a global provider of travel insurance plans and assistance services.”
Family members seeking these services for their relatives can call Travel Guard’s 24-hour World Service Center at 866-644-6811. From Haiti or areas outside the U.S., travelers can call Travel Guard collect at 715-295-1209.
Travel Guard is the nation’s leading provider of travel insurance plans and assistance services. For more information about Travel Guard, travelers can visit www.travelguard.com or call Travel Guard’s World Service Center at 1-800-826-1300.