Published on Wednesday, March 15, 2017
You may think it's too late to buy travel insurance for spring break, but it's not. Find out what benefits your clients can get with last-minute travel insurance.
Published on Wednesday, January 4, 2017
As you plan your clients' trips for 2017, keep these destinations in mind.
RoamRight's expert travel bloggers created this list of must-visit destinations for the new year.
Published on Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Your clients are more connected than ever before. Use the RoamRight travel insurance app to encourage them to choose RoamRight travel insurance for their trip.
Want to know what's in the app? Watch our short webinar for more details.
Published on Wednesday, December 21, 2016
The holiday season may already be here, but there is still plenty of time to plan winter travel. Read about how RoamRight's team of travel bloggers can help you plan a winter getaway for your clients.
Published on Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Your clients most likely do not have a hospital visit on the agenda for their trip abroad, but it is something that they - and you - should be prepared for in the event an unfortunate accident or sickness happens them while on the road.
Here we'll share what your clients should do to prepare for their trip and what to do during and after an emergency visit to the hospital.
Published on Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Denmark is a country steeped in history as well as natural beauty, and is gaining the attention of international travelers. Danes consistently rank as some of the happiest citizens in the world, and their capital city, Copenhagen, is often described similar to Portland, Oregon: a mix of diverse geography, great food, and quirkiness. How quirky? They host events like World Pillow Fight Day every year.
Letโs explore more about Denmark, why your clients would want to visit, and how they can protect their trip with travel insurance.
Published on Wednesday, November 16, 2016
When planning a trip, the possibility of a natural disaster striking is often overlooked or minimized. Sure, your travelers might make contingency plans if theyโre booking a Caribbean cruise during hurricane season or flying through Chicago during winter, but what about the disasters that arenโt predictable - like an earthquake or volcano? How can your travelers plan for those?
In short, make sure your clients have a good travel insurance policy that covers against natural disasters. The types of situations covered and the type of coverage itself will vary from provider to provider, so itโs important to understand the ins and outs of the policies you sell to your travelers.
Published on Wednesday, October 5, 2016
The holidays are a fun, but stressful, time of year, and holiday travel can be all of the stress without any of the fun. To help your clients protect their family togetherness time, as well as feel more festive, insurance can help protect them.
Published on Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Icelandโs cool climate is getting a lot of hot attention right now. With the introduction of a low-cost airline offering non-stop, direct flights from many East Coast cities to Reykjavik, more travelers have Iceland in their horizon than ever before.ย
Learnhow to help your travelers plan the perfect trip to the majestic country that is Iceland.
Published on Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Since the United States placed an embargo on Cuba in 1960, Cuba has been a bit of a mystery to U.S. travelers. Now, with travel and economic sanctions being eased, U.S. citizens can now legally travel to Cuba through certain channels.
Unlike booking travel to most other countries, sending travelers to Cuba is a bit different. Here are some helpful tips that travel agents should know in preparation for the American tourist rush to Cuba.ย
Published on Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Unlike other natural disasters, hurricanes are slightly more predictable and travelers can get information about the storm ahead of time. This makes travelers a bit more confident in their travel plans. However each year, RoamRight sees a handful of
travelers who opted out of insurance โ until it was too late.
If you have travelers going anywhere along the Atlantic Coast, the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean, they should be prepared.
Published on Wednesday, April 27, 2016
If your travelers go to Europe, youโre probably very familiar with the Schengen Visa. Schengen countries allow travelers to go freely across borders.
RoamRight offers several plans that meet the requirements of the Schengen Visa. Find out how you can offer these travel insurance plans to your travelers.
Published on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Renting and driving a car in another country can be a scary experience no matter how experienced the traveler. The first time my husband and I traveled in Spain, we rented a car in Sevilla and drove to the village of Nerja on the Mediterranean, an area
known as the Costa del Sol, or Coast of the Sun. Itโs where I celebrated a significant birthday and life was good.
Until we were just a few miles from the Sevilla airport for our return flight home. Road construction forced four lanes of traffic into two via an army of orange barrels and cones. As we slowly merged into another lane, we clipped the side view mirror
on an orange barrel, snapping it off and shattering the driverโs window.
Published on Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Once while traveling in northern British Columbia, my train stop was a couple of cinder blocks and a piece of plywood, identified to passersby with a simple red flag. The lodge we were visiting was a few miles away and this was the most convenient transportation option. Lodge operators picked us up, literally out in the middle of nowhere, and the train picked us up there again a few days later. No airline would have been able to provide the service.
Published on Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Inspired by books like Cheryl Strayedโs Wild and Bill Brysonโs A Walk in the Woods, and the movies based on these books starring Reese Witherspoon, Robert Redford, and Nick Nolte, your clients may be asking about vacations where hiking is part of the experience.
Published on Wednesday, February 3, 2016
The Zika virus is having a significant impact on the travel community. Honeymoons, babymoons, and vacations are all being rescheduled or postponed because of the fear of infection. In fact, our assistance provider, On Call International conducted a survey which found that up to 64% of Americans would cancel their trip because of the virus.
Published on Wednesday, January 20, 2016
This post continues our series โIs it covered?โ Carefully evaluating plan information and coverage to help assure travelers that they are protected for possible mishaps or issues specific to their circumstances is critical for travel professionals. In this series we will review different scenarios that may challenge your insurance knowledge, and in so doing sharpen your skills for assisting your travelers and determining the best coverage choices.
Published on Wednesday, January 13, 2016
In the aftermath of Paris and other terrorist attacks, how do you reassure your travelers that itโs okay to keep traveling? This webinar can help you learn how to keep your clients traveling!
Published on Wednesday, December 16, 2015
According to Pew Research*, as of October 2014, 90% of American adults own a cell phone. So how can you make supporting your travelers easier and their journeys proceed more smoothly by leveraging this piece of equipment?
Weโve compiled a list of some of the best travel-related apps and a few other useful resources that you can share with your clients.
Published on Wednesday, December 9, 2015
In an uncertain world, travelers purchase travel insurance to have peace of mind that they are covered financially and/or medically when they travel. In this series we will review different scenarios that may challenge your insurance knowledge, and in so doing sharpen your skills for assisting your travelers and determining the best coverage choices.
Published on Wednesday, December 2, 2015
At almost 90 years old, Betty* was looking forward to her three-week trip to Norway. She was going to see the midnight sun, eat pickled herring, and venture into the Arctic Circle.A week into her trip, Betty developed a case of pneumonia. She experienced respiratory distress, was hospitalized, and put on a ventilator to help her breathe. Ultimately, she stayed in the hospital for 20 days before she was able to fly home via air ambulance. The cost of her evacuation? Almost $90,000.
Published on Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Imagine you have a client who decided to give his mom a birthday
surprise with a vacation to Italy! The whole family is excited and the
trip has been going exactly as planned. Then something happens that
youโll never forget: The mom has a stroke and is hospitalized. What
would you do?
Published on Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Five airports are testing mobile passports. If you or your travelers
have gone through Seattle-Tacoma, San Francisco, Chicago OโHare,
Atlantaโs Hartsfield-Jackson, or Miami International, you may have seen
them. The idea is to move travelers through customs faster by making
the passport process digital. In fact, with a mobile passport, travelers
can submit their information to customs as soon as they can use their
cell phones upon landing. So how does it work?
Published on Tuesday, November 3, 2015
In a perfect world, travelers might be required to take a test after buying travel insurance, just to be sure they know what they have. ย Major misconceptions, leading to disappointment down the line when an inappropriate claim is made and rejected mightbe eliminatedโฆif they could be forced to take that test. ย Stop right there, and that strategy is riddled with customer un-friendly problems. ย While sellers of travel might want to ensure that travelers understand their coverage, we all know that readingpolicies is about as interesting as watching paint dry. ย Still, if those who sell travel protection do a good job of selling it in the first place, understanding comes naturally.
Published on Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Agents spend a great amount of time tending to existing clients. Indeed, that function is a big part of retaining those clients and the time is well spent. But what about identifying and gaining new clients? ย How do agents today grow their business fortomorrow? Word-of-mouth recommendation from happy travelers goes a long way but is limited to a small circle of their friends. Traditional forms of advertising might bring potential clients but the return on that investment is often elusive. Still, thosetraditional methods of engaging existing and potential clients are well defined as opposed to the vast, unknown world of the Internet, social media and blogging, right? Actually, โwrongโ is the correct answer, as mainstream business is finding its placein cyberspace.
Published on Tuesday, October 20, 2015
For many travel agents and tour operators, it seems like offering travel insurance is a postscript โ itโs presented as an add-on once the trip is booked. In the same way someone may say: Would you like fries with that?, you can hear it being said: Would you like travel insurance with that?
Trust us โ this is not the most effective way to sell travel insurance.
Published on Tuesday, October 6, 2015
It was not all that long ago that phones were anything but smart. ย Simply a device to communicate with others, they were indeed used to call travel agents, airlines, hotels and others to arrange elements of travel. Today, we can and do use smarter phones to do all of the above, often more efficiently than before.
Published on Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Having travel protection provides a bit of security to travelers, knowing if something goes wrong and that something is covered, things will turn out better for them. ย Still, travelers donโt want anything to go wrong. But, the mere fact that they bought travel protection in the first place can be a measure of how important it is to them that everything goes smoothly.
Published on Tuesday, September 1, 2015
You never know when a medical emergency will occur, and when you rely on Medicare for insurance, understanding your coverage is essential before you travel internationally.
Published on Wednesday, July 29, 2015
The title of this article suggests that there is a perfect time in the selling process for travel agents to recommend buying travel insurance, and indeed there is. But no one formula for success will convert that effort into a sale. That process begins well before the booking even occurs.
To try slipping in โShall I add the travel insurance?โ when gathering required booking details works well for some travel agents. They are happy with their results and see no reason to change what works. But I would almost guarantee you that the percentage of clients taking them up on the offer is far less than agents who make a point of going about the entire topic of travel insurance in a more engaging way.
Starting on May 1, 2018, all travelers to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands will need to have health insurance. This is how RoamRight can help.ย