Author: Damian Tysdal

Damian Tysdal is the founder of CoverTrip, and is a licensed agent for travel insurance (MA 1883287). He believes travel insurance should be easier to understand, and started the first travel insurance blog in 2006.

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7 Tips for Safer Holiday Road Trips 22 December 2012

7 Tips for Safer Holiday Road Trips

If your family, like many families, will be hitting the road this year to see friends...

7 Ways Duct Tape Makes A Self-Reliant Traveler 15 December 2012

7 Ways Duct Tape Makes A Self-Reliant Traveler

The very nature of being a ready traveler means making sure you’re relatively self-reliant while seeking...

8 Tips to Avoid Being Robbed on a Cruise 7 December 2012

8 Tips to Avoid Being Robbed on a Cruise

When 22 cruise passengers were robbed at gunpoint on a shore excursion in Mexico, it was...

6 Reasons to Get Plenty of Sleep When You Travel 29 November 2012

6 Reasons to Get Plenty of Sleep When You Travel

Human beings are not machines and we don't keep going without breaks. Sleep is essential to...

7 Deadly Travel Sins 23 November 2012

7 Deadly Travel Sins

Many travel sites have a similar list to share with their readers, but for us, the...

3 Ways Travelers can Avoid the Slam of the Smartphone 16 November 2012

3 Ways Travelers can Avoid the Slam of the Smartphone

As many travelers have unhappily learned the hard way: calling and texting from abroad can result...

5 Ways to Save your Trip Investment without Travel Insurance 9 November 2012

5 Ways to Save your Trip Investment without Travel Insurance

The airlines have sold non-refundable tickets for a long time, and they can sell them because...

5 Ways to Guard Against Identity Theft on Your Next Trip 1 November 2012

5 Ways to Guard Against Identity Theft on Your Next Trip

Identity theft is defined as a crime of obtaining and using the personal and/or financial information...

Dress to Fit In – Not to Stand Out 26 October 2012

Dress to Fit In – Not to Stand Out

Let’s take a look at how to dress when you travel and why travelers should dress...

11 Important Safety Tips for the Solo Traveler 18 October 2012

11 Important Safety Tips for the Solo Traveler

Many people - men and women of all ages - avoid traveling alone, but traveling solo...