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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Put down the Ink. Pencil your Passport Emergency Contact Instead 17 February 2012

Put down the Ink. Pencil your Passport Emergency Contact Instead

Have you ever noticed that the identification page of your passport – that's the one with your...

Check the US State Department Travel Alerts and Warnings 10 February 2012

Check the US State Department Travel Alerts and Warnings

Travel Advisory and Guidance One of the first steps every traveler should make when planning a...

Avoiding Pickpockets When You Travel 4 February 2012

Avoiding Pickpockets When You Travel

A traveler recently recounted the following story to us and we thought it a good warning...

Prepare for a Personal Medical Emergency with a Travel Medical Portfolio 27 January 2012

Prepare for a Personal Medical Emergency with a Travel Medical Portfolio

Many well-prepared travelers miss this step, but as anyone who has experienced a travel medical emergency...

Finding Medical Care On the Road and In a Hurry 22 January 2012

Finding Medical Care On the Road and In a Hurry

It's been estimated that around 20 percent of all travelers get sick each year, and out...

How to Survive a Cruise Ship Sinking Disaster 14 January 2012

How to Survive a Cruise Ship Sinking Disaster

Cruise ship disasters such as the sinking of the Costa Concordia are sensational news stories that...

Don’t copy your bank cards; we’ve got a much better system 8 January 2012

Don’t copy your bank cards; we’ve got a much better system

When your purse or wallet is stolen on a trip, all of your access to cash...

Bed and Breakfast/Inn Travel Insurance 8 January 2012

Bed and Breakfast/Inn Travel Insurance

Travelers who stay at inns and bed and breakfast facilities enjoy a unique lodging environment that...

Know what to do if You Get Sick or Injured while Traveling 2 January 2012

Know what to do if You Get Sick or Injured while Traveling

We've written about how to check the traveler's health reports for your destination in advance of...

4 Debit card risk activities you might be doing 28 December 2011

4 Debit card risk activities you might be doing

It’s important for consumers to be aware of debit card risk, and the differences between debit...