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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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...

6 Traveler Tips for Safely Transporting Spare Lithium Batteries 22 December 2011

6 Traveler Tips for Safely Transporting Spare Lithium Batteries

Travelers these days are carrying a far greater variety and number of electronic devices – laptops,...

Lost in the Lot? Tips for Finding Your Car while Traveling 19 December 2011

Lost in the Lot? Tips for Finding Your Car while Traveling

If you travel for work, for family, even for fun, you may have experienced that moment...

What does ‘brace for impact’ really mean? 15 December 2011

What does ‘brace for impact’ really mean?

In the case of US Airways Flight 1549, now known as the “Miracle on the Hudson”,...

Your Credit Card Doesn’t Deliver the Travel Protection You Think it Does 11 December 2011

Your Credit Card Doesn’t Deliver the Travel Protection You Think it Does

If you’ve heard that your credit card has travel protection, you may be right (depending on...

Top 3 Reasons to See Your Doctor Before You Travel 4 December 2011

Top 3 Reasons to See Your Doctor Before You Travel

Before you travel overseas, and sometimes when you travel within your own home country, it's recommended...

Baggage Theft and 7 Steps to Prevent it 27 November 2011

Baggage Theft and 7 Steps to Prevent it

Unfortunately, items keep going missing from traveler's luggage and in a variety of scenarios. Bags are...

Top 12 Hotel Safety Tips Travelers Should Never Ignore 10 November 2011

Top 12 Hotel Safety Tips Travelers Should Never Ignore

How do you stay safe in a hotel? These days, travel is no Sunday picnic. When...

Photograph the Contents of your Luggage 6 November 2011

Photograph the Contents of your Luggage

Whether you’re traveling for business, for family, or for pleasure, your luggage can pass through many...