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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5 things to do immediately after a long flight 9 August 2024

5 things to do immediately after a long flight

Ever taken one of the longest flights in the world? Here are some of the longest:...

Smart Tips for Handling Flight Delays and Cancellations 2 August 2024

Smart Tips for Handling Flight Delays and Cancellations

Last week was simply awful for air travelers. The combination of Microsoft’s CrowdStrike global IT outage (the largest...

How to Avoid Hotel Junk Fees 27 July 2024

How to Avoid Hotel Junk Fees

Last month, the US House of Representatives passed the No Hidden Fees Act, which targets what the travel...

Essential Tips for Handling a Lost or Broken Phone While Traveling 20 July 2024

Essential Tips for Handling a Lost or Broken Phone While Traveling

Our phones are central to travel planning and coordination. They hold our itineraries, tickets, reservations, emergency...

What can you do about pesky airline luggage fees? 5 July 2024

What can you do about pesky airline luggage fees?

Since the start of 2024, airlines have quietly been raising their baggage fees to the point that it...

5 Tips to Skip being Profiled as an American abroad 29 June 2024

5 Tips to Skip being Profiled as an American abroad

Have you ever been abroad, walked into a restaurant, carefully greeted staff in the local language,...

What should you do if you get sick abroad? 21 June 2024

What should you do if you get sick abroad?

US citizens are highly aware of the need for medical insurance and what can happen if...

You can apply the 80/20 rule to packing—here’s how 7 June 2024

You can apply the 80/20 rule to packing—here’s how

There’s an art to traveling light and so many reasons to do it. You can move...

How to leave the US and return as quickly as possible 31 May 2024

How to leave the US and return as quickly as possible

The quicker you get through security, the faster you can settle down to enjoy a snack...

Upcoming changes for US travelers visiting Europe 24 May 2024

Upcoming changes for US travelers visiting Europe

Traveling to Europe is set to undergo some significant changes in the coming years for US...