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.Recent Posts
A guide to booking separate tickets
6 December
5 tips to skip the holiday travel chaos
29 November
Turbulence facts every traveler should know
22 November
17 November 2023
How to get on a flight when you lost your ID
Your stomach drops, your scalp itches, your palms sweat, and normal breathing stops. Oh crap! You’ve...
9 November 2023
How to use AI to plan your next trip
It’s the early days of planning a trip, when you’re not sure where you want to...
2 November 2023
5 Steps to avoid bed bugs when you travel
When the deputy mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, recently announced “No one is safe” on French...
26 October 2023
6 Winter Travel Mistakes You Can Avoid
Whether this summer was travel misery or not depends on who you talk to ... like...
19 October 2023
How to Calculate the Perfect Layover Time
We’ve all been there. Dashing through the airport, suitcase wheels screeching, coat flying. Arriving sweaty and...
12 October 2023
How do you know what documents you need for a trip abroad?
I was shocked to recently learn that over 60,000 travelers are turned back at destination points...
7 October 2023
Unlock the full potential of your travel insurance plan
Lots of people find travel insurance confusing―that’s why I started CoverTrip! There are also a lot...
28 September 2023
How to keep your personal data out of criminal hands when you travel
Those tiny and amazing supercomputers in our pockets and backpacks hold plenty of personal data that...
22 September 2023
Do Digital Nomads Need Travel Insurance?
Even before the global COVID pandemic, people were transitioning to remote work as quickly as their employers would...
15 September 2023
What to do when your vacation becomes an evacuation
The world is seeing more weather- and climate-related events than ever before and the power and speed...