Not only does The Traveling Professor make multiple trips to Europe and South America each year, The Professor has taken well over a thousand people on his small group tours to various places like Paris, Austria, Croatia, Germany, Norway, Iceland, Ireland and Scotland. With over 12 years of professional travel planning under his belt, The Professor has learned to do it right. In today's blog post are 5 of the smartest things he has done and recommends that each traveler should follow.
Last year, my flight from Philadelphia to Dallas was cancelled due to bad weather. My overnight hotel and meal costs were about $175. In Peru last year a traveler twisted a knee and needed medical attention. A Paris traveler needed a few stitches because of a small accident. We had a traveler to Italy and another to Peru that needed to cancel due to illness. And another traveler, traveling alone, broke his hip in Paris and needed private plane transportation, at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars, to be treated in the United States. All of the costs associated with these incidents can be covered with travel insurance. But now, a credit card may cover you, without needing to go out and purchase additional insurance.