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Importance of travel Insurance

Written by Mark Robin|Tuesday, 17 January 2012 09:08

Recently there was a major accident caused in Virginia where the Carnival cruise sank. The Costa Concordia cruise ship is still lying at the beached like a huge beached whale off the coast of Italy after running aground on Friday. Six bodies have been recovered so far but 16 people are still remaining unaccounted for.

On Monday, a Virginia Beach couple returned home from the beached cruise ship. Karen Kennedy and Rick Langlands said nothing at the airport except they were pleased to return safely to their home.

A bizzare accident
Travel Agent Elizabeth Psimas, who has been in the industry for 27 years said, "It's such a bizarre tragedy," Psimas, has never seen anything like this before. "

Kennedy was set for an interview tonight on Rock Center with Brian Williams, but had to cancel because of the anxiety from the tragedy at sea. The disaster has travel agents stimulating for a possible drop-off in cruise ship reservations. This time of year is big for cruises and what happened to the Costa Concordia certainly doesn't help.

Travel Agent Elizabeth Psimas, who has been in the industry for 27 years said, "It's such a bizarre tragedy," Psimas, has never seen anything like this before. "Transport boats capsize in third world countries, maybe, but you don't see cruise ship accidents of this magnitude anymore," Psimas said. Psimas said the accident is a huge reminder of the importance of carrying travel insurance, especially if you bought your trip online.

"Who are you calling if something goes wrong if you bought the cruise online? When you buy insurance you have someone fighting for you...getting your insurance lined up...they help get you a passport, lost money, lost credit cards. Travel insurance makes sure everything will be taken care of," Psimas explained. Travel insurance costs between five and seven percent of the cost of the cruise line tickets or the cost of any trip.

Psimas is shocked the ship captain, who is now under arrest for manslaughter, left the ship and the lack of organization on the part of the ship's crew leaves her dismayed. The cruise liner running aground will cost its owner Carnival up to $95 million, with the company's insurance provider covering $30 million of that total. Captain error has been deemed as the cause of the crash.

The Costa Concordia is also now an environmental crisis. Winds have picked up and the ship will likely dump fuel in the waters off Tuscany. The Environmental Minister estimates 500,000 gallons of fuel could begin leaking.

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