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The Kindness of Strangers

Lots of unexpected things can happen when you’re traveling, but the thing you nearly always can expect is good and helpful people. We’ve experienced that a lit in years of travel, but today was a special example. We were switching from one city to another, and not only had luggage with us but a wheelchair. We were waiting outside the apartment where we had been staying, and our taxi had not come. We asked a young couple who were leaving with their van if they could call the taxi company for…

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Is trip cancellation insurance really worth it?

I’ve only once bought cancellation insurance–and that was by not looking carefully at the checkboxes on a form–but I’m wondering if its worthwhile. Do most policies allow me to cancel my plans and get money back for non-refundables, or do they just…

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The Kindness of Strangers

Lots of unexpected things can happen when you’re traveling, but the thing you nearly always can expect is good and helpful people. We’ve experienced that a lit in years of travel, but today was a special example. We were switching from one city to another, and not only had luggage with us but a wheelchair. We were waiting outside the apartment where we had been staying, and our taxi had not come. We asked a young couple who were leaving with their van if they could call the taxi company for…

Read More

Is trip cancellation insurance really worth it?

I’ve only once bought cancellation insurance–and that was by not looking carefully at the checkboxes on a form–but I’m wondering if its worthwhile. Do most policies allow me to cancel my plans and get money back for non-refundables, or do they just…

Read More