May 30th, 2008

5 Important Trip Cancellation Travel Insurance Claim Tips

When you buy trip cancellation travel insurance, you want to be sure the travel insurance pays your claim. Here are 5 things you can do to help your travel insurance claim be processed quickly and correctly:

Tip #1: If you get sick or injured prior to or on your trip, it’s important you go to a doctor. If you don’t go to a doctor, the insurance company won’t believe you were sick or injured. Here’s how the policies typically read:

“For Trip Cancellation benefits, an actual examination by a licensed Physician must take place before the cancellation is made. For Trip Interruption benefits, this examination must take place during Your Trip.”

February 22nd, 2008

Extreme Skateboarding At Maple Skatepark In The Outer Banks

Think of the Outer Banks and recreation, and the more obvious water sports come to mind. Anybody planning a vacation to the shores of North Carolina, be it Dare or Currituck County, is likely looking forward to days of relaxing in the sun, surfing, fishing, and coasting the waves on a jet ski. Newer visitors to the Currituck Outer Banks may be surprised to know, however, that an alternative recreational activity awaits them at Maple Skate Park.

February 15th, 2008

Tips For Late Summer Travel

We are into the latter part of summer, but that doesn’t mean many of us are not still traveling on vacations. Here are a few last minute tips to help you out.

First and foremost, figure out if you will need a passport for your trip. Recent regulation changes have been implemented that require you to have a passport to reenter the US from practically any country. This includes Mexico and Canada. The new regulation has led to a massive backlog, so make sure you have a current passport. If you need a new one, find out how long it will take and any exceptions that might apply to your destination.

January 15th, 2008

How The Most Successful Vacation Ownership And Timeshare Salespeople Stay Successful - They Vacation

You can’t just tell people to take vacations and own the vacations, so they can always have them ,and take more vacations, more often. It’s just not enough. The most successful vacation ownership and timeshare sales professionals take time out to be authentic and fill their own scrapbooks with photos from their travels with family and loved ones. Successful people take vacations.

People can feel your excitement as you take them through your scrapbook. Just show them the trip you just came back from to Maui, Hawaii. As they look at your check-in photos and pictures from around the pool, and then you point out the direction you took around the island in your rental car, and then you talk about the real Luau, they want to take the next flight out to the islands.

January 11th, 2008

Retirement In Puerto Vallarta - Stranded In The Third World?

When we made Puerto Vallarta, Mexico our permanent residence a decade ago, our friends back in the States frequently asked if we felt stranded in the Third World. The answer was no; perhaps the Second World! Prior to the demise of the USSR, the Second World consisted of the communist bloc countries. Since the collapse of the iron curtain, there are no longer any Second World countries, so perhaps we can promote Mexico to the New Second World! Actually, Mexico along with China, India, Brazil, Turkey, and others are recognized as Newly Industrialized Countries or NIC´S. These NIC´S have more advanced economies than the developing countries of the Third World, yet have not attained the level of developed countries of the First World.

November 26th, 2007

Bicycle Transportation In Amsterdam

If you are interested in having an authentic Dutch experience while visiting Amsterdam, then you will want to rent a bike to get around on instead of a car. Bicycling is the best way to tour Amsterdam, and fortunately, Amsterdam is a very bicycle friendly city. In fact, about half of the traffic on Amsterdam’s streets is made up of bicycles.

November 17th, 2007

Visiting Lake Garda In Italy

Lake Garda, the inland lake in north-east Italy, boasts more than 45 kilometres of beaches among its many attractions. It should come as no surprise that this is a region that tourists are increasingly flocking to reach.

On a warm June day here, tourists sit and admire the spectacular Alpine scenery reflecting in the still, delicate waters of Lake Garda. This region of Italy has a unique beauty - a beauty that is making it more and more popular with visitors from elsewhere in Europe and beyond.


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