637 How Travel Insurance Has Changed During COVID+ Cruise News
Cruise Radio
Doug Parker
4.8 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Travel insurance is more important than ever now. And policies have changed during the pandemic. Some items that used to be covered may not be covered, as well as certain clauses have been put in place. And finally, what you should you know and consider before booking your next travel insurance policy.
Sherry has cruise news:
- The CDC has raised its warning against traveling to the Bahamas.
- Royal Caribbean introduces a new neighborhood aboard Wonder of the Seas.
- The game of tug of war continues with the cruise industry's future.
- Another cruise line moves closer to all-inclusive pricing.
- Norwegian Cruise Line has detailed a little more of what's to come in terms of buffets and embarkation.
- River cruising is going strong in the United States.
Listener Question: What should we know about getting to the island of St. John when docking in St. Thomas? — Jeff
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| 0:00.0 | Now more than ever, you should consider trip insurance for any kind of trip you take, not just cruises. |
| 0:05.5 | Get a free quote at tripinsurance.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Broadcasting from the tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| 0:13.0 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:15.4 | Hey, how's it going? My name is Doug Parker. Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. |
| 0:19.5 | I'm going to take a look at some travel insurance questions today. Some listener questions. We have Dan Skilken from Tripinsurance.com on to see what it looks like as we ramp up to cruise again. Americans can cruise out of Nassau, Bahamas, starting in June on Royal Caribbean. So people are starting to get out there and travel again. |
| 0:38.2 | So we'll have Dan here in just a little bit. Also, Sherry Laskin is here with cruise news. So we'll jump to |
| 0:42.5 | her first. Hello, Sherry. Hi, Doug. So on the heels of crew service starting from the Bahamas in June, |
| 0:48.6 | so in less than 60 days, the CDC has raised its warning to travelers who want to go to the destination. |
| 0:55.1 | Yeah, so it reminded me of the movie Jaws just when you think it's safe to go back into the water. |
| 1:01.1 | Well, the same can almost be applied to the Bahamas. |
| 1:04.1 | And as cruise ships prepare for a summer season of cruise departures, |
| 1:08.4 | the Bahamian former Minister of Health stated that, and this is a quote, |
| 1:13.2 | draconian interventions might be needed to bring the rising case count under control |
| 1:18.3 | because the Bahamas is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases that it hasn't seen in months. |
| 1:25.1 | And at the same time, the CDC has just issued a travel alert for anyone |
| 1:29.9 | planning to fly to the Bahamas and raised the warning to a level four, which is very high level of |
| 1:36.0 | COVID. As of earlier this week, there were 387 active COVID cases with 46 Bahamians being hospitalized. |
| 1:45.7 | Plans summer cruises by Royal Caribbean out of Nassau and Crystal Cruises from Nassau or Bimini |
| 1:51.2 | will require all passengers to have completed their vaccination. |
| 1:56.0 | Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line plans to offer short cruises from the port of Palm Beach to Grand Bahama Island. |
| 2:02.6 | And as of now, they are not requiring vaccinations. |
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