668 Cruise News + How COVID-19 Has Changed Travel Insurance Policies
Cruise Radio
Doug Parker
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šļø 4 November 2021
ā±ļø 33 minutes
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Summary
Travel insurance policies have changed over the cruise industry shutdown. In some areas larger than others, especially when it comes to a test yielding a positive test result.Ā Dan Skilken, President of TripInsurance.com joins us to break down what has changed, and what hasn't over the course of the pandemic.Ā
Richard has cruise news:Ā
- A recording-breaking passenger day in Nassau, BahamasĀ
- Celebrity Apex is christened in Port Everglades, FloridaĀ
- Royal Caribbean updates Ultimate World Cruise salesĀ
- Two cruise lines have earnings calls and it looks good moving forwardĀ
- Cruise line enters Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeĀ
- You can cruise with Chef Emeril this ThanksgivingĀ
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:02.3 | Now more than ever, you should consider trip insurance for any kind of trip you take, not just cruises. |
| 0:07.7 | Get a free quote at tripinsurance.com. |
| 0:10.6 | Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| 0:15.0 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:17.2 | Hey, how's it going? |
| 0:17.9 | My name is Doug Parker. |
| 0:18.8 | Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. |
| 0:21.8 | Very happy to have you here, my friend. |
| 0:23.5 | Coming up on this week's show, how has travel insurance changed over the pandemic? |
| 0:29.1 | Yeah, because there's been some tweaks to travel insurance policies. |
| 0:33.0 | I know you're probably thinking it's probably not the most exciting topic to talk about, but when it involves your vacation dollars, it's kind of important. |
| 0:41.5 | So tripinsurance.com's president, Dan Skilkut, comes on to answer some of your listener questions that we've received over the past couple of weeks. |
| 0:49.0 | And Richard Sims is here with Cruise News. |
| 0:51.5 | On our cruise radio YouTube channel, we have our daily cruise news briefs |
| 0:54.9 | and a recently updated walking tour of Carnivals Mardi Gras. All right, jumping right to staff |
| 1:00.5 | writer Richard Sims. Hey, Richard. Hey, Doug. So a record breaking day in Nassau last Friday. |
| 1:06.3 | So when I first saw the pictures coming out of NASA on Friday, I actually thought that they were taken like two years ago because for the first time since the restart, there were like four, count them, four ships in port. |
| 1:20.1 | So we had the Carnival Mardi Gras, Celebrity Apex, Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas, and the Disney Magic. So combined, for the first time, |
| 1:30.5 | there were like over 9,000 guests, or I should say for the first time since the startup. |
| 1:36.0 | Marty Grave was actually on her inaugural sailing, which is a little weird because, you know, |
| 1:40.4 | she's been sailing since late July, but this was actually her first sailing since she was christened. But, you know, she's been sailing since late July, but this was actually her first sailing since |
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