Answering Your Questions About Passport Renewal, Solo Travel, and More
Women Who Travel | Condé Nast Traveler
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4.4 • 636 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
While travel may be the most open that it's been for Americans since the pandemic began, it comes with a lot of complications—from major passport renewal and Global Entry application delays to newly developed travel anxieties. To help you explore in the safest and most prepared way possible, we're answering your burning travel questions in this week's episode of Women Who Travel. Alongside Traveler’s senior editor for transportation and travel news, Jessica Puckett, and city guides editor, Shannon McMahon, we'll cover everything from travel insurance and underrated U.S. cities for solo travelers to how to talk to your family about prioritizing your own travels.
Stories mentioned this episode:
"Travel Insurance Companies Add Permanent Pandemic Coverage," https://www.cntraveler.com/story/travel-insurance-companies-add-permanent-pandemic-coverage
"Everything You Need to Know About Cancel For Any Reason Travel Insurance," https://www.cntraveler.com/story/cancel-for-any-reason-travel-insurance
"What to Know If Your Passport Is Expiring," https://www.cntraveler.com/story/us-passport-renewal-during-covid
"How to Manage Travel Anxiety in a Crowded Airport," https://www.cntraveler.com/story/how-to-manage-travel-anxiety-in-a-crowded-airport
Read a full transcription of the episode and find more stories here: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/answering-your-questions-about-passport-renewal-solo-travel-and-more-women-who-travel-podcast
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, you're listening to Women Who Travel, a podcast by Condonast Traveller. |
| 0:08.9 | I'm Lale Aricoglu, and with me, as always, is my co-host Meredith Carey. |
| 0:13.6 | Hello! |
| 0:14.6 | While the world is far from reopened yet, the return of travel is well underway, |
| 0:19.3 | with many of us taking both domestic vacations |
| 0:22.1 | and international trips for the first time in more than a year. Of course, with that return, |
| 0:27.8 | also comes a lot of questions, which is why it feels like the perfect time to record another |
| 0:32.1 | one of our listener-driven FAQ episodes. Joining us today to help answer some of your |
| 0:37.3 | biggest travel queries right now is Traveler's |
| 0:40.3 | Senior Editor for Transportation and Travel News, Jessica Puckett. |
| 0:43.7 | Hi. |
| 0:44.4 | And City Guides editor Shannon McMahon. |
| 0:46.8 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:47.8 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 0:49.4 | So the first question feels like something that's especially relevant right now. |
| 0:55.0 | And it's from the women who travel Instagram from a user named Mishu. |
| 1:00.0 | And it's what do you look for in travel insurance when it comes to medical coverage, |
| 1:05.0 | cancellation coverage, COVID coverage. |
| 1:07.0 | What do you need to be looking for when getting travel insurance right now? So there are a few |
| 1:13.8 | options now that were a little more adjusted to living and traveling during COVID. Some policies |
| 1:20.5 | that you can buy now offer what's called like permanent pandemic coverage. So these are kind |
| 1:26.9 | of newer policies and they will cover |
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