Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.

Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand.

Marketing tools that get your products out there. Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time.

From startups to scaleups, online, in person, and on the go.

Shopify is made for entrepreneurs like you.

Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup.

Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast, where we answer your personal finance questions

and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money. I'm Sean Piles.

And I'm Liz Weston. To have your money questions answered on a future episode, turn to the

nerds. Call or text us on the nerd hotline at 901-7306373. That's 901-730 Nerd. Or email us at podcast at nerdwollet.com. In this episode, Liz and I answer a listener's

question about how to buy an electric car. First, though, in our this week in your money segment,

we're talking with travel nerd Alina Geller about travel insurance and why you might want it this summer.

Hey, Alina, welcome to the podcast. Hey, how are you?

Thank you for having me.

So good to have you.

I want to start off by hearing about what travel insurance typically offers.

Can you give us a rundown?

Absolutely.

So travel insurance offers a bunch of benefits.

Some common terms include trip cancellation, trip interruption, trip delay, baggage delay, lost luggage, coverage for medical expenses, emergency evacuation and repatriation, 24-hour assistance, and few other benefits.

But these are the main ones.

And our understanding is a lot of people are looking at getting travel insurance for the first time, given all the disruptions

...