Nobody ever plans on experiencing
an expensive emergency while travelling. That’s why
there’s Travel Guard.
Centre Holidays gives you the option to book your travel insurance
online. Feel free to also give us a call. We're here to help
you have a worry free trip.
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Cruise ship leaving Manhattan with New York City in the background
When you plan out your travels, you
don't intend on dealing with an emergency,
but emergencies can happen and can be very expensive.
Your Government Health Insurance Plan (GHIP) and other
insurance such as homeowners', employee group benefits
and credit cards may not adequately provide the full
coverage required to safeguard you on your trip. Even
if you are just travelling to another province, GHIP
insurance may not cover all your expenses. The following
real-life scenarios demonstrate the necessity of purchasing
travel insurance before you embark on your trip.
Medical Emergency
A 50-year old woman collapses aboard a cruise ship in
the Caribbean.
After examining her, the ship's doctor recommends she
be taken to the nearest island hospital at the next
port of call where very little English is spoken.
Total medical cost was $50,000 which included the ship's
doctor's expenses,
local hospital expenses, emergency air ambulance back
to her country and air transportation home for the other
family members travelling with her. Travel Guard's multi-lingual
emergency assistance counsellors worked with all of
the medical teams to ensure she had a hospital bed waiting
for her and to organize the best
possible care.
Trip interruption reimbursed her $10,000 for the lost
portion of the pre-paid cruise.
Once all the medical bills had been settled by Travel
Guard directly to the various medical suppliers, her
GHIP only covered 4% or $2,000 of her $50,000 claim.
Had she not purchased Travel Guard Deluxe insurance,
she would have been responsible for paying the medical
bills on her own.
Trip Cancellation Mom and Dad could finally afford to take their
children on a dream vacation. They paid for their trip
in full in the amount of $12,000, which included return
flights, hotel accommodations and day passes to their
favorite theme park. Unfortunately 2 days before their
scheduled departure, the father was involved in a car
accident and
was hospitalized.
The trip, being cancelled so close to the departure
date, was deemed non-refundable by the tour operator
and the family received
no money back.
However, the family had purchased cancellation insurance
through Travel Guard when they paid for their trip and
therefore the total trip amount was refunded to them.
The refund even included the cost of the theme park
passes. The family had the misfortune of missing their
trip but they did not lose out on the money they had
invested in it.
Trip Interruption A lot goes into planning a wedding, including
the honeymoon. The honeymoon is the time to relax, reflect
on the wedding day and enjoy each other's company. A
happy couple had booked and paid for an Alaskan cruise
and the day after the wedding they drove to the Montreal
airport to catch their flight to Vancouver.
They ended up missing the cruise departure because their
flight was delayed due to bad weather. Without travel
insurance, the honeymooners would have had to find and
pay their own way home or find a way to catch up to
the cruise ship without any assistance.
But with trip interruption coverage offered through
Travel Guard, emergency travel assistance was one phone
call away. Hotel arrangements and/or arrangements to
catch up to the cruise ship or return home were handled
by Travel Guard and the additional transportation costs
and the value of the lost days at sea were reimbursed.
The couple was then able to enjoy their honeymoon.
Traveller's insurance and assistance is our one and
only business and we are dedicated to providing exceptional
products and services for all your travel plans.
Why Customers
Love Travel Guard
"My husband and I were minutes away from setting sail to Cozumel,
Mexico. The farthest thing from my mind was using our travel insurance
plan. Suddenly my husband collapsed and needed immediate medical attention.
An ambulance ride and hospital stay later we learned he had an isolated
seizure. While we may never know what brought on this sudden turn
of events, one thing that remained certain was the help Travel Guard
could provide us. Travel Guard secured hotel accommodations for me
while my husband was hospitalized and also negotiated with our airline
to book an early flight home." – Janet & James R
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