Monday, March 10, 2008

Why travel insurance is important

If you have a child and plan to travel, don't forget to buy the travel protection insurance. I attended the AAAA's Media Conference in Orlando last week (another topic for another day). My family was scheduled to fly to Orlando and we were going enjoy a few days at Disney World. However, the flu bug invaded our house about 6 hours prior to departure. Needless to say, we could not take our 4 year old on a plane in the state he was in. So there I was, cancelling and rearranging flights at 4:30am from my hotel room in Orlando. Not the happiest place on earth at that time. Thankfully, I had the foresight to purchase the travel insurance when I booked my husband and son's flight.

My son seemed to recover from the heart break quicker than my husband and I. Thank god kids are resilient. A $10 Bionicle from Target made him a happy kid.

It took a few glasses of wine for us.