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Whether students need to buy insurance is subject to the personal preferences of the student's family amtrak travel vacations and the tour leader. If cancellation penalties are steep, it often makes sense to buy a plan with a trip cancellation benefit. International trips are generally more expensive than domestic trips and oftentimes more restricted when it comes to refunds, so two to three times more travelers tend to buy comprehensive amtrak travel vacations travel insurance in connection with an international trip than a domestic one.
A comprehensive travel insurance plan is made up of pre-departure benefits and post-departure benefits. The pre-departure benefit is a trip cancellation amtrak travel vacations benefit that compensates an insured amtrak travel vacations for loss of non-refundable pre-paid trip costs, if cancellation is done for a named reason. Some programs offer a "cancel for any reason" upgrade, which for a higher plan cost provides benefits, even if the cancellation is for "any" reason. This benefit comes with some restrictions, so make sure that you understand amtrak travel vacations what they are.
All other components of a comprehensive plan are post-departure benefits and include emergency medical expense, emergency evacuation, trip delay, baggage delay, lost baggage, missed connection, and – possibly more important than most people think – emergency medical and travel assistance services, which can come in very handy for a teacher or group leader in case of an emergency.
Do students need emergency medical expense coverage, you may ask. Well, if they are covered by a parents' health plan they are generally covered both domestically and – with some exceptions – internationally, amtrak travel vacations but what about the co-pay and deductibles? Most health plans feature amtrak travel vacations higher co-pays and higher deductibles if a network provider is not used, and it is one less worry for a group leader to not have to check whether a medical provider amtrak travel vacations is in or out of network before bringing a sick student to a care giver. With a basic medical expense benefit, that out-of pocket amtrak travel vacations expense is taken care of (up to the limit of the plan, of course). When it comes to international travel, no care providers are members of any US networks, so an emergency medical expense benefit may make a lot of sense.
The availability of emergency evacuation (medical transportation) is generally included in most travel insurance plans, and one could argue that to have experts make the decisions and take care of the logistics – especially for an international trip –could be worth the cost.
Teachers should investigate their travel insurance options to make sure that all bases are covered. Some tour operators will have access to less expensive plans if the plan is embedded in the cost of the trip and thus given to all participants. It may be something to consider, but never rule out the option amtrak travel vacations of purchasing independent student insurance policies.
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