The Coronavirus has made huge news in the last few weeks, especially with cruise ships in Asia. Quarantines and not being able to dock were top headlines. So how can you travel safely and stay healthy in 2020? These are some of the tips the My Vacation Lady received in an email from one of [...]
The team at My Vacation Lady is already getting calls from clients heading to Asia or even concerned about European travel for the fall about how the Coronavirus is, can or may affect their vacation plans. First, we are not physicians and the only info that we, as travel advisers, are getting is from the [...]
Winter is upon us and much of the country has already had some snow, sleet or other travel wrecking weather. Regardless of the season, weather is always a reason for travel delays and cancellations so we dug up an old blog post about why you should add travel insurance to your vacation reservation. There are [...]
Travel Insurance- do you need it? If you ask 100 different travelers, you’ll get 100 different reasons either to purchase travel insurance OR not to purchase travel insurance. It’s a personal opinion and an option, but when you book your vacation or honeymoon with My Vacation Lady, you will always be given the option to [...]
In the past, a few of countries required that travelers visiting have adequate medical insurance to cover any healthcare services required during a visit to their country. Now, more and more countries are requiring that tourists carry Travel Insurance to enter their borders. Gullfoss, Iceland In a recent report Allianz Partners noted: 15 [...]
Many destination wedding guests don't think they need travel insurance but in the last couple of weeks, My Vacation Lady has heard of 4 incidents that will make you realize how important taking out travel insurance is. Typically, destination weddings are booked pretty far out and lots of thing can happen in a year, which [...]
As I write this post, we are waiting to hear updates from a colleague's client who had an accident in Bora Bora while on their honeymoon. The couple was on their honeymoon and dove into the gorgeous ocean. With water that looks like this, how can anyone blame him for wanting to get into the [...]
Planning and booking your vacation or honeymoon is exciting! We never want to bring up a "what if" situation but My Vacation Lady wants to make sure all of our clients are protected against unavoidable illness or circumstances. We have had a few occasions to use travel insurance personally when Mr. My Vacation Lady got sick during [...]
Now that your vacation or honeymoon is booked, My Vacation Lady suggests taking care of a few things before you leave to have a smoother vacation. Check your passport - If your passport will expire within six months of your ticketed date of return, get it renewed now. You may be denied boarding your flight or denied entrance [...]
We really shouldn't call the snow storm on March 14 a blizzard in the NYC metro region. It was more of a blizzard prediction that never happened but since a massive blizzard was predicted, we were watching reports and our clients' flights. This is a story of 2 different vacations. One was booked by My [...]