My friend just returned from a nightmarish business trip. If they had travel insurance for such trips, our friend would be a very rich man right now. Not only did he have to endure flight cancellations and delays just to go to a place that was 12° below zero but the airline had lost his luggage when he arrived at his destination, Kalamazoo, Michigan. He didn't realize how small the airport was until he tried to find someone to help him recover his luggage. He managed to find a member of the grounds crew coming in one of the four airport terminals. This gentleman directed my friend to the registration desk at the other end of the airport, which fortunately wasn't a very long walk. When my friend arrived there, he found no one around. After a few minutes wait, that same ground crew member came in, took off his orange safety vest, his gloves, and his ear protectors. He then put on a United Airlines jacket, stood behind the counter and said, "How can I help you, Sir?" I've heard of small airports before. But not one where one person is the counter person, the baggage handler, and the grounds crew. I wouldn't be surprised if that same person also ran the gift shop and the control tower.
My friend finally got a hold of his luggage in time to grab a few hours sleep before the meeting. In fact, the meeting was the only good thing that happened to him the entire trip. He finally returned to his car in the airport parking garage in the wee hours of the morning, he found a $50 ticket waiting for him. The only other good thing that happened to him was that he arrived home safe. For that we are all grateful.
Showing posts with label travel insurance. Show all posts
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Friday, February 22, 2008
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Travel Insurance
Do you find insurance to be one notch above a scam? Take life insurance for example. You're betting that someday you're going to die. When you win that bet, you lost. With travel insurance, you're betting that you're going to be sick while traveling. Who really wants to win that kind of bet? Actually we need a different kind of travel insurance. After all, the best way to find out if you like someone or hate them is to travel with them. As common a practice as that is, no one offers love-hate travel insurance for dealing with your companions. If we're going to gamble like this, why not have some fun?
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