{"id":887,"date":"2014-05-17T09:48:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T09:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.7.128\/wpmigrate\/?p=887"},"modified":"2014-05-17T09:48:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T09:48:47","slug":"travel-insurance-are-you-paying-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/travel-insurance-are-you-paying-too-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Insurance: Are You Paying Too Much?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"3a64bb57635b757d04b12bcf0c14b9a3\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/images\/articles\/kinsurancepackageplane.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Insurance\" title=\"Travel Insurance\" width=\"610\" height=\"102\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever noticed when booking a vacation you&#8217;re almost always offered the <em>opportunity<\/em> to buy travel insurance? It doesn&#8217;t matter if you&#8217;re buying direct from the airline or through an online travel agent, you can easily tack on the price of the travel insurance premium to your trip purchase. It sure is convenient but is it a good deal? A quick comparison of leading financial institutions, airlines and travel agents shows that often you&#8217;re paying a hefty premium for this convenience.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the prices below for a basic emergency medical plan for a single traveller under age 30, travelling for 7 days with similar coverage:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 77px;width: 650px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"color: #ffffff\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#13a4d2\">\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Basic Medical Plan*<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Kanetix.ca<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Financial Institution<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Airline<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Online Travel Agent<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc\" align=\"center\">Single traveller under age 30, 7 day trip duration to a US destination<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc\" align=\"center\">$13.00<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc\" align=\"center\">$24.00<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc\" align=\"center\">$26.00<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc\" align=\"center\">$26.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If you take a look at family plans, the difference in price is even more startling:<\/p><div class=\"3a64bb57635b757d04b12bcf0c14b9a3\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<table style=\"height: 100px;width: 650px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"color: #ffffff\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#13a4d2\">\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Basic Medical Plan*<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Kanetix.ca<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Financial Institution<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Airline<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Online Travel Agent<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc\" align=\"center\">Family of 4 including 2 adults over age 30 and 2 children under age 16, 7 day trip duration to a US destination<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc\" align=\"center\">$24.00<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc\" align=\"center\">$48.00<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc\" align=\"center\">$104.00<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc\" align=\"center\">$105.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>In no time, you can shop, compare and save<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/images\/articles\/kinsurancepackagebeach.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Travel Insurance\" title=\"Travel Insurance\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/>Thanks to the Internet and websites like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanetix.ca\/affshotrav?ClickID=094670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kanetix.ca<\/a>, you can easily uncover the price discrepancies for similar products, to see how much you&rsquo;re actually paying for that so-called <em>opportunity<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Why pay more than you have to? Because, if it&rsquo;s about convenience and ease in getting covered, you&rsquo;ve got better options for getting the travel insurance you need at a better price.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanetix.ca\/affshotrav?ClickID=094670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See if you can cut your travel insurance premium in half by comparing and buying travel insurance using the kanetix.ca travel insurance shopping service today!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*The basic medical plan, and corresponding rate, was pulled from the websites of a major Canadian financial institution, airline, online travel agent, and <em>kanetix.ca<\/em>-an online quote comparison service. 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