By Kenneth Kiesnoski | August 18, 2021
- The uncertainty of each country’s travel restrictions has left travelers looking for insurance options now more than ever, says Naveen Dittakavi, founder and CEO of Next Vacay.
- Travel insurer Seven Corners says Turks and Caicos is now the No. 1 destination clients book; it had never before cracked the top 100, said the firm.
- Eight out of 10 medical travel policies Seven Corners sells now include coverage for Covid-19.
The ever-evolving Covid-19 pandemic is reshaping where Americans spend their travel dollars and how they protect that investment. That’s according to the latest findings from travel insurance firms and the industry experts that track them.
Airfare comparison site Next Vacay said it analyzed Google searches about travel insurance over the last 12 months and found a 233% jump in users asking whether coverage is worth the cost.
“The uncertainty of each country’s travel restrictions changing has left travelers looking for travel insurance options now more than ever,” said Naveen Dittakavi, founder and CEO of Alpharetta, Georgia-based Next Vacay, in a statement. “It’s no surprise that [Google] searches for ‘is travel insurance worth it’ have increased by 233% and searches for ‘[is] cancel for any reason travel insurance worth it’ have increased by 200%.”