Savvy Travel Agent and Strong Travel Insurance Will Help Cruisers Tap Into the Best Wave Season Deals of Early 2010

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Wave Season

East Hartford, CT (PRWEB) January 20, 2010

The Cruise Industry’s annual Wave Season is now through March and travelers can enjoy compelling offers from the major lines. Travel Insured urges aspiring cruisers to consult a travel agent professional for deals best matching their interests and protect each sea voyage with TII’s comprehensive cruise insurance.

The first quarter of the year is the traditional period called Wave Season when cruise line members of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) uncork special promotions to entice passengers to book their voyages, whether for summer, fall or even next winter. New offers launch and expire during the course of the fast-moving season during which an estimated 60% of annual cruise sales are booked.

The 2010 season is no exception with lines offering promotions under such eye-catching current titles as “Freestyle Savings”; “View and Verandah”; “Balcony Bonanza”; “Celebration of Savings”, “The ASAP Promotion”, “So Much More Amore”, and “The Three Queens”. The deals may offer a variety of features from price discounts to stateroom upgrades, onboard credits, reduced airfare incentives, free onboard activities, special parties and other attractions. Buyer confusion is always the risk, and Travel Insured International recommends that cruise shoppers consult a travel agent professional to cut through the details. A savvy cruise agent who has visited the ships and their ports of call can help match the best Wave Season offer for the cruise shopper’s desired type of ship, shore destinations and, most importantly, travel budget.

The Best Cruise Insurance for Wave Season

Travel Insured International has a choice of four types of Worldwide Trip Protector plans for cruise passengers, not including those traveling in a group of 10 or more who may prefer to enjoy the savings of a group plan. These choices of Worldwide Trip Protectors, with the exception of Trip Protector Lite, provide coverage for supplier bankruptcy or default as a covered reason for Trip Cancellation that can allow up to full prepaid trip cost reimbursement.

• Worldwide Trip Protector Gold is recommended for the most comprehensive coverage and highest benefit limits to protect your prepaid vacation investment.
• Worldwide Trip Protector provides the right protection choice for those still seeking comprehensive coverage but with lower benefit limits and premiums.
• Worldwide Trip Protector Lite is for budget-minded travelers seeking essential, family-friendly coverage at the most affordable premiums.
• Worldwide Trip Protector Lite Expanded is for travelers seeking the savings of a Lite plan plus additional coverage that includes School Day Extension coverage, Missed Connection, Missed Port of Call, and the ability to cover a pre-existing medical condition.

Missed Port of Call, also known as Itinerary Change coverage, is included in Worldwide Trip Protector, Trip Protector Gold and Trip Protector Lite Expanded. This coverage provides for reimbursement of a non-refundable, prepaid (prior to departure) event or activity up to a maximum amount specified in the selected policy if the cruise line changes the ship itinerary preventing the insured passenger from participating in the activity.

Emergency Medical Expense

Cruise travelers should also be aware that their U.S. health insurance plan or Medicare, as noted by the U.S. State Department on its web site at travel.state.gov, may not cover them when traveling outside the U.S. Travel Insured’s comprehensive Worldwide Trip Protector Gold and Worldwide Trip Protector plans include, or have an option to purchase, up to a $50,000 limit in primary Emergency Medical Expense coverage, and up to $1 million in Emergency Medical Evacuation and Repatriation. Both the Lite and Lite Expanded plans include essential Emergency Medical Expense coverage, and up to $100,000 in Emergency Medical Evacuation coverage with an option to double Med Evac to $200,000.

Find your best Wave Season deal with professional agent guidance, enjoy your cruise and don’t forget to take along the best cruise insurance for Wave Season, one of the Worldwide Trip Protector plans from Travel Insured.

About Travel Insured International:
Travel Insured delivers comprehensive travel protection benefits ranging from trip cancellation and trip interruption to emergency assistance and Medevac insurance, travel accident and sickness medical expense, accidental death and dismemberment, missed connection and baggage delay or loss.

The company's travel insurance plans include its comprehensive Worldwide Trip Protector, the most popular travel protection plan and Worldwide Trip Protector Gold, an enhanced travel insurance plan designed to protect luxury vacations and business trips. Travel Insured also offers two travel insurance plans designed to provide basic yet flexible protection for families and budget conscious travelers, its Worldwide Trip Protector Lite insurance plan and Worldwide Trip Protector Lite Expanded insurance plan. Finally they offer an Airline Ticket Protector plan as well as a complete offering of Group Travel Insurance plans including Student Group insurance plans.

Visit Travel Insured's travel insurance web site or speak to a friendly, knowledgeable Travel Insured customer care professional at 1-800-243-3174.

Travel Insured International, based in East Hartford, Connecticut, was founded in 1993 by the foresight of insurance industry executive Peter Gehris when he acquired the travel protection division of the Travelers Insurance Company. Coverage is underwritten by Arch Insurance Company (a Missouri corporation, NAIC #11150) with executive offices located in Jersey City, NJ. Not all insurance products or coverage is available in all jurisdictions. Coverage is subject to actual policy language.

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