Travel Disasters and How to Minimize Them

Sponsored Content by Medjet but personal stories and tips from Sherry

If you’ve traveled for any time at all, then you have one of those stories… a close call, the story of the time that was nearly a travel disaster – or maybe you had an actual travel disaster.

I have plenty of those stories – so many that I created a special ‘tag’ for them on my blog called “Bad Travel Stories”. They have ranged from being stranded in a country indefinitely, unwanted advances from men, getting sick in a remote place, nearly getting arrested in Kazakhstan, altitude sickness in remote areas, and the list goes on. If you are the type of person who likes to read about travel disasters…then have fun with these stories.

However, I want to be clear – my goal is not to scare you about travel – I never want to do that. I WANT people to travel to far-off places! My travel disasters didn’t occur just because I was traveling – many of these things could’ve happened at home too or on domestic trips. Bad things happen everywhere. Travel is not any more dangerous than your regular life.

My goal is to give you a few tips on how you can avoid travel disasters; basically, decreasing the odds that anything horrible will happen while venturing away from your home.

What is a Travel Disaster?

I don’t have a formal definition for this as it’s probably different for everyone. It can range from losing luggage to having to be evacuated from a boat or remote spot due to medical or safety issues.

3 Ways You Can Minimize Travel Disasters

1. Travel Insurance

Of course, travel insurance is the first step; I’ve written a lot about the importance of travel insurance, annual plans, and COVID coverage. It’s great for minor travel disasters; things such as lost luggage, delays, and cancellations for you and your travel companions. In addition, it covers medical emergencies and also normally offers some sort of evacuation assistance.

Of course, you will need to read the fine print of any travel insurance to understand exactly what it covers. Buying travel insurance shouldn’t be done lightly – you need to research it and ensure you understand the coverage for your particular type of travel.

I think the pandemic made us all take a closer look at travel insurance. I use annual travel insurance from Allianz and I love it as I don’t have to remember to buy it for every trip I take! But – it doesn’t cover…