Expert Travel Tips With one of the year's busiest travel periods on the horizon, airlines, airports, and passengers are bracing themselves for a hectic holiday season. Historically, holiday travel has been synonymous with delays and cancellations. With more of the same expected over the next few weeks, Squaremouth, the US based leading travel insurance marketplace, shares their top tips for travelers flying over the next few weeks. Photos courtesy of Shutterstock Plan for delays Delays are an all too familiar aspect of travel nowadays. Roughly 25% of all paid travel insurance claims in 2023 have been related to delays and missed connections. If last year's festive season taught us anything, that number could rise dramatically during the holidays. Travelers with trips thi...
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Remote work has allowed employees to work from anywhere - even while traveling - and many travelers are taking full advantage with blended trips. Blended travel refers to trips that include both work and leisure time, whether it's adding extra vacation days to a business trip or working remotely during a vacation. Squaremouth recently polled more than 2,500 travel insurance customers regarding their upcoming travel plans and their experience with blended trips. Nearly Half of Travelers Have Taken a Blended Trip While mixing work with vacation may not be for everyone, almost half of Squaremouth customers confirm that they have experience mixing business with leisure. Over 43% of surveyed travelers revealed that they've taken a blended trip in some capacity in the past. A Quart...
Read MoreMany travelers likely to budget more when booking a holiday now, says GlobalData With national inflation rates increasing dramatically in recent months across Europe, the purchasing of cheaper tourism related products and services has allowed many European travelers to satisfy their desire of holidaying abroad while ensuring they can make ends meet back at home, found GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Ralph Hollister, Travel and Tourism Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “This level of inflation would be expected to severely dampen demand for international travel. However, stories of packed airports across Europe continue to emerge, demonstrating that the pandemic induced demand for international travel is still present even with inflation squeezing levels of dispo...
Read MoreAmericans are facing a second Christmas of upended holiday plans, with a surge in COVID-19 infections fueled by the now-dominant Omicron variant forcing some people to cancel their travel and fret about whether it is safe to visit loved ones. Carmen Rivera and her fiancee Jasmine Maisonet made the painful decision to cancel their flights to visit family in Florida and Puerto Rico after Maisonet was exposed to an infected co-worker and tested positive for COVID-19. FILE PHOTO: A traveler walks through O'Hare International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 20, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Rivera, a newly elected city council member in Renton, Washington, hasn't seen her family in Puerto Rico since the start of the pandemic. With the la...
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