Travel Insurance Advisory from Berkely Relating to California Wildfires

October 25, 2007

Travel Insurance Advisory from Berkely Relating to California Wildfires
Oct. 25, 2007-If you are an NTA member tour operator selling the NTA Travel Protection Plan and have tours affected by the wildfires in Southern California, please call Geni Priolo at 800.453.4080, ext. 2684. She can help coordinate coverage for your clients, expediting claims, and can discuss in what situations the insurance premium could be refunded or transferred.

The Trip Cancellation benefit in your program will apply to those guests who:

• Cancelled their trip as the result of their home being made uninhabitable by the wildfires.
• Cancelled their trip because they reside in the evacuation zones of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties which are currently threatened by wildfires, and thereby considered uninhabitable.

  In these cases, insured guests would be eligible for reimbursement up to their full trip cost.

   

The Trip Delay benefit in your program will apply to those guests who:

• Were scheduled to depart for their trip and were delayed because they reside in evacuation zones of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
• Were scheduled to depart for their trip and were delayed because their flights were delayed or the airport was closed.
• Were scheduled to return home from their trip and were delayed because their flights were delayed or the airport at the point of origin was closed.