Over all the years that Mel Mann has been organizing and leading these folk
dance cruises he has seen enough instances where participants have lost all or
some of their investment in their trip. It is recommended that you review the
cancellation regulations. For example if one cancels before the departure,
there are stiff penalties (in the last 30 days one loses all the money they
paid for the trip).
There have been enough instances where people who had not purchased the
insurance, and had to cancel, lost all their money. The insurance is more than
trip cancellation. One year, a dancer was delayed by airline problems. It took
her three days to join the cruise and, since she had not purchased this
insurance, she had to pay hotel and meal costs for that time. Had she bought the
insurance it would, not only have reimbursed her for all those expenses, she
would have received a rebate of the value of the days on the cruise that she
missed.
Most travel insurance's premiums are based on and increase with one's age.
The cost ranges from 8 to 14%. Mel has secured a good quality group policy at a
flat rate for all ages. Everybody pays the 8% rate and saves money.
To review a .PDF version of the policy, please click here. For those not familiar with the reader for a .PDF, a free version of the reader is available at the Adobe.com website.
You can request a pre-printed version to be sent to you by contacting your host:
Mel Mann
% Berkeley Travel Company
1301 California St.
Berkeley, CA 94703
phone (510) 526-4033 fax (510) 524-9906
To send e-mail, Click Here.
Note that you can also receive information not shown on these webpages by contacting your host, Mel Mann.
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