Business View Magazine | March 2018

8 OPENING LINES tion,trip interruption,travel medical,and emergency evacuation coverages,as well as 24/7global travel assistance.If cash or credit cards are stolen,travel insurance can helpyou get backon track.If you get sickor injured,a travel insurance plan’s global medical assistance services can help navigate a foreign hospi- tal system for you.Acomprehensive travel insurance planwith trip cancellation coveragewill typically range from4 to 8 percent of the total trip costs.Aplan with just medical and emergencyevacuation can cost considerably less.Bypurchasing an insurance plan,it is almost as though you have someone onyour side– without having to argue over where to eat each night. n Let someone knowwhere you are going and howto contact you.Designate at least one emergency contact and share your itineraryand anyupdates with