Check it out!  The passports TravelPak^™ trip coverage plan offers more protection, and costs less, than similar plans offered by other student travel companies.

Plus, you get a free backpack.

General Description:

The TravelPak^™ benefits package conveys high-option life, health, and accident insurance, and trip interruption/cancellation coverage.

TravelPak^™ also carries coverage for political unrest in a city to be visited. This coverage applies only upon receipt of your written cancellation following an event deemed a "terrorist incident" in a foreign city to which you were scheduled to arrive within 45 days following the incident, and the issuance of a formal "travel warning" by the U.S. State Department, specifically warning against travel to that overseas city, which warning is issued within 45 days of the scheduled arrival of the tour in that city.

The full package is automatically billed to all clients (who may decline the coverage in writing), at a cost of $129 (6-12 day tours), $139 (13-18 day tours), or $149 (19 day and longer tours). Group organizers over 21 years of age are covered at no cost.

Coverage becomes effective only upon payment in full of all travel program fees. Once purchased, the TravelPak^™ package is non-refundable. Once declined in writing, travelers cannot purchase the TravelPak^™ package. Backpacks will be sent to TravelPak participants before departure, and only upon payment in full of all travel program fees.

Life and health insurance policies are underwritten by The American International Group, Inc. Additional liability insurance protecting all group organizers, teacher-counselors and co-teacher-counselors is provided by the Connecticut Indemnity Company and the General Star Indemnity Company.

Free Backpack

All purchasers of the TravelPak high-option trip coverage plan receive a heavy gauge passports backpack, absolutely free!

The backpack is made of 600-denier polyester with vinyl backing. Features include a double zippered main compartment, two front pockets, two side pockets with Velcro closures and padded back straps.

(Travelers electing to decline the high option coverage may still purchase the backpack for $13.95 plus $4.75 shipping and handling.)

TravelPak^™ Benefits in Detail:

For a modest fee charged according to the length of the travel program, participants may purchase the comprehensive "high option" TravelPak^™ benefits.

FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND/OR ACCIDENTS DURING TRIP , to include

a) on-the-spot medical, dental and/or surgical treatment:

reimbursement of up to $10,000.00, with no deductible.

b) in-patient hospital bills:

reimbursement of up to $10,000.00, ($100/day to a maximum of 100 days) for in-hospital sickness expenses;

c) if hospitalization for more than 48 hours is required:

payment of up to $1,000.00 to defray the round-trip air transportation costs for one (1) family member;

d) in the event of an accident:

payment of up to $3,000.00 accident-related medical reimbursement for each accident;

e) in the event of accidental death and/or dismemberment:

payment of up to $25,000.00, with additional benefit of up to $10,000.00 for repatriation of remains;

f) if, due to injury or sickness, a legally licensed physician certifies the severity of your condition is such that you must be evacuated for medical treatment to the closest, most appropriate facility or, if warranted, be brought back to the United States:

payment of up to $100,000.00.

FOR TRIP CANCELLATION OR POLITICAL UNREST ,

g) as may be caused by the default of an airline, cruise line or tour operator (not including Passports or its agents or affiliates), or

h) the death, serious injury or illness of a participant, or of an immediate family member of a participant normally living in his/her household; not to include psychological disorders, normal pregnancies, or to include medical conditions pre-existing at the time of enrollment/application, and subject in all cases to non-confidential written verification by a licensed, practicing physician, and/or medical authorities, or

i) elective cancellation of program participation because of the issuance of a "formal travel warning" issued by the U.S. State Department upon its determination that a "terrorist incident" has deemed an area unsafe for travel, and specifically warning against travel to an overseas city to be visited by the tour, which warning is issued within 45 days of the scheduled arrival of the tour in that city:

For cancellations postmarked 30 days or more before departure: a refund will be issued in accordance with Passports standard refund policy, plus an additional full refund of all remaining payments made by the participant, less the non-refundable fees published in Passports terms and conditions.

For cancellations postmarked less than 30 days before departure, a refund will be issued in accordance with Passports standard refund policy, plus additional payment of 75% of the remaining payments made by the participant, less the non-refundable fees published in Passports terms and conditions.

Note: the $95 Membership Fee, any optional trip coverage/insurance fees, any service, late and/or processing fees are non-refundable. In the unlikely event that a non-refundable airline ticket has been issued, the cancellee will receive the airline ticket as part of his/her refund.

FOR INTERRUPTION OF TRIP ONCE OVERSEAS , and only if caused by events and/or circumstances described in paragraphs (g), (h), and (i) above:

payment for additional transportation limited by the cost of a one-way Economy Class ticket to the participant's Stateside port of origin shall be provided, if required, not to exceed $700.00.

(No refund of unused trip fees, as for unused hotels, meals, etc., is provided as a benefit.)

TravelPak^™ OVERSEAS ASSISTANCE SERVICES.

Emergency legal assistance, 24-hour message service, emergency cash, and other benefits provided by The American International Group, Inc.

Special Note: travel participants will be automatically billed for TravelPak^™ Benefits, which charge they may decline in writing. Any and all coverages become effective only upon the payment in full of all travel program costs.

"I always insist that my traveling students take
advantage of the TravelPak trip coverage plan.

It's inexpensive, and covers almost everything that might
go wrong at the last minute."

Mike Pearo,
passports Teacher-Counselor
Burlington, Vermont