Real Life Experience Featuring the Trusted Travel Girl [Video]

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I’m Valerie Joy Wilson and as a professional traveler…

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…I hear a lot of stories when it comes to travel insurance.

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But, as a real-life user of Travel Guard for the last eight years…

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…it’s definitely who I recommend to use.

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I’ve had a lot of unfortunate travel experiences…

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…but fortunately…

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…they were all covered by Travel Guard.

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Travel insurance is so personally important to me.

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I was supposed to be on my dream trip in Switzerland skiing the Swiss Alps…

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…but instead, my dream trip turned into a nightmare.

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I was supposed to be jumping out of helicopter skiing powder that I had always dreamed of skiing my entire life…

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…but the universe had other plans in store for me.

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Instead, I had appendicitis…

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…and had to have my appendix taken out immediately.

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Now, imagine this…

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…I’m alone in a foreign country…

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…jetlagged…

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…I just landed…

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…and I was told I needed an emergency appendectomy.

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Check this out…

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…so…

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I woke up…

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…and then I had a really bad stabbing pain in my stomach and then it stared to move down to my appendix.

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I started throwing up…

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…I couldn’t move…

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…I couldn’t walk…

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…I literally was just like completely immobile.

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I crawled to the phone, called the front desk at my hotel and asked them to call me an ambulance.

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So, while the ambulance was on their way…

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…my first thought…

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…was actually that I was insured and I knew I didn’t have anything to worry about…

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…other than taking care of myself because I had Travel Guard and I knew that they had my back.

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Coverage available to residents of U.S. states and the District of Columbia only. This plan provides insurance coverage that only applies during the covered trip. Similar travel insurance coverage, offered by Travel Guard or another insurance provider, may be available through a variety of other sources, but may be subject to different terms and conditions (i.e. benefits, limits, exclusions, etc.). You may wish to compare the terms and conditions of this policy with those of your existing life, health, home and automobile insurance policies, as well as any other coverage which you may already have or is available to you, including through other insurers, as a member of an organization, or through your credit card program(s). If you have any questions about your current coverage, call your insurer or insurance agent or broker. Coverage is offered by Travel Guard Group, Inc. (Travel Guard). California lic. no.0B93606, 3300 Business Park Drive, Stevens Point, WI 54482, www.travelguard.com. CA DOI toll free number: 800-927-HELP. This is only a brief description of the coverage(s) available. The Policy will contain reductions, limitations, exclusions and termination provisions. Insurance underwritten by National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., a Pennsylvania insurance company, with its principal place of business at 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 37th FL, New York, NY 10020-1304. It is currently authorized to transact business in all states and the District of Columbia. NAIC No. 19445. Coverage may not be available in all states. Travel assistance services provided by Travel Guard.