Why Your Clients Need Travel Insurance
Centrav in partnership with Yonder Travel Insurance Due to the recent global events involving the COVID-19 pandemic, travelers have been more aware of the importance of travel insurance than ever before. In this article, we’ll walk you through what travel insurance is and isn’t and how you can prepare your client for travel beyond coronavirus. […]
Travel Agents: How to Manage Your Cash-Flow
Coronavirus has hit American workers and business owners hard and nothing has been hit harder than the travel industry. Travel advisors must make necessary adjustments to keep their business alive and ready to catch travelers after the pandemic ends. One of the key areas is cash flow. We’ll take you through some items to consider […]
Why You Need Cancel for Any Reason Insurance after COVID-19
Centrav in partnership with Yonder Travel Insurance Due to recent global events involving the coronavirus pandemic, travelers are more aware of travel insurance than ever before. We’ll talk you through what kind of insurance you need to prepare you and your client for travel beyond coronavirus. What is “Cancel for Any Reason”? Most comprehensive trip […]
The Best Time to Travel is Right After Quarantine
Editor’s note: We love to travel, but the safety of all travelers is our number one priority. Centrav recommends following all travel guidelines recommended by health officials and the State Department, and to use this time to plan and book future trips only. It may be hard to see now, but the amount of opportunity […]
What the CARES Act Means for Travel Agents
The travel industry has weathered great turmoil over the years, but no crisis has hit us as hard as COVID-19 has. At the end of March, Congress passed a massive stimulus bill known as the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act aka the CARES Act. The program was put into place to aid businesses during the […]
Cruise Ship Bookings have Increased for 2021
Coronavirus left the cruise industry in utter disarray and has by far taken the greatest hit of all businesses in the travel industry. Cruise ships have been temporarily stranded at sea, not allowed to dock because of onboard outbreaks of the virus. And let’s not forget the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) no-sail order worldwide. One […]
Where the heck is my refund?
As a result of COVID-19, over four million flights have been canceled, leaving over 590 million passengers in need of a refund or exchange for their flight. This created a tsunami of refund requests across the entire airline industry… more than any company could have planned for. Let’s put that in perspective for you and your […]
Your Detailed Guide to Waivers, Changes, E-credits & Refunds
Many of you had questions on the airline rule change…we’ve come to clarify. Now that the Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an order to airlines to provide refunds to consumers for flights they have canceled, most airlines are starting to comply. Not all airlines are created equally, therefore, the new change does not apply to […]
New Airline Refund Rules: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
UPDATE: The Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an order to airlines to provide refunds to consumers for flights they have canceled. United Airlines, KLM, and Air France are some of the airlines that are now allowing refunds. A few weeks ago when we first published this article, airlines were in the process of getting government […]
Wash Your Hands: Sing These 20-Second Choruses Instead of “Happy Birthday”
20-Second Songs to Sing While You Wash Your Hands Did you know that simply washing your hands is one of the best protections against the coronavirus? It’s a step so simple, yet something people don’t do nearly enough — or well enough. The CDC advises scrubbing your hands for at least 20 seconds to get […]