Avalon' Travel Protection (Insurance):

Take a Vacation From Worry

You're planning your annual vacation, or the vacation of a lifetime. Either way you don't want to think about canceling or interrupting your trip. Or getting sick. Or losing your luggage. We know these things can happen and we provide travelers peace of mind with a Travel Protection Plan. The plan costs from $199-$249 per person (depending on the vacation destination and price) and offers a wide range of benefits. Ask your travel agent for the details, get the details in your travel documents or follow the links below.

Please note that the Czech Republic now requires a minimum of $35,000 medical and repatriation insurance coverage. Our basic Travel Protection policy has a $25,000 limit, however will be increased to $50,000 while in the Czech Republic in order to meet Czech Republic requirements. There is no additional cost for this extra coverage. If you choose to purchase insurance independently, please know that the you may be required by immigration to produce proof of coverage while traveling in the Czech Republic.
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Travel Protection Plus Plan

If you purchase the Travel Protection Plan, you may also purchase the optional Travel Protection Plus Plan at an additional cost of only $30.00 per person. This additional Benefit* (if purchased) allows you to cancel your vacation up to 24 hours (or the prior business day, whichever is farther out) before your scheduled departure for any reason. Under this Travel Protection Plus Benefit, Avalon will reimburse the cancellation penalty amount in travel certificates, minus the Travel Protection Plan cost. Independently arranged air is not covered. Any benefit payable under this Travel Protection Plus Plan will be reduced by the amount of any cancellation benefits paid or payable by the Avalon Travel Protection Plan or any other insurance plan providing trip cancellation benefits.

$10 Million Customer Protection Plan

For your peace of mind, Avalon provides not just one, but two financial plans for your protection—the Avalon $10 Million Customer Protection Plan AND the USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program. Avalon has provided a $10 million letter of credit issued by a leading bank to protect payments made by its customers for all vacation departures. This is in addition to the $1 million assistance plan maintained by the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA). Avalon feels it is important to assure our customers and our travel partners that we are financially secure and that we back our products 100%.

Avalon, as an Active Member of USTOA, is required to post $1 million with USTOA to be used to reimburse, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the USTOA Travelers Assistance Program, the advance payments of Avalon customers in the unlikely event of Avalon bankruptcy, insolvency, or cessation of business. Further, you should understand that the $1 million posted by Avalon may be sufficient to provide only a partial recovery of the advance payments received by Avalon. Complete details of the USTOA Travelers Assistance Program may be obtained by writing to USTOA at 275 Madison Avenue, Suite 2014, New York, New York 10016, or by e-mail to information@ustoa.com or by visiting their Web site at www.USTOA.com.