"Yes sir. The full amount"- travel agent
"but, it will take four to six months to process"
"...I beg your pardon?"- Justin
NEVER leave home without travel insurance eh, because it's for bullshit like this you may need it (unless of course you decide to jump into some really shallow water and brake an ankle, travel insurance would also be good). Anyways, we called our travel insurance today, and filed a claim that will ensure me a full refund for all "pre-paid arrangements made before departure". Beautiful! haha But on the other hand, it also cost us 3,020 pesos (about 75$ CDN) to extend our filipino visas, and another 150$ to extend our stay here at the CWC. So, it kinda evens out in the end I guess. Finally, I asked the travel insurance rep what would happen if we did go to Thailand, and he basically explained that if anything would happen as a result of the political crisis (i.e. missed flights, injuries, hotel bookings), we would not be covered because we knowingly "ignored the potential for trouble". So yeah, no gimmicks here; travel insurance is pretty sweet.
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