| It's a no-brainer to say that a wedding is a major | | | | purchase traveler's insurance for your wedding, go |
| investment. In the United States, the average cost | | | | over the policy with the salesperson and be sure the |
| of it is in the tens of thousands. Weddings are the | | | | dress is covered. |
| culmination of years of love, trust and lots of | | | | Many wedding insurance plans extend their coverage |
| savings, with families laying their hearts and bank | | | | throughout the United States and offer additional |
| accounts on the line. Given the expense and | | | | travel insurance. If you are planning a destination, |
| extravagance and the dozens of factors that put a | | | | then I recommend purchasing a wedding insurance |
| wedding at risk -tropical storms, illnesses, deaths, | | | | policy that contains provisions for travel. |
| caterers and dress shops that go bankrupt and cold | | | | These kinds of insurance policies typically cost no |
| feet (to name a few), it should come as no surprise | | | | more that 1,000 dollars. For a wedding that's around |
| that more and more families are purchasing insurance. | | | | or above the average cost of 27,000 dollars, that's a |
| Wedding insurance is a type of insurance that covers | | | | huge bargain. In addition to covering a damaged or |
| the numerous potential disasters surrounding a | | | | misplaced dress, most insurance policies will cover |
| wedding (depending on which plan you buy), and puts | | | | broken or lost gifts, damaged photographs or videos, |
| those who lay out massive sums of money for the | | | | deadbeat caterers, or in some instances a change of |
| celebration at a reduced financial risk. | | | | heart in the bride or groom. |
| It might surprise you that the number one most | | | | All in all, I would say travel insurance and/or wedding |
| common wedding insurance claim occurs when a | | | | insurance is a fairly good investment. I'd hate to see |
| bridal shop suddenly goes bankrupt and the bride is | | | | someone I love have their wedding marred or ruined |
| out a dress. Since the dress is such an integral and | | | | by unfortunate circumstances. And I'd hate it even |
| fragile part of it, it is often a key point of concern | | | | more if I was footing the bill for a celebration that |
| for those who buy wedding insurance. | | | | went awry and had to be re-scheduled. In recent |
| People who travel for their weddings might be | | | | times we've seen incredible disasters like the 9/11 |
| considering travel insurance and wondering if the | | | | terrorist attacks, hurricane Katrina and the massive |
| dress is covered. The answer to that question | | | | tsunami. All of these horrific events took place in |
| depends on the parameters of a traveler's insurance | | | | locations where one might want to hold a destination |
| policy. Traveler's insurance is different from wedding | | | | wedding, which should be a stark reminder of why it |
| insurance, and a traveler's insurance policy will likely | | | | is so critical to cover your bases and get traveler's |
| cover your possessions as you travel -i.e., the dress. | | | | and wedding insurance. |
| However, that is not guaranteed. If you choose to | | | | |