{"id":7723,"date":"2022-03-14T10:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T02:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=7723"},"modified":"2022-03-14T10:14:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T02:14:36","slug":"pacific-cross-amps-up-travel-insurance-with-covid-19-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/pacific-cross-amps-up-travel-insurance-with-covid-19-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Cross amps up travel insurance with COVID-19 coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pacific Cross, one of the leading medical and travel insurance providers in the Philippines, has unveiled its latest offering, Travelsafe Tripguard with COVID-19 Coverage, just in time for the summer months.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A testament to the company\u2019s commitment to providing reliable and relevant assistance as health and travel restrictions continue to evolve, Travelsafe Tripguard with COVID-19 Coverage offers enhanced benefits for safety and protection. These benefits include COVID-19 In-Patient Care under the existing Medical Treatment Benefit, Hospital Income Benefit for COVID-19 related hospitalizations, and as well as Trip Termination Benefit if diagnosed with COVID-19 during an overseas or international trip.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All these for Pacific Cross Clients\u2019 added protection while still enjoying coverage for 24\/7 worldwide emergency assistance, coverage for baggage loss, loss of travel documents, and flight delay, among others. Schengen approved plans are also available for individuals, families, and groups.\u00a0<br>Pacific Cross also offers Travel Insurance Plans for foreign nationals traveling to the Philippines for business or tourism purposes, who are required by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to obtain, prior to arrival, a travel insurance for COVID-19 treatment costs, with a minimum coverage of USD 35,000.00 for the duration of their stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tourism on the Upswing\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pacific Cross acknowledges that despite the added steps and requirements to ensure health and safety, gradual ease of restrictions is set to spark an influx of domestic and international travelers.\u00a0<br>The Department of Tourism (DOT) has reported in January that there has been an increase in domestic travelers in major tourist destinations. In Boracay alone, tourism arrivals ballooned by 1.15% percent with over 170,000 visiting the island in 2021. A separate report by analytics firm Tangere echoes this trend with a reported 7 out of 10 Filipinos desiring to push through with their travel plans for 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs many have been keeping close to home during the course of the pandemic, we understand that going on a trip, whether for work or a vacation, is something Filipinos are looking forward to,\u201d shares Mr. Vic Tanjuakio, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Cross. \u201cWe want to ensure that our clients enjoy worry-free travels by providing them with coverage they can count on.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Ready to enjoy a worry-free trip? Get yourself and your loved ones a Travelsafe with COVID-19 Coverage plan now. Buy online at http:\/\/bit.ly\/GetTravelsafe.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travelsafe Tripguard with COVID-19 Coverage offers enhanced benefits for safety and protection. These benefits include COVID-19 In-Patient Care under the existing Medical Treatment Benefit, Hospital Income Benefit for COVID-19 related hospitalizations, and as well as Trip Termination Benefit if diagnosed with COVID-19 during an overseas or international trip. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16,13],"tags":[1810,2275,1914,1809],"class_list":["post-7723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsmakers","category-product-showcase","category-business-builders","tag-insurance","tag-insurance-industry","tag-insurance-policy","tag-travel-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7724,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7723\/revisions\/7724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}