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Travel Guard provides free assistance to travelers in Haiti
The devastating earthquake in Haiti this week has many in the travel industry wondering what they can do to help. We in the travel industry are especially impacted by the news as well as uniquely positioned to extend a hand to those in need through the resources we manage.
We want you to know that Travel Guard will be providing free emergency travel and medical assistance services to travelers and families affected by this week’s earthquake in Haiti. Services available through Travel Guard include coordination of emergency medical arrangements and evacuations, temporary lodging, cash wire transfers, passport replacement, translation services, message relay, emergency travel arrangements, and luggage tracking for items lost during the quake.
Travel Guard is also coordinating with its network of medical and evacuation specialists and air ambulance providers to monitor evacuation and assistance needs and facilitate evacuations from the area. Travelers in Haiti or their family members are encouraged to contact Travel Guard’s assistance coordinators for travel help or assistance in communicating with family members at home. If you know of anyone who may need assistance, please let them know they can call Travel Guard’s 24-hour World Service Center at 866-644-6811. If they are in Haiti or areas outside the U.S., they can call us collect at 715-295-1209.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with all whose lives have been devastated by this tragic event,” said Dean Sivley, CEO of Travel Guard North America. “We have a number of Travel Guard customers who are in the area and we are diligently working to provide the assistance they need including medical case management, relaying messages to family members and coordinating emergency travel arrangements. We are also extending these services to any U.S. travelers and their family members who have been affected by the quake, because we feel it is an important part of our social responsibility as a global provider of travel insurance plans and assistance services.”
