Trip Mate Insurance

I purchased "Cancel For Any Reason" travel insurance from Trip Mate for a mission trip to Kenya. The trip was cancelled due to Political Unrest by the receiving organization in Kenya. Immediately, I applied sent in my request to get cost of plane ticket back in September 2017. They asked for more receipts, proof on cancellation, etc. which I provided. They took weeks for each transaction to reply. In January they sent a denial letter, using all the information they asked for against me. I appealed, requesting only the 75% reimbursement for the plane ticket. My claim was still denied, even though I purchased the "cancel for any reason" benefit. This company should NOT be allowed to do business with anyone. Do Not Use TripMate Travel Insurance.

Our Experience has been dreadful. We had insurance, as my father-in-law was ill and we needed to travel. The doctors said it should be OK. Sadly he died while we were away and we had to buy emergency tickets back home. The only tickets were business class at a great expense. We sent all the information requested including death certificate and invoices. After 5 months we found a notice "Closed due to lack of Information." NO contact requesting extra information, no response at all. SO we are left with nowhere to go except expressing our deep dissatisfaction with this company. KEEP AWAY. They are not efficient and I would also query how they treat people in difficult circumstances and possibly looking for ways to avoid valid payments.

I planning a great value vacations in April for August and paid in full, so was eligible for Pre-existing Condition status. I have had osteoarthritis in left knee for years but never canceled due to it. In late July, my doctor identified "acute osteoarthritis patella femora" and advised not to travel. Trip Mate would not accept the difference. All paperwork was in in a week and all the delay tactics mentioned by others occurred. After additional letters from my doctor and my filing a complaint with the Missouri Department of Insurance three months ago, I received notice from Trip Mate that they would be paying my claim of $1733.00, almost nine months since filing.

Booked a trip with Viking Ocean and had to cancel Jan 26th due to surgery for a trip in April. We cancelled many months prior to trip and received a prompt refund from Viking but have been getting the run around from Trip Mate even though they admit they have all of the information to give us a refund. I had a conference call with Viking and Trip Mate 2 weeks ago at which time they said they would send the money within 5 days. They continually say they will send the refund but have no explanation as to why it is being delayed.

I filed a claim, legitimate and completed by Jan. 24 for a March 22nd trip. Trip Mate Insurance has yet to pay me the money due. Representatives are polite but totally ineffective. This is a scam to keep your money as long as possible. Tripmate was recommended by CheapOair... It figures. HORRENDOUS.

When travelling, I have always purchased trip insurance never expecting to use it. The trip I planned for our birthday in February this year had to be cancelled due to a health emergency. On January 17, 2018, I turned to my insurance provider, Trip Mate, to file a claim to be reimbursed for my travel expenses as soon as I cancelled my trip. I was immediately sent the claim information and all the necessary forms to complete for the claim. I returned all of the necessary forms via download on February 15. I was immediately sent an acknowledgement letter on February 15. I checked the claim status numerous times with no update shown.

I purchased trip insurance for a River Cruise. My partner passed away unexpectedly before we could travel. The insurance was promoted as "covers everything" resulting in trip delay or cancellation. It's been 2 months since I filed my claims. The service is horrible. It took over a week for them to acknowledge they received my paperwork (which was emailed). Every time you call you get the same line "It is taking longer than usual for claims processing. We apologize for the delay." If you hang on line long enough you might get a real person, but most of the time you are put into a call back queue. When you do get to talk to someone, they only say, "It's all pending and we are reviewing." I had 2 claims, one for the trip cancellation of my partner and 1 for the increase in my fare (single supplement) to continue the trip.

Trip Mate is a ripoff. They refuse to pay claims. I have been fighting a claims since Oct. 2017. CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT AND INSURANCE AND MAKE A CLAIM. After I made a claim with the Department of Insurance, Trip Mate PAID... six months later.

After being hijacked on my way to my flight, I missed my flight. Giving all my details to TRIP MATE I am still waiting for payment after 5 months. On inquiries they states that they are busy with a number of clients before me. Can we form a Class Action against them? Any others in the same boat?

I should explain that I had surgery on my foot last August. My trip was for early March. I book the flight in November, as I thought my foot would be better by March, it wasn't. What makes me really angry is that I called Trip Mate before I cancelled my flight (to make sure the issue was covered), they said it was!!! If they had been upfront with me and said it wasn't, I would have gone ahead and gone on the trip. I would have stayed in the hotel room 80% of the time, with only leaving to get food (Hotel did not provide room service). But I am not in a position to toss money to into the wind. This is a horrible company to do business with. Please save yourself the grief. Listen to me, I'm trying to help you. I will keep yacking about this company until I am satisfied I have exposed them for their lies, all $162.00 worth!

Three couples booked a cruise on Viking, and all took the Trip Mate Insurance at the time of the booking (cancel for any reason). One of our traveling party died before the cruise. We have been 5 months now trying to get reimbursed for his portion of the cruise cost, to no avail. As of yesterday they are denying our claim.

They do everything and anything to avoid having to pay a claim. It took two hours to submit my claim online because they require so much information to prove your case. My bags were lost by the airline and I submitted all the documentation I had. I then received an email saying that they needed even more proof and would not reimburse me.

A meeting I had in Washington, DC was rescheduled to another date. I placed insurance on the original ticket. I received a letter from Trip Mate denial the claim. The probability of the events happening listed to approve the claim is extremely low. Trip Mate is a Scam and should be investigated. I want to launch a class action lawsuit against them immediately.

I purchased travel insurance with Trip Mate/World Nomads underwritten by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. On December 27, 2017 for a volunteer trip to Ghana which I had planned for January 27, 2018 until Apri 22, 2018. Two days before I was due to leave I started having chest discomfort. I went to my doctor and he said he wanted to run further test to see what was happening with my heart. I called Trip Mate before I cancelled my trip and told them what my doctor had said. They never informed me that if I cancel my trip because I had not commenced my trip that I would not be able to fill a claim. What was I suppose to do? Go on my trip sick not knowing the extent of my illness?

My wife and I planned what we thought would be a great winter getaway to Jamaica. After looking so forward to this trip for weeks, my father had a heart attack and passed. This was hard enough to swallow but priority is family. So lucky I bought insurance, Right? So wrong. I immediately contacted my travel agent. She submitted the paperwork and also sent the death certificate 10 days later. My father passed on Jan 3, 2018. It is now March 28. We are close to 3 month and I have not received a thing. My travel agent has contacted them weekly and gets the same answer: "We will process this claim next week" or "We are going to make this one priority." Three month and the same runaround. Beware, Beware, Beware!!! I feel now I have to go to the next step legally. Should we have to do this?

After some reviews which I wish I had done before I purchased my trip insurance, I totally agree with the review that states "Trip Mate is the absolutely worst company ever in the history of the world." I had left on a business trip to India, but was delayed a day in Boston. During the night my wife calls me to let me know that mom went into the hospital and didn't have long to live. I cancelled my flight and returned home and she did pass the next day.

The reason for my review is: to warn people how terrible, awful, frustrating, unreachable by phone, Trip Mate is. My advice: Don't do it! Bottomline... I got my MONEY 9 months after I submitted my claim... After calling, calling, calling, month after month. I finally called the underwriter, who called TripMate... And PRESTO! I got through to the claims examiner. Who said, and you will laugh, that the check was in the mail. My advice. #1. Fill out their form perfectly. #2.Get substantiated documents from your MD or hospital and enclose with your claim form. #3. Remember, it is their interest to not pay. Don’t give up and good luck.

Our flight was canceled due to bad weather and we had to get a hotel room for 2 nights and buy warmer clothes seeing we were on a warm vacation and coming home to blizzard. It has been over a month since my claim was filed and I too keep getting the same runaround. It should be finalized in a week. I will be calling them weekly to try and get updates. Family members that we traveled with and used a different insurance company have already received their claim money. We are frequent travelers and I will never use this insurance company again.

Very disappointed as the airline made an error with my ticket and booked the wrong days. It was the correct times but they changed the dates by one day and I had insurance to protect me but that is not true. Thanks for taking my money and I will absolutely never ever, did I say ever use them again. If I could I would give them a negative score.

My husband went to his aunt's funeral in Ohio, but on the way back American Airlines delayed the flight for hours because the crew hadn't had sufficient rest and legally couldn't fly for about 5 hours. Of course he missed his connecting flight, but they put him on another plane that should have made it in time for the last leg of the trip on a small commuter plane. That other flight they put him on was delayed for another 3 hours sitting on the tarmac at O'Hare. Of course he missed the final flight and had to purchase a new ticket in order to get home. After waiting for 6 months, we have a letter from TripMate saying that the airline was not completely shut down for 12 hours or more. What?!? We called, they said the claim is closed. If we want to appeal we have to resubmit everything along with a written formal request to re-open it. They should be shut down.

Trip Mate is the absolutely worst company ever in the history of the world. My fiancé died while on vacation and this company treated me like crap and delayed the claim for an year. I submitted the death certificate and receipts and they tied me up in a never ending process. The government should investigate this wicked company.

Trip Mate denied my claim when I cancelled my trip. They sent a letter stating that I didn't meet the requirements of their reimbursement. I had submitted a form signed by my doctor. He stated that it was difficult for me to be able to walk for 30 minutes which is a requirement given me at the time of the booking. I explained all of this to a Trip Mate agent when I called to cancel my trip. The representative stated that I had a "pre-existing" condition.

I purchased a trip in Expedia in September of 2017, and purchased a trip to South Africa departing in January, 2018. In December, I visited a cardiologist who advised me not to travel further and get an angioplasty that revealed blockages and the need for surgery. I canceled my trip with Expedia who immediately canceled and refunded my hotel and land portions once they received the physician’s statement that I should not travel. The airfare portion was covered by TripMate.com. I filed the required paperwork and days then weeks passed. I was not about to wait for months to pass as others did on here.

After waiting 43 days for my ticket to be reimbursed from a canceled ticket, TripMate simply updated their minimal website with a denial of paying 1800 for 2 first class air tickets to United purchased through Fare Buzz.

There is probably a reason they do not participate in ConsumerAffairs certification. We just canceled a trip with Viking Cruises and they unfortunately use TripMate. The process, in our case, due to medical illness that is ongoing, is a 7 plus page process and requires HIPAA information which I do not see that they are certified to handle but if you do not submit an attending physician's statement, they will not process the claim. I have all the hospital admitting and discharge information to prove the claim but not good enough. Sort of stupid on their part, why plan a trip, pay for it, then cancel. I am not making any money on this, in fact, losing money. In the future, I will use my credit card's travel insurance.

We purchased a South America cruise through Star Destinations, and purchased the travel cancellation insurance through Trip-Mate. We were to leave on our trip January 4, 2018. On December 26, 2017, the day after Christmas, my wife suffered a massive heart attack (totally unexpected) and we were unable to go on our trip. I filed the claim that very day, December 26th, and all paperwork was into Trip Mate by January 2, 2018.

Well I'm not glad I'm joining the group of unhappy clients. I don't know how many unhappy customers it takes for some type of legal action to take place. It sure looks like some lawyer or legal service should look into this company. I am like everybody else on this list. Told to check back, being reviewed, "We have your paperwork and now we can't find your claim." Please have someone look into this company. Stop them from selling a service they are not providing. DO NOT BUY if you do see if you can claim it on your taxes as a donation because you will get nothing in return. I hope whoever received my money get what they desire answer to a HIGHER POWER.

Baggage delay provisions in my contract were clear (so I thought). But upon filing my claim and the many follow-ups, which took forever because it was hard to contact them, I was eventually told that there was another provision (not in my contract), that caused them to deny my claim. It became apparent that this company will invent provisions in order not to pay out a claim. With so many complaints against this company, how come no lawyer has yet taken a class-action lawsuit to put them out of business? I'll participate in class action lawsuit.

We have traveled the world for the past 25 years. In that time we have used many trip insurance companies. This past December we were booked on a Grand Circle trip of the European Christmas markets. Trip Mate was the insurance co. In all the 25 years we have had nothing but success with insurance. Not with Trip Mate. We are beginning to believe that this is a sham organization. We filed a claim due illness with doctors information and everything needed. Every time we call we are told that it's been approved however nothing happens. We travel internationally 2-4 times a year. This will be the first and the last time for Trip Mate. Travelers be very careful about this company!

I have been pursuing a reimbursement for a delayed travel (due to weather) for over 6 months. It is only a couple hundred $, but there is no excuse as to why they have not paid the claim yet, as I provided all the necessary documentation. I have read all the other reviews of Trip Mate on this site and no one has had a positive experience with them. I only wish I would have read the reviews before I paid for the insurance! NEVER AGAIN!