Travel Guard Offers Free Assistance to Travelers Affected by Hurricane Dean
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America's Leading Travel Insurance and Assistance Provider Helps Travelers of Those Affected by Dean with Medical and Emergency Travel Assistance
AIG Travel Guard announced that it will provide emergency travel services and medical assistance services free to all travelers and families affected by Hurricane Dean. The services Travel Guard is offering to travelers affected include airline or hotel reservations, message relay to family and friends still stranded in the affected areas, cash wire transfers and lost travel document replacement assistance. In addition, Travel Guard is offering to provide emergency travel arrangement assistance, such as airline or hotel reservations, to family members seeking to mobilize loved ones in the affected areas. Travelers and family members seeking these services for their relatives can call Travel Guard Assist (866-644-6811 or 715-295-1209).
"Our worldwide travel and assistance centers have seen over a 40% increase in calls from our travelers looking to flee Cancun and surrounding areas before the hurricane worsens," said John Noel, CEO and founder of AIG Travel Guard. "We're now using our assistance capabilities to help all travelers and families affected by Hurricane Dean."
"We have made arrangements to properly staff our travel assistance coordinators in order to do whatever we can to help those involved, and we urge other companies to do the same," said Noel.
