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throughout the show Vick.
>> All right tomorrow, the
cruise ship carnival ecstasy
will return to Jacksonville for
of its passengers
were hurt in a bus crash.
One of them very seriously.
This is video it shows the
scene at Fort Lauderdale’s
airport where ambulances
waited for the patients as they
were medically flown back here.
Officials say their injuries
were too severe to be treated
in the Bahamas.
They were among 32 people on
that bus trip. It was a shore
excursion down there.
Their injuries range from
fractured arms and legs to
internal injuries and possible
paralysis for one person.
Right now authorities are still
working to determine what
exactly caused this crash.
Carnival cruise lines released
this statement saying in part
carnivals care team is
providing support to
the guest’s the cause of the
accident is being investigated.
So what would you do if this
happened to a family member and
you couldn’t reach them and how
do you know when to buy crews
insurance here to answer those
questions is our friend the
crews genius Scott Lehrer and I
know that you’ve been following
this very closely Scott.
So scary for the people on that
cruise ship as well as their
loved ones absolutely
and when your family member
here in the States wondering
what’s happened to your family
members of course you have a
lot of questions.
>> So what I recommend is you
call your travel agent when
call carnival directly and just
say hey Mike father
grandfather’s on the ship and
is wondering how they’re doing
a lot of times the people on
the ship maybe not be able to
call in to let you know,
but fortunately with WI fi and
other communication on the
ship. It is possible for family
members to let their families
know what’s going on.
>> Travel has really been a hot
topic in the news lately with
what is going on in the
Dominican Republic with a lot
of American tourists
mysteriously dying there that
recently happened in Mexico as
well. Now we have this
what do you recommend because
it’s so easy for us in Florida
to hop to some of these
Caribbean connections actually
I went to an all back in March
had a great time a lot of fun
had no concern at all
if you were to ask me his
columns go to the D R this
weekend I go in a heartbeat
I feel the Dominican Republic
and can Kuhn cousin Mel totally
100% safe. You and I were
talking before we came on
regarding it’s something can
happen anywhere. It can happen
in Chicago it can happen in
Miami happened here. If you
have a heart attack or
something that you know that
happens to you so just like in
the piece before you’re staying
safe saying healthy
before your a vacation is
critical also buying travel
insurance is critical.
Travel insurance it’s going
more there because a lot of
times we save up our money we
budget for the actual trip
right and then at the end they
say Haiti what travel insurance
is just like I don’t know that
I want to pay the extra $10200
whatever it is well being a
travel agent I always advise my
clients to purchase travel
insurance. It’s peace of mind
in case you haven’t missed
flight. Luggage
or something does happen on the
cruise if you fall and hurt
yourself or like this
unfortunate incident that have
been in the Bahamas. You have
that peace of mind that you’re
a it will be covered and so I
always recommend that people
it depends on the price you
know could be 49 bucks 99 bucks
depending on how long your
trip is so it’s definitely a
good thing to have
how do you know when you’re
going on these excursions that
it’s safe because you’re going
to a foreign
country right and you get out
there and sometimes there’s all
these people trying to lure in
the tourists and sometimes you
can do it through a company
like carnival. What are some of
the things that you need to ask
to make sure that you and your
loved ones are going to
be OK. Well the one thing
spring is a travel agent is
when people call me to book a
cruise or an all inclusive
to talk about travel insurance
regarding Cruz’s I recommend
the book at directly through
the cruise line because you’re
not going have any problems you
get a 3rd party like trip
insurance dot com or someone
but looking at through the
cruise line she has to be the
best way I would recommend to
do it because it is a good
thing to do in that it’s
relatively inexpensive still
though things can happen that’s
what you need to be careful and
you need to watch out trust
your gut absolutely regarding
shore excursions real quick, a
booking them directly through
the cruise liner through a
travel agent when you walk off
of shipping see these guys out
there in vans or buses. They’re
not vetted. Carnival and other
cruise lines vet there shore
excursion vendors. So then you
have peace of mind you’re going
to be OK and you can get back
to the ship on time.
OK Scott we appreciate it as
always good to see you there.
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