Trip insurance for the win

We made it to the Salt Lake City airport yesterday afternoon only to see our flight out had been delayed due to mechanical junk. The delay was only an hour and ten minutes, buttttt that was exactly the amount of time we had for our connection so no Guatemala for us that evening.

I called American Airlines and after an hour of holding they were able to get us on to the next flight out, which was the next day, over 24 hours later. Most people would be frustrated and upset, but not me.

Trip insurance for the win.

On a whim, and because I no longer have any premium cards with great travel insurance on them, I spent $140 on trip insurance from Allianz. I’m expecting them to cover all of our expenses, plus new clothing, toiletries, etc. that were all in our checked luggage and currently inaccessible. AA gave us food vouchers, as well. Hyatt was the best, as usual, and let us cancel our one night in GUA and reuse our free night certificate here in Dallas. I’m hoping to be able to double dip with the hotel “expense” and come out way on top!

Really, it’s been the best lay over. The kids are loving the pool and the warm weather.

Now time to pack up again and finally head to Guate!!!

Also, we are slobs. See photo A.