Viking and TripMate made the claim a good experience We purchased a Viking river cruise in France in June 2023 for sail in March-April of 2024. As a part of that package we purchased TripMate insurance that would allow us to cancel for any reason up to the day of travel. I was laid off in January 2024, and needed to cancel the trip to recoup those funds. TripMate processed the claim promptly and full refunded our trip. Viking helped get the process started by providing good guidance, and they were accurate in their description of the end-to-end experience.

Claim submission behind the times! The filing of a claim on line and then having to print out to sign the form, is so inconvient as a printer is required. Electronic signature is possible as well as submission of claims electronically. Submission of the claims, all paper copies, have to be scanned in the system at Tripmate. My claim was paid at least 3 weeks from submission to payment. Communication as per the status of the claim was Incomplete. Texts via phone occurred one time only. Email communication was nonexistent.

AFTER EXPLAINING EXPERIENCE ON Trustpilot, TripMate PAID UP! DO NOT BUY TRIP MATE. We have purchased TRIP MATE insurance for 4 separate Viking cruises. After submitting and resubmitting all of our loss documentation for completely missing our Bergen, Norway extension, our claim was denied. Our travel buddies were reimbursed, as we had identical arrangements. With our travel buddies permission, we gave their claim numbers to TRIP MATE and asked why they were reimbursed and we were not. How did TRIP MATE handle this? They sent us another denial and said it was an error that our travel buddies were paid. 8 months after the trip they requested our friends RETURN the funds they were paid! This experience and Viking claiming no responsibility has soured us on using either company again. We also purchased Viking Air Plus for smooth, seamless travel. Very disappointing.

Delivered what was expected Delivered what was expected. Our Frontier flight was cancelled, so we paid out of pocket for an extra nights stay while on vacation. Needed to provide a lot of documentation (room expense, proof of flight cancellation, etc). Entire process took about a month. Overall, I’m very pleased.

After paying for my trip I was… After paying for my trip I was diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo treatment during the time of the scheduled trip. My refund was issued quickly and I even got the cancelation fee refunded. I only paid for the cheaper insurance so I wasn't sure if the cancelation fee would be refunded.