When planning a trip—whether it’s a long-awaited Caribbean getaway, a weekend city escape, or an ambitious world tour—most travellers focus on flights, hotels, and activities. But there’s one essential item that often gets overlooked: travel insurance. It may not be the most exciting part of trip planning, but it can make the difference between a minor inconvenience and a financial nightmare.

As tensions continue to rise in the triangle of Trinidad and Tobago — the United States — Venezuela, T&T finds itself sandwiched between a powerful neighbour to the south with whom it must maintain stable relations, and a super‐power to the north whose regional agenda increasingly overlaps with and touches its own waters and economic interests.