Some people were waiting months to travel to their desired getaways- some traveling for business, and anniversary celebrations like Stacey West and her husband, but of course.... those planes can't leave the runway now.
"We've been wanting to do it for four years and the last six months, we decided to pull that trigger and just do it and then Irma came along," she said.
Stacey and her husband planned a trip to Turks and Caicos for their 36th anniversary, and on top of that they have family in Florida who are bracing for the storm.
"That's more worrisome than the trip because they're my family," she added.
The one thing West was relieved about was the fact that she had travel insurance, but everyone's not so lucky.
"What you want be aware of is that if you had travel insurance before the storm was named, you’re covered under your travel insurance. Once the storm is named, you don't have any recourse as far as purchasing travel insurance," Joy Thrun said.
Joy Thrun is the President and CEO of Classic Travel. She helped Stacey with her trip. As far as cruises go, Thrun said they are a little different.
"Several are operating as scheduled and they have a little more flexibility because they can move, and because they know where the storm centers are, and then there are several being canceled. Everyone of course is being accommodated with future cruise credits and refunds," Thrun explained.
She said with the insurance, you'll be able to get alerts.
There are no consequences to cancel your flight right now, but you want to get moving on making adjustments.
"You can change your reservation up until September the 30th. All the fees are waived, but you have to take action before September 30th."
West said she ended up getting everything back because she ended up doing the insurance, but doesn't plan to give up hope on Turks and Caicos yet.
