Pleasant Holidays offers cancel-for-any-reason coverage

Pleasant Holidays, the giant package-tour operator based in Westlake Village, this week began offering cancel-for-any-reason coverage to customers who book its trips to Hawaii, Mexico, the Caribbean and Costa Rica.

Unlike its regular Protection Plan, which refunds trip deposits if you cancel for reasons such as illness, death or job loss,  the new Cancel Anytime Protection Plan Plus covers you for virtually any unforeseen cause, said Jack E. Richards, president and chief executive.

The downsides: Cancel Anytime Protection costs more (starting at $119 instead of $89 per adult) and reimburses you for only 80% instead of 100% for many of the covered causes. And of course, as with all such plans, there’s plenty of fine print.

For plan details, visit Pleasant Holidays’ website, call (800) 448-3333 or contact your travel agent.

— Jane Engle, assistant Los Angeles Times Travel editor

Photo: Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve in Hawaii. Credit: Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times

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