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måndag 14 september 2009

Disabled Friendly Travel Resources

By Allan Tan

There are many disabled friendly travel resources that help disabled people plan vacations. Disabled friendly travel resource is provided information on easily accessible transportation and destinations. Some disabled friendly travel organizations provide travel companions for people with disabilities.

Airlines typically have information on their website about their policies and procedures are helping customers with disabilities to use their services. Discussing be needs of the disabled person directly with the airline representatives cannot prevent problems and delays in boarding and using the airline.

Information about the accessibility of specific destinations is available on some disabled friendly travel resources. Some of these resources are organizations that offer tours at that destination.

Accessible Barcelona is an example of a destination-specific, disability-friendly travel resource. At the website for Accessible Barcelona, a disabled person and their families can get help to make hotel reservations, and information on local accessible transportation services, and to information on the accessibility of popular tourist attractions.

Some disabled people may have to cope with other needs besides accessibility while on vacation. Some disabled friendly travel resources include information on the locations and availability of medical services such as dialysis.

Information about camps for children with disabilities can be found on some disabled friendly travel resource websites. Burn camps, cancer camps, visually impaired camps, and other disability specific camps are available for children with these disabilities.

People with disabilities may want to try a vacation home exchange with other people with disabilities. One unique disabled friendly travel resource, the Independent Living Institute, provides information on their website that allows people with disabilities to swap homes with other families with similar needs. This way, the person with a disability knows accessibility features of the home.

These resources and others can be found by using a search engine. A disabled person looking to vacation in a specific location may want to search for "disabled friendly travel resources" plus the name of the location to find any destination-specific travel resources.

In addition to websites, books and travel guides can be valuable resources for information on disability friendly travel. Many of these books at travel guides provide information on the accessibility of hotels and tourist attractions at popular vacation destinations.

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