“Accessible” Summer Travel Should Be Planned Now!
Jackson Heights, NY–Wheelchair users and individuals with mobility impairments continue to face physical obstacles and frustration when traveling.
The latest issue of Action Online Magazine focuses on important travel issues such as accessible hotel guestrooms, making cruise ship reservations, and traveling on commercial aircraft.
Whether the person with a disability is making a hotel guestroom, cruise ship, or airlines reservation, “the key is asking the right questions,” according to Stephanie Acosta of ABLE to Travel, a full service accredited agency that specializes in booking trouble-free wheelchair travel plans.
“Always call a day or two before arrival to make certain that the wheelchair access accommodations that you requested are in place,” continued Ms. Acosta, “or by booking your trip through ABLE to Travel, we’ll do this leg work for you.”
This issue also features Paralympic athlete Muffy Davis and her nine month journey to a dozen different countries to teach adaptive wheelchair sports.
And finally, learn more about an important yet little-known service: renting a wheelchair-accessible vehicle at your destination. You can do this in more than 450 North American cities, but only at rare destinations outside the USA.
Go to http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/action/ to learn more.