accessible tourism Archives • Spin the Globe

9 Myths About Travel Agents (and Why You Need One)

I get it. When you picture a travel agent, you see a middle-aged lady sitting at a desk wearing a headset. She's in a small and cramped office with tr...

things the travel industry needs to know about wheelchair users

Where do I even begin to describe us? Society likes to lump us together as "people with disabilities" or "wheelchair users," and while we do have thos...

ACCESSIBILITY RATING: 2 / 5

I stayed at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina in mid-April 2018 because it was one of the official hotels for a confere...

wheelchair user guide to accessible disneyland in hong kong

Despite being half a world away from the original House of the Mouse in Anaheim, California, Disneyland in Hong Kong retains the corporation's commitm...

wheelchair accessible things to do in singapore

There's a reason that Singapore is considered to be the most wheelchair accessible city in Asia. It's an incredibly modern and cosmopolitan city-state...

I’m a professional traveler. In 2017 alone, I visited 17 countries and traveled over 118,000 miles. I covered all of that ground "on wheels"—specifica...

tips for wheelchair accessible train travel in europe

As you may have read in my recent blog posts, I have a love/hate relationship with trains. They are easily my favorite way to travel in Europe. The tr...

Not only am I a wheelchair traveler; I'm an accessible travel agent who books things like hotel rooms, cruises, and tours for fellow wheelchair users....

my top 10 best accessible travel experiences of 2017

Anybody can "collect countries" when they travel and check destinations off a bucket list. But you know you've truly visited a place by the people you...

how to plan an amazing wheelchair accessible road trip

Road trips aren’t just one way that people get from one place to another; they’re a staple of American culture. They evolve from college students on p...