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...
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10 Things the Travel Industry Needs to Know About Wheelchair Users
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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...
Read MoreACCESSIBILITY REVIEW: The Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina
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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...
Read MoreA Wheelchair User’s Guide to Accessible Disneyland in Hong Kong
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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...
Read More11 Wheelchair Accessible Things to Do in Singapore
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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...
Read More5 Signs That Airlines Don’t Care About Wheelchair Users
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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...
Read MoreTips for Wheelchair Accessible Train Travel in Europe
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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...
Read MoreHow to Save Money Booking Wheelchair Accessible Tours
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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....
Read MoreMy Top 10 Best Accessible Travel Experiences of 2017
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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...
Read MoreHow to Plan an Amazing Wheelchair Accessible Road Trip
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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...
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