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| WORLD RESOURCES |
The following is a selection of general disability travel resources.
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| For more country-specific advice, check the individual country pages. |
- general info
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- agents & operators
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| Wheelchair Traveling exists to give you the tools to plan your adventure accordingly |
www.wheelchairtraveling.com |
| European Network for Accessible Tourism has listed links with accessibility info for destinations worldwide. |
www.accessibletourism.org |
| Wheel the World is an elaborate online database with disability travel resources in various categories. |
www.wheeltheworld.net |
| Disability World is an elaborate online database with info on accessibility of hotels, accommodation, and tourist attractions. |
www.disabilityworld.com |
| Disability Travel and Recreation Resources lists many links on travel planning, various destinations, transportation, air travel, books, and camps for children. |
www.makoa.org/travel.htm |
| MossRehab ResourceNet lists addresses and links for travel agencies, hotels, van rentals, travel resources, travel publications, and more. |
www.mossresourcenet.org |
| DisabledTravelers.com is a database with links and info on travel agents, tour operators, adventure travel, van and equipment rentals, cruises, air travel, access guides, home exchange, travel companions, resources, and reviews. |
www.disabledtravelers.com |
| Access-Able Travel Source is a database that lets you search per country for hotels, access guides, etc., and lists travel agents, cruises, reviews, links, and more. |
www.access-able.com |
| Travel Guides lists links to travel guides, databases, guided tours, magazines, etc. |
www.travelguides.org |
| Wheelchair Access lists travel links for many countries. |
www.wheelchairaccess.fsnet.co.uk |
| Holiday Access Direct lists links for flights, accommodation, vehicle rental, cruises, mobility services, and adventure travel. |
www.holidayaccessdirect.com |
| Accessible Everything is an online disabled travel blog with many stories and useful links. |
www.craiggrimes.com |
| Good Access Guide helps booking flights and lists links for accommodation and cruises. |
www.goodaccessguide.co.uk |
| Transitions Abroad.com lists many links to articles, international exchange programs, tourism resources, publications, travel organizations, and travel websites. |
www.transitionsabroad.co |
| Emerging Horizons is an online accessible travel magazine and offers a regularly updated listing of travel links for many destinations around the world. |
www.emerginghorizons.com |
| Gimp On The Go is an online disabilities travel magazine with travel tips, reviews, travel industry news, and many useful links for various destinations. |
www.gimponthego.com |
| Mobility International Schweiz has an online database with about 700 links and brochures available worldwide. |
www.mis-ch.ch/e/index.htm (English)
www.mis-ch.ch (German) |
| Disaboom is an online disability magazine with useful tips, stories, and links on travelling. |
www.disaboom.com |
| Barrier Free Travel is a weblog with many tips, stories, links, and radio broadcasts (by the editor of ‘Emerging Horizons’ and various travel guides) |
www.barrierfreetravels.com |
| you-too is an online database for accessibility of places and public buildings throughout Europe. |
www.you-too.net/en |
| Spinalist Tips offers useful tips for daily living for spinally injured people |
www.spinalistips.se |
| The SCI Zone is a resources for people living with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) |
www.thescizone.com |
| Disability World is a bimonthly web-zine of international disability news and views |
www.disabilityworld.org |
| Ebility is a general information resource for people with disabilities |
www.e-bility.com |
| Global Access News is packed with useful info for the disabled world traveller |
www.globalaccessnews.com |
| World on Wheelz gives disabled travel advice worldwide |
www.worldonwheelz.com |
| The Thorn Tree forum has a thread for disabled travellers |
www.lonelyplanet.com |
| Toegankelijk Reizen lists travel information in four languages |
www.toegankelijkreizen.be |
| UN Enable – Information on the international rights of persons with disabilities, including the Convention that entered into force in 2008. |
www.un.org/disabilities/index.asp |
| Through Matching Houses people with disabilities can swap houses with other people who have the same accessibility needs. |
www.matchinghouses.com |
| At HostelWorld.com you can search for low budget accessible accommodation all around the world. |
www.hostelworld.com |
| accessatlast.com is a searchable database for accessible accommodation. |
www.accessatlast.com |
| AbleToGo is a database that lets you search for accessible accommodation within the UK and abroad. |
www.abletogo.com |
| Accessible Properties.net is a worldwide directory of wheelchair accessible homes for sale, accessible rentals and vacation properties. |
www.accessibleproperties.net |
| Urlaub im Rollstuhl provides info on about 100 wheelchair accessible accommodations in France, Greece, Italy, Carribean, Kenia, Kroatia, Madeira, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain, Thailand, Czech-Republic, Hungary, and USA. |
www.rollstuhl-urlaub.de (German) |
| Wheelchair Accessible Europe is a hotel guide for accessible accommodation around Europe. |
www.waeurope.com |
| At the Eurocampings website you can select and search for accessible camping sites within Europe. |
www.eurocampings.co.uk |
| Accessible holiday homes for wheelchair users |
www.wheelchairaccessibleholiday
homesfordisabledpeople.com |
| Trip Wheeling provides information about access worldwide |
www.tripwheeling.com |
| Mobility Air Transport provides air travel for wheelchair users who cannot or do not fly on commercial airlines. (As it’s still in the starting phase services are now limited to the USA, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, but will eventually include Hawaii and Europe as well.) |
www.iflymat.org |
| New Disability has listed wheelchair van rentals in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, UK, and USA. |
www.newdisability.com |
| Wheelchair Access lists links to equipment and vehicle rentals in Australia, Benidorm, Costa Del Sol, Cyprus, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Tenerife, and USA. |
www.wheelchairaccess.fsnet.co.uk |
| Flying with a Disability will quell fears of this method of transport |
www.flying-with-disability.org |
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| Accessible Travel & Leisure offers holidays for people with disabilities to various destinations worldwide |
www.accessibletravel.co.uk |
| Holidays With Access offers worldwide holiday services for people with disabilities |
www.holidayswithaccess.com |
| Disabled Accessible Holidays offers accessible holidays around the world, including airport transfers, accommodation, and excursions. |
www.disabledaccessholidays.com |
| Flying Wheels Travel offers escorted tours to destinations around the world, as well as custom independent travel planning. |
www.flyingwheelstravel.com |
| Accessible Journeys offers travel programs including: accessible travel planning, accessible group tours, accessible group cruises, individual accessible cruises, licensed travel companions, and disability travel resources. |
www.disabilitytravel.com |
| Easy Access Travel helps with travel planning and is specialized in accessible cruises. |
www.easyaccesstravel.com |
| Nautilus Tours & Cruises Ltd. helps with travel planning and provides accessible tours and cruises. |
www.nautilustours.com |
| Jubilee Sailing Trust provides the opportunity for able-bodied and disabled people from different countries to sail together on a fully accessible ship. |
www.jst.org.uk |
| World on Wheelz offers travel arrangements for wheelchair users, slow walkers, and seniors with special needs to many places in the world. |
www.worldonwheelz.com |
| All Access Travel offers customized vacations, destination consulting, transportation and accommodation. |
www.allaccesstravel.com |
| RollOn Travel offers group and individual tours in Asia, Europe, Israel, Dubai, North America, and Australia. |
www.rollontravel.de (German)
www.rollontravel.com (English) |
| Mare Nostrum is a travel agency specialized in disabled travel, with as main destinations Andalusia, Germany, Tunisia, Greece, Netherlands, Crete, Tenerife, La Palma, Mallorca, Sri Lanka. |
www.mare-nostrum.de (mostly in German) |
| Accessible Europe provides tours, transportation, equipment rental, cruises, accommodation, etc. around Europe. |
www.accessibleurope.com |
| Crip College is Christian Bagg's website. It's not updated regularly, but still gives great practical advice for paraplegics |
www.cripcollege.com |
| On Paralinks Gary has links to stories and sites relevant to all levels of paralysis |
www.paralinks.net |
| The Wheelchair Junkie gives Mark's views on life in a powerchair |
www.wheelchairjunkie.com |
| Katja has Multiple Sclerosis, and gives good advice on many subjects |
www.brokenclay.org |
| This is Mike's site, which promotes stem cell research |
www.scrny.org |
| Craig Grimes blogs about accessibility for disabled people with a special focus on the tourism industry |
www.craiggrimes.com |
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| Equipment |
| UriBag, for men and women, is a toilet/urinal that fits into your handbag or backpack and which you can take with you everywhere you go. |
www.uribag.com (English)
www.uribag.nl (Dutch) |
| Noodtoilet is a pocket-sized disposable toilet/urinal. |
www.medicalcareproducts.co.uk (English) www.medicalcareproducts.nl (Dutch) |
| New Disability has listed wheelchair rentals in Australia, Austria, Canada, Cyprus, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, UK, and USA. |
www.newdisability.com |
| Wheelchair Access lists links to equipment and vehicle rentals in Australia, Benidorm, Costa Del Sol, Cyprus, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Tenerife, and USA. |
www.wheelchairaccess.fsnet.co.uk |
| Mobility Advisor hosts wheelchair/mobility resources and information |
www.mobility-advisor.com |
| Goes Anywhere is a portable, lightweight and affordable shower chair |
www.goesanywhere.com |
| Work & Study |
| MIUSA (Mobility International USA) – Empowers people with disabilities to achieve their human rights through international exchange programs and international development. MIUSA also provides tip sheets on charging power wheelchairs, travel vocabulary, pressure sores, guide dogs, medications and more. |
www.miusa.org |
| Independent Living Institute – The project ‘Study and Work Abroad for All’ has information about study and training at universities in Europe, North America, and elsewhere. |
www.independentliving.org |
| European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education – includes assessments of accessibility of educational settings in different countries. |
www.heagnet.org |
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