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TRAVEL TIPS

Tips for travellers with a disability:

FLYING: Let the airline know! If you are likely to have difficulty boarding the plane or just getting around the terminal then let the airport staff know. Most airports are well equipped with motorised chauffeur driven buggies – a great way to avoid that airport hustle and bustle.

PACKING: Put a medical kit in your hand luggage in case of delays or lost luggage.

DISCOUNTS: They're not always well publicised, but it's often worth asking about disability discounts when visiting holiday attractions.

STEPS: Remember to do a thorough check of any holiday accommodation before you book – the rooms may be accessible, but are there any steps into the building or in any of the public areas? Try to get information from somebody who's visited or direct from the owner.

LONDON: Disabled visitors holding a European Blue Badge don't have to pay the London congestion charge – just register with Transport for London and make a small payment.

NEWS

Row yourself fit for your holiday – if you're planning an active holiday then it will be so much more enjoyable if you're physically fit before you go. We'd like to introduce you to a new development in fitness training for people with a disability – FES Rowing. So what is it? FES stands for 'functional electrical stimulation' and is a method of stimulating paralysed muscles using electrical impulses so that paraplegics can have the benefits of a full body workout. And it's had some fantastic successes! Read all about FES rowing here.

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special diet – holiday accommodation catering for special diets

disabled holidays; tours, trips and breaks for people with a disability

Featured Sites

Responsibletravel website: Responsibletravel.com
Environmentally & culturally responsible holidays for people with a disability ... [MORE]

Pure Holiday Homes website: Wheelchair users OR Disabled friendly
Worldwide wheelchair accessible or disabled friendly holiday accommodation ... [MORE]

ABOUTAsia Travel
based: Siem Reap, Cambodia
website: aboutasiatravel.com
Tailor-made travel in Siem Reap, for Angkor Wat, and throughout Cambodia. ABOUTAsia Travel make bespoke guided travel arrangements for all individual requirements, offer innovative Angkor temple tours, golf and spa packages, luxury holidays and short breaks, all for small groups or solo travelers.
| sacred sites | golf breaks | seniors/silver surfers | tailor made | family/child friendly | for people with a disability | lesbian/gay | weddings/honeymoons | ethical/ecotourism | photographic | diving/snorkelling | Cambodia |

Agriturismo Villa La Rogaia
based: Umbria, Italy
website: www.rogaia.com
Offering a wide range of creative classes including cookery, wine tasting, dancing, painting, sculpting, writing, guided walking, herbal tours and olive picking. Classes take place at Villa La Rogaia, an outstanding wheelchair friendly country house in Umbria with pool. They serve delicious food with products from their organic farm.
| dancing (mixed styles) | salsa | cookery | painting/drawing | sculpture/carving | herbalism | wine appreciation/tasting | Italian language | writing | for people with a disability | olive picking/harvest | Italy |

Bruce Trust (The)
based: Berkshire, UK
website: www.brucetrust.org.uk
Registered charity providing purpose-built, wide-beam canal boats on the Kennet and Avon Canal for holidays for disabled, disadvantaged or elderly people and their carers. The Trust has a fleet of four self-catering hire boats boats operating from Great Bedwyn near Marlborough and at Lower Foxhangers wharf near Devizes.
| for people with a disability | England |

Calvert Trust
based: Devon, Northumberland & Cumbria, UK
website: www.calvert-trust.org.uk
Registered charity with centres in Exmoor, Kielder and the Lake District, the Calvert Trust offers accessible outdoor activity holidays, breaks and courses for people with disabilities, together with their families and friends.
| for people with a disability | England |

Cuisle Holiday Centre
based: Co Roscommon, Ireland
website: www.cuisle.com
Located in the grounds of Donamon Castle, the oldest inhabited castle in Ireland, Cuisle Holiday Centre provides accessible holidays and breaks to people with disabilities. Quality accommodation is available in 35 ensuite bedrooms with TV (single, twin, double and family rooms available). Support includes, personal assistance, nursing care, hoists, call bells, accessible transport and specialist equipment.
| for people with a disability | England |

FPP Travel – France Passion Plaisance
based: Burgundy, France
website: www.houseboat-hire.com
Rent a boat in France, Belgium, Spain, the Czech Republic or Italy. Offering two boats specially equipped for people in wheelchairs labeled Tourism and Handicap. These boats were specifically designed and constructed with all the facilities to make them accessible to wheelchair users.
| for people with a disability | France | Belgium | Spain | Czech Republic | Italy |

Jubilee Sailing Trust
based: Hampshire, UK
website: www.jst.org.uk
Adventure sailing holidays for able-bodied and disabled people. The JST is a UK based charity that aims to promote the integration of able bodied and disabled people through adventure sailing holidays. The JST welcomes people from all over the world onto its two specially designed tall ships, the Lord Nelson and Tenacious.
| for people with a disability | blind travel | sailing (large boat /sail ship) | charity expeditions/holidays | working /volunteer holidays | UK | Ireland | USA | Europe | Canaries | Worldwide |

Pure Holiday Homes Featured Site
based: London, UK
website: Pure Holidays for wheelchair users OR Disabled friendly
Holidays and holiday accommodation for people with a disability. The selections above are ready sorted to include either wheelchair accessible or disabled friendly accommodation Worldwide – sort the selections further, by country, type, amenities, etc from the choices on the left. Descriptions are provided by the owners and details of disabled facilities are often scant and variable, but you can make an enquiry to the owner direct from the 'More Information' page to ask if these are suitable for your needs.
| for people with a disability | Worldwide |

QE2 Activity Centre
based: Hampshire, UK
website: www.qe2activitycentre.co.uk
Activity centre catering for people with learning disabilities, autism, physical disabilities and other specific needs, with accommodation for holidays available in attractive timber cabins. Offering multi-activity holidays, themed weeks and self directed holidays.
| for people with a disability | UK |

Responsibletravel.com Featured Site
based: East Sussex, UK
website: Responsibletravel.com
Environmentally and culturally responsible holidays and tours for people with a disability. Offering Wheelchair accessible holidays, eco lodges and resorts, farmstays, safari lodges and villa, B&B and hotel accommodation for disabled travel.
| for people with a disability | Worldwide |

3H Fund – Help the Handicapped Holiday Fund
based: Kent, UK
website: www.3hfund.org.uk
Charity offering holidays in the UK for disabled people and respite for carers.
| for people with a disability | UK |

Ability Adventures
based: Otago, New Zealand
website: abilityadventures.co.nz
Customized adventure tours for the disabled and seniors, making adventure accessible to everyone.
| for people with a disability | seniors/silver surfers | New Zealand |

Accessible Kiwi Tours
based: Rotorua, New Zealand
website: www.toursnz.com
Catering for people with special or specific needs when visiting New Zealand.
| for people with a disability | New Zealand |

Bruce Wake Charitable Trust
based: East Midlands, UK
website: www.brucewaketrust.co.uk
Leisure facilities for the disabled offering narrowboats specially designed for wheelchair users.
| for people with a disability | UK |

Casa Del Lago Holidays
based: Malaga, Spain
website: www.casa-del-lago-holidays.com
Wide variety of disabled accessible activities and specialist accommodation; care packages available.
| for people with a disability | Spain |

Challenged America
based: California, USA
website: www.challengedamerica.org
Therapeutic recreational rehabilitation sailing courses for active youth and adults with disabilities.
| For people with a disability | sailing (small boat/yacht) | USA |

Charis Hills
based: Texas, USA
website: www.charishills.org
Christian summer camp for kids with learning and social difficulties such as AD/HD, ADD and Asperger's syndrome.
| summer schools | for people with a disability | Christian | USA |

Choice Care
based: Cornwall, UK
website: www.choicecareholidays.co.uk
Assisted holidays offering relaxing group trips to European Countries, accompanied by Choice Care assistants.
| for people with a disability | UK | Western Europe |

Connie George Travel Associates
based: Pennsylvania, USA
website: www.cgta.com
Package, tour and cruise vacations for wheelchair users, deaf, slow walkers and non-disabled travelers.
| for people with a disability | deaf travel | USA |

Disabled Afloat Riverboats Trust
based: Gloucestershire, UK
website: www.glosdart.co.uk
Boating holidays for people with physical, aural, visual or learning disabilities and their carers, family and friends.
| for people with a disability | UK |

Disaway Trust
based: Surrey, UK
website: www.disaway.co.uk
Charity organising group holiday packages for physically disabled people.
| for people with a disability | UK | Europe |

Ecuador for All
based: Quito, Ecuador
website: www.ecuadorforall.com
Travel agency/tour operator specializing in accessible tourism for people with disabilities, including wheelchair users and people with visual or hearing impairments.
| for people with a disability | deaf travel | blind travel | Ecuador |

Endeavour Safaris
based: Cape Town, South Africa
website: www.endeavour-safaris.com
Tours and safaris for people with hearing, vision and mobility problems, people requiring kidney dialysis or oxygen and for seniors.
| for people with a disability | deaf travel | seniors/silver surfers | animals/safari | South Africa |

Ethel Trust Community Barge
based: Northumberland, UK
website: www.etheltrustcommunitybarge.co.uk
Purpose-built community barge offering fully accessible residential trips on the inland waterways.
| for people with a disability | England |

Flamingo Adventure Tours
based: Cape Town, South Africa
website: www.flamingoadventuretours.co.za
Accessible adventure tours in South Africa, offering inclusive tourism for all.
| for people with a disability | deaf travel | South Africa |

Flodden Edge Riding & Driving Centre
based: Northumberland, UK
website: www.floddenedgefarmequestriancentre.com
Carriage driving tuition with well-schooled horses from absolute beginner level upwards; also a wheelchair accessible carriage.
| carriage driving | for people with a disability | England |

Holidays With Access
based: Buckinghamshire, UK
website: www.holidayswithaccess.com
Holiday services for disabled people, offering the information needed to plan an accessible holiday.
| for people with a disability | UK |

Israel4All
based: Binyamina, Israel
website: www.israel4all.com
Specializing in tourism services in Israel for people with disabilities and special needs.
| for people with a disability | deaf travel | blind travel | Israel |

IWA Re Nua
based: Dublin, Ireland
website: www.iwa.ie/services/Holiday-Centres/IWA-Re-Nua.aspx
Supported five day residential holiday for people under 65 with a physical or sensory disability or an acquired brain injury.
| for people with a disability | Ireland |

Memphis Tours Egypt
based: Giza, Egypt
website: www.memphistours.com/Accessibility-Travelers
Wheelchair holidays to Egypt, accessible programs for disabled travelers, including the Pyramids, Nile cruise etc.
| for people with a disability | Egypt |

Park House Hotel
based: Norfolk, UK
website: www.parkhousehotel.org.uk
Holidays in the Norfolk countryside for disabled guests and their carers or companions.
| for people with a disability | England |

Saoirse ar an Uisce – Freedom on the Water
based: Co Kildare, Ireland
website: www.kildare.ie/freedomonthewater
Cruise the Irish Midlands waterways, specially designed fully accessible canal barge.
| for people with a disability | Ireland |

Seagull Trust Cruises
based: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
website: www.seagulltrust.org.uk
Charity providing canal cruising in Scotland for people with special needs.
| for people with a disability | UK |

Stagecoach Trails Guest Ranch
based: Arizona, USA
website: www.stagecoachtrailsranch.com/features_for_disabled.htm
Acessable dude ranch vacations for disabled travelers and their families; including an accessible riding program.
| for people with a disability | USA |

The Three Chimneys
based: Skye, Scotland, UK
website: www.threechimneys.co.uk
On the Isle of Skye, 5-star accommodation and one of Scotland's most favourite restaurants, with a worldwide following.
| weddings/honeymoons | Christmas/New Year | weekends/short breaks | for people with a disability | shopping | Scotland |

Wilderness Inquiry
based: Minnesota, USA
website: www.wildernessinquiry.org
Making the outdoors accessible to everyone, including persons with disabilities.
| for people with a disability | USA | Worldwide |

Wingate Centre (The)
based: Cheshire, UK
website: www.wingate-sga.org.uk
Educational residential and holiday facilities people of all ages with disabilities. The centre also provides gymnastic and trampoline training for all in its GymMark accredited gymnasium.
| gymnastics | for people with a disability | UK |

– other useful sites for disabled travellers and adventure seekers –

Disabled Travel Insurance government advice on travel insurance for disabled people.
Door to Door an excellent travel guide for disabled people provided by DPTAC (Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee), full of great advice!
National Rail Information for disabled passengers.
RDA: Riding for the Disabled Association, UK riding and carriage driving holidays for disabled people, only open to RDA Group members.
Disabled Ramblers run a programme of supported disabled rambles in the UK using wheelchair accessable paths and trails.
BDFA: British Disabled Flying Association enabling disabled people to experience flying a light aircraft.
Woodlarks Camp Site charity dedicated to providing a permanent camp site in Surrey for disabled people of all ages.

deaf travel and holidays for deaf people

Hearing Concern LINK
based: East Susssex, UK
website: www.hearingconcernlink.org/howwecanhelp/holidays.html
Holidays in the Uk and Europe for people with a hearing loss allowing guests to travel in the company of people who understand hearing difficulties. Escourted tours and breaks for adults with impaired hearing whose main communication is by speech rather than sign language.
| deaf travel | UK | Europe |

Cape Rock Tours and Adventures
based: Cape Town, South Africa
website: www.caperocktours.com/deaf/deaf.php
Tour operator for the deaf in South Africa, using qualified tourist guides fluent in international sign language.
| deaf travel | South Africa |

Deaf Globetrotters Travel
based: Texas, USA
website: www.deafglobetrotterstravel.com
Vacations and travel for hearing impaired clients, with certified sign language interpreters on all escorted tours.
| deaf travel | Worldwide |

Hands On Travel
based: Arizona, USA
website: www.handsonitalia.com
Guided tours, customized tours and specialty travel programs using sign language.
| deaf travel | Worldwide |

National Deaf Children's Society
based: London, UK
website: www.ndcs.org.uk
A variety of activity weekends and short breaks open to both deaf and hearing people.
| deaf travel | UK |

Passages Deaf Travel
based: Virginia, USA
website: www.passagesdeaftravel.com
Agency specialising in deaf group travel and cruises for deaf people.
| deaf travel | USA | Mexico |

Ruby Bay Cottage
based: Nelson, New Zealand
website: www.realspecial.co.nz/holidays/
Three bedroom 'deaf friendly' holiday home sleeping 6+, with special doorbell and smoke alarm, teletext television and 'hearing dogs' for the deaf welcomed.
| deaf travel | New Zealand |

Worldwide Dive and Sail
based: Chalong, Thailand
website: www.worldwidediveandsail.com
Deaf diving and sailing in Thailand, liveaboard scuba diving with deaf instructor.
| deaf travel | Thailand |

– other useful sites for deaf travellers and adventure seekers –

Deaf Sailing UK Cruising events, dinghy sailing and RYA training courses for deaf sailors.

travel and holidays for blind and visually impaired people

Action for Blind People
based: London, UK
website: www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk
Vacation/holiday scheme providing week long residential holidays for children and young people with sight problems. Available for 8-17 years olds with a sight problem. Registered Charity numbers: 205913 (England & Wales), SC040050 (Scotland).
| blind travel | UK |

National Blind Children's Society
based: West Sussex, UK
website: www.nbcs.org.uk/recreational/NBCS-holiday-home/175
Mobile home, fully adapted for children with disabilities, in the seaside town of Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. Offering families a relaxing holiday environment. Registered Charity number 1051607.
| blind travel | England |

Royal Blind Society
based: West Sussex, UK
website: www.royalblindsociety.org/holidays.htm
Holidays tailored to the needs of people with sight loss or visual impairment; the Royal Blind Society runs its own hotels in West Sussex and North Wales and, working with a number of tour operators, offers dedicated holidays and short breaks in Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Wight, numerous English seaside resorts, Scotland and the Lake District as well as activity holidays with the Calvert Trust in Devon. Registered Charity number 207827.
| blind travel | England | Wales |

Enchanted Hills Camp
based: California, USA
website: www.lighthouse-sf.org/services/edrec/ehc
Camp for people with vision loss and visual impairment and their families; with dedicated family, youth, adult, and special needs weeks.
| blind travel | USA |

Southend Blind Welfare Organisation
based: Essex, UK
website: www.torchtrust.org
Independent charity for visually impaired people in the Southend-on-Sea area; including holidays for people with sight loss and their carers.
| blind travel | England |

Torch Holiday & Retreat Centre
based: Sussex, UK
website: www.torchtrust.org
Holidays and retreats with a Christian atmosphere, for blind and partially sighted people.
| blind travel | England |

Vitalise Holidays
based: Cumbria, UK
website: www.vitalise.org.uk/Visually-Impaired-Holidays
Global group holidays for visually impaired adults, supported by Vitalise sighted guides.
| blind travel | UK | Worldwide |

VisionOutdoor
based: Hesse, Germany
website: www.visionoutdoor.de/start_english.html
Tours of nature and culture for blind and visually impaired people using a friendly team of trained volunteers and tour guides.
| blind travel | Worldwide |

Westlea Centre for the Visually Handicapped
based: Jersey, UK
website: Westlea Centre for the Visually Handicapped
Specially constructed centre providing holiday accommodation for people whose vision is impaired.
| blind travel | Jersey |

– other useful sites for blind or visually impaired travellers –

Directgov advice on air travel for people who are blind or visually impaired.

travel and holidays for deafblind people

Deafblind UK
based: Cambridgeshire, UK
website: www.deafblind.org.uk/services/caravanholidays
Caravan holidays for deafblind people at Hopton Holiday Village near Great Yarmouth. Registered Charity number 802976
| deafblind travel | UK |

Helen Keller National Center
based: New York, USA
website: www.thethomascentre.co.uk
Two week summer school for deaf-blind high school students.
| deafblind travel | USA |

The Thomas Centre (The)
based: Lincolnshire, UK
website: www.thethomascentre.co.uk
5 star holiday facilities for families, groups and carers, accessible for all.
| deafblind travel | England |