Barrier Free Travel

Written by leading expert in accessible travel, this authoritative guide highlights vacation destinations for disabled travelers. Harrington organizes chapters by vacation style, allowing readers to tailor a holiday to their own specifications.

Now in its third edition, Barrier-Free Travel is essential reading for every traveler with mobility limitations. With over 100 new photographs and updated travel rules and regulations, effecting access outside of the US, this book contains essential, thoughtful, and reliable information- not just common-sense tips. Barrier-Free Travel gives read...

Now in its third edition, Barrier-Free Travel is essential reading for every traveler with mobility limitations. With over 100 new photographs and updated travel rules and regulations affecting access outside of the US, this book contains essential, thoughtful, and reliable information- not just common-sense tips. Barrier-Free Travel gives readers the tools and resources to prepare for both the expected and the unexpected. It covers everything from the logistics of air travel and how to protect your wheelchair in flight, to how to find an accessible hotel room. Also included, are extensive chapters on cruises and accessible shore excursions- with contact information for foreign tour operators who are able to provide them. Barrier-Free Travel provides valuable information that will ensure travelers with mobility limitations spend their time creating meaningful memories.

Learn your disability laws and rights, locate the right travel agent, protect your wheelchair when you travel, and be ready for the changes in security that affect the way you maneuver through airports. All this and much more is available in Barrier-Free Travel, the definitive guide to accessible travel for those who use a wheelchair, walker, cane, or who have other mobility limitations. And, back by popular demand, is a greatly expanded section on cruises, new material on children's travel issues, and global resources. Authored by the editor of Emerging Horizons, the leading travel magazine for people with disabilities, Barrier-Free Travel contains essential logistical information - not just common-sense tips. Because of the uncertainty involved in travel, people who need access accommodations need thoughtful, reliable information, and this one-of-a-kind book delivers it in a clear and engaging way.

The newest guides in AAA's Barrier-Free Travel series help mature travelers and travelers with disabilities to plan comfortable, safe, and accommodating business and leisure trips.The AAA Barrier-Free Travel series offers three valuable new guides for mature travelers and travelers with disabilities planning to visit New York City, Washington, D.C., or Las Vegas. These guides contain criteria on the accessibility features of accommodations, restaurants, theme parks, shopping centers, medical resources, and points of interest. Travelers can take comfort in knowing that each location has been has been inspected and rated for accessibility by AAA. Each guide features: -- Accessibility criteria developed with input from AAA/CAA clubs, members, travel agents/tour operators, hospitality industry, national advocacy groups, and disability organizations -- Accommodations, restaurants, major shopping areas, points of interest, medical resources, and other sites inspected, rated, and appraised for accessible features by AAA -- Full-color maps, photographs, and illustrations throughoutWith the most comprehensive accessibility information available, AAA's Barrier-Free Travel series allows readers to make informed, safe decisions.

This useful travel guide contains 22 different, flexible road trips of two to three weeks throughout the United States with information on accessible lodging, sites, trails, restaurants and other attractions both on and off the beaten path. Original.

101 Accessible Vacations: Travel Ideas for Wheelers and Slow Walkers is the first guidebook dedicated exclusively to wheelchair-accessible destinations, lodgings and recreational opportunities. Penned by Candy B. Harrington, the editor of Emerging Horizons, this new title focuses on the vacation planning needs of wheelchair-users and slow walkers. 101 Accessible Vacations contains destination information on over 101 cities, lodging options, national parks, tourist attractions and recreational activities around the country. The book is organized so readers can search for a holiday based on their specific interests or travel styles. Unlike other guidebooks that are organized geographically, 101 Accessible Vacations includes sections ranging from Road Trips and The Great Outdoors to Historic Haunts and Cruisin. And last but not least, there is Candy's Picks, which includes a collection of some of the author's favorite trips, destinations and activities. Candy describes the access of all attractions, lodging options and tourist sights, rather than just stating that something is or isn't accessible. After all, accessibility is in the eye of the beholder; and what may be accessible to one person can be filled with obstacles to someone else. Says Harrington, There's a world of travel choices out there for wheelers and slow walkers. And this book contains many of those choices; along with updated resources, information and access details to make them a reality.

Disabled world travels is loaded with travel tips that will improve the way people with disabilities plan a trip