Traveling with a Disability

Resources for Travelers with Disabilities

• Accessible Vacation Home Exchange
• Cape Cod Disability Access Directory
• Friendship Ventures -- Friendship Ventures is a non-profit agency that creates unique educational, recreational and social opportunities for people of all ages with mental and physical developmental disabilities. We also offer conference and retreat services and professional team-building programs to the communities we serve.
• Global Access News -- Travel is for everyone, but most guidebooks and web sites simply aren't designed for disabled adventurers. Global Access wants to help fill that information gap by providing a site where disabled travelers can share their experiences.
• Hotel Reservations - searchable list of hotels, included are brief introduction to the top holiday destinations.
• MatchingHouses.com -- Welcome to Matching Houses holiday house exchange where people with disabilities swap houses with other people who have the same accessibility needs. It’s so simple!
• Project Action: Accessible Traveler's Database
• SATH (Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality) -- an educational non-profit membership organization whose mission is to raise awareness of the needs of all travelers with disabilities, remove physical and attitudinal barriers to free access and expand travel opportunities in the United States and abroad.
• Travable - Discussion Group for accessible travel
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• Travel and Recreation Resources - compiled by Jim Lubin
• TRIPS Inc -- offers disabled travel tours for adults with mental retardation, cerebral palsy and any physical or developmental disability.
• Ventures Travel LLC -- A Non-profit company that offers opportunities for teens and adults to travel to popular destinations accross the United States, Canada and Caribbean. We specialize in supervized travel for persons with disabilities.
• Wilderness Inquiry -- Outdoor adventures for people of all abilities

Publications

• Gimp on the Go -- Internet Travel Publication
• The Rolling Rains Report -- looks at the travel industry from the perspective of travelers with disabilities and the principles of Universal Design.

International Travel

• Accessible Tours in Southern Africa - see traditional African tribal life and spectacular natural beauty
• Amsterdam Hotels - search for amsterdam hotels on the official search site for hotels. when searching a hotel in amsterdam make sure you fissit searchforhotels.com
• Amsterdam hotel accomodations - search on this free website for hotels in amsterdam the netherlands. high quality service and best rates garantee on search for amsterdam hotels.
• Amsterdam hotels discount - amsterdam hotel discounts up to 75% on all hotels in amsterdam holland
• Baan Khun Daeng: Wheelchair Accessible Holidays in Thailand. "Khun Daeng" has extensive experience and knowledge about the organizing of nice/interesting trips/activities doable by wheelchair users because "Khun Daeng" is a wheelchair user himself, who has lived in Thailand since 1995.
• Bay Island Accessible Beach Resort, Honduras
• Jubilee Sailing Trust -- (U.K.) enables both able-bodied and physically disabled people to share the adventure of tall ships sailing.
• Mobility International
• ThaiFocus -- Thailand is a suitable country for disabled visitors to fully enjoy their vacation. The Thai's are extremely hospitable and will do their best make sure that you are looked after.
• North Cyprus Properties - property in north cyprus, your local estate agency green paradise estates.