I came across a mention of Responsible Travel in an article in the Washington Post about avoiding overtourism, and checked out their website. It was an actual, physical shock to click on the Holiday Types link and see “Accessible” front…
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This is a pretty accurate look at the basic ins and outs of flying with a wheelchair from the New York Times: Flying Tips for Wheelchair Users, From Wheelchair Users. It’s straightforward about the difficulties, the gotchas, the amount of…
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We traveled to Alaska to join a 6 day cruise on Glacier Bay aboard the Sea Wolf. Sea Wolf is a 97′ WWII-era ship that carries 12 passengers and 5 crew. The owner, Kimber Owen, has gone to great lengths…
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In a few weeks, I’m going to Alaska to cruise Glacier Bay on the Sea Wolf. My friend and mentor Scott Rains reported on this cruise in 2008. Scott, who died two years ago, was an untiring apostle of disability…
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One of these…years…I’ll finish writing about our trip to New Zealand, but in the meantime, the government of Queensland, Australia, has published a guide for businesses on inclusive tourism. Inclusive Tourism: Making your business more inclusive and accessible Sandra Rhodda,…
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Our next stop was Wanaka, a small lakeside town in the Queenstown Lakes District. On the way there from Te Anau we drove through wildly popular and buzzing Queenstown, and were glad that we’d decided to base ourselves in Wanaka…
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