Accessible Travel Tours and Reviews

In this section of Disabled World we cover travel articles and worldwide destinations that would be accessible to seniors and persons with disabilities.

For people with disabilities travel and vacations can involve a lot of advance planning in order to ensure both their means of transport and accommodations are easily accessible to them.

We also offer several reviews of travel web sites that cater specifically for the disabled traveller and seniors with mobility and/or health problems.

Many of these travel articles have been written by Disabled-world.com users who wanted to share their travelling experiences with other readers in the hope they will be of assistance to others who may be thinking of travelling locally or abroad.

We welcome your disability travel article submissions including stories (both good and bad), reviews, and travel advice for others with disabilities.

Travel Articles

Heritage Tours in India
India is the land of vibrant culture and diverse heritage. This is the only place where one can find people following different religion, culture, languages and difference life style but bear the same spirit of nationality.

Northern New Mexico Mountains
Our niche in the Gallina mountain valley of northern New Mexico is a life apart, literally. The closest Wal-Mart's is an hour and a half drive one-way. That's also our closest pharmacy. A two-hour drive will get you to the closest decent hospital or doctor, or Sears or furniture store, or photo developer or movie theatre. One bank serves a circumference of 200 miles.

Ranthambhore National Park India
Nestling in the Aravali hills, in the midst of the arid plains and denuded tracts of Rajasthan in North India, lies Ranthambhore. Ranthambhore National Park is hailed as one of India’s finest wildlife sanctuaries. A hunting reserve for the Maharajas of Jaipur, the park was once open to only the select few.

Sikkim Adventure Trekking Tours in India
The beautiful land of Sikkim is covered by hidden valleys, mystical monasteries, snow-fed lakes and many more nature refined scenic sights. It is the place that has adventurous sites, charming places, floral Paradise and everything that a tourist desires in an adventure tour.

Adventure Travel in India
India is one of the special lands in this planet that has been bestowed with such unparalleled natural beauty. Sky beating Himalayas in the north, lush blue Indian Ocean in the south, warm Thar in the west and the rainy North-East.

Travel to India
I was in a tour to India in the month of Jan’ 08 with 4 of our colleagues. I had a great time there & enjoyed their culture & tradition, tasted variety of spicy food & lot more.

Disabled Explorers to Take on the Continental Divide
Three explorers are leaving Phoenix, Arizona, at the beginning of July to take on an expedition along the Continental Divide—24 days, spanning three countries, nine states, and 2700 miles. What makes this trip unique is that two of the team members are amputees, and they are out to prove to other disabled people that anything is possible.

Guidelines for Muslims with Disabilities planning for Umrah
If you are a wheelchair user, prefer to take manual wheelchair, you are familiarized to use in your daily routine. It will give you more comfort and less trouble. If you are power wheelchair user, it's better to make acquainted yourself by using manual wheelchair for a week before your departure.

Deep Vein Thrombosis
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is the formation of a blood clot ("thrombus") in a deep vein. The cause often is prolonged inactivity, such as sitting during a long period of travel in an airplane or automobile or lengthy bed rest after surgery.

Thinking of Visiting Las Vegas to Play Slots?
Nevada has over 10,000 severely disabled in wheelchairs and 55,000 residents have been issued permanent handicapped parking rights. With today's Las Vegas population, it means that approximately 81,000 residents are disabled and out of the 36 million people that visited Las Vegas this year, 2.8 million were disabled!

Travel to Costa Rica with IBD
Traveling internationally with IBD can be a challenge.  Costa Rica is a great place to travel to with IBD, and this article provides 5 reasons to prove it.

International Travel with IBD - Tips
Infammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and international can sometimes be like ketchup and chocolate cake: they just don't go well together.  Well, I love international travel and I have Crohn's disease, and I travel like a nut. Here are some tips for making it work.

Travel Tips
Most people don't face any problems when they travel, but it's possible to make travel safer and more comfortable. Here are some travel tips to ensure you a smooth and memorable voyage.

Amazing Journey of Online Travel
From railways to airlines, hotels to travel packages virtually every segment of the travel industry is seeing a surge in online bookings. With the global increase in popularity for Online Travel, Online Travel sales worldwide increased by as much as 34% from 2004 to 2005 and reached $62 billion in the US markets and $31.1 billion in the European markets.

Immunization Advice for Safe Travel
If you are planning to travel abroad, you may need certain travel immunization. Which vaccinations will be required will depend on your travel destination, the length of your stay, and whether or not you have already been inoculated against particular diseases.

Raksha Bandhan Festival of India
The chaste bond of love between a brother and a sister is one of the deepest and noblest of human emotions. Raksha Bandhan is an age-old tradition of celebrating the eternal bond of love shared by brothers and sisters. With a simple and sober ceremony of tying A Thread – “Rakhi”, the festival aims at refreshing the relationship between siblings.

Dangs: The Land of Ecstasy and Ethnicity
Even though it lies about 200 kilometers north of metropolitan Mumbai, the Dang District remains quite isolated and materially developed. Encompassing 1788 Sq. Km. in a rugged valley noted for its still largely pristine teak forests. The district has an overall literacy rate of 38%, the second lowest among 24 districts in Gujarat. Almost 100% of the population resides in the countryside, sustaining themselves, just above the subsistence level by growing local varieties of millet and other seed crops.

Looking for People with Disabilities for Expedition
I am working on the 3rd series of Beyond Boundaries for BBC2. We are looking for young people with disabilities for an expedition of a lifetime.

Vasi Stoica Completes 5200 Km Wheelchair Expedition Across Europe
On 10 2006 September Vasile Stoica completed a grueling summer-long Pan-European trek in a manual wheelchair.

Cheap Flights Vacations and Hotel Accommodation
Are you tired of trying to find decent holiday accommodation that blows your budget or leave you wishing you had stayed home?

Travelers with Disabilities an Untapped Market
With millions of people in need of accessible travel options, and with our Baby Boomers (almost 25% of our population) starting to reach retirement age as well now is the time to start thinking about improving marketing efforts to include people with disabilities and about better overall accessibility in general.

Wheelchair Travel Tips
Traveling on Holidays has always been fun. Actually, it has become one of our itineraries during this most anticipated season of the year. But you know what guys; even disabled persons love to travel.