Today Access Anything posted a blog post about the accessible.travel Community as well as our sister site Tour Watch.

Access Anything said:

“FOR THE TRAVELER

The newest one is called the accessible.travel Community, created by one of our peers Craig Grimes, based out of Nicaragua and with extensive experience in travel and adventure travel for people with disabilities in not only South and Central America but in the European Union as well. Craig’s dedication to bettering the online information for PWD shows in this community, a hub created for the traveler to share tips on accessible places he or she has been.

accessible.travel is for the traveler, the researcher, those thirsting for accessible information at their fingertips. In order for the information to grow, the network must grow, so we are sharing this new community so that it can do so. We hope you pay a visit and join. With already 105 members and growing, this is soon to be a vast resource and a great meeting location for like minded travelers with similar needs who seek travel locations without barriers.”

Thanks to Craig & Andy Kennedy at Access Anything for their continued support.

The European Network for Accessible Toursim (ENAT) talk about accessible.travel in a blog post today. ENAT have been very supportive of accessible.travel and have shared access data for various destinations.

Without ENAT accessible.travel wouldn’t have got to this point so quickly and I look forward to working with them more in the future. I’ll keep you all posted through the blog about developments with ENAT, of which, I am hoping that there will be many in the not too distant future.

A profile about the work of Craig Grimes, Director of accessible.travel, in the Christian Science Monitor.

Matagalpa, Nicaragua – The winding turns, potholes, open sewers, and stray dogs make the streets of this northern Nicaraguan town tough to negotiate – let alone in a wheelchair.

“It’s the worst ever, without a doubt,” says Craig Grimes, with a laugh, as he grasps a signpost to pull his wheelchair up onto a street curb. “A lot of people in Matagalpa don’t know how to use their wheelchairs, because no one has ever taught them. I’ve been showing people in wheelchairs how to get around their own city, and they’ve lived here their whole lives.”

Read more.

Source: Christian Science Monitor

Today Time Online publsihed a short paragraph about accessible.travel. Hopefully this is the first of a lot of positive publicty to come our way. Below are a couple of screen shots of the page, to see the full thing please go to Time.

Images taken from Time.

Here are some links to the policies of European Budget Airlines with regards to carriage of people with disabilities. Some are more useful than others, but this list provides a reference of quick links to the policies of airlines that you may have booked or are thinking of booking with:

Aegean Airlines: Passengers with special needs

Aer Arann: Passengers with reduced mobility

Aer Lingus: Special Assistance

Airberlin: After looking through their site and in the site map I couldn’t actually find anything for people with disabilities. Please check the airberlin site and if you find anything please post it here!

Air Malta: Pregnancy and Medical

Air Southwest: Can Air Southwest accept passengers with disabilities?

ArkeFly: Minder validen (in Dutch)

Avro: FAQ’s: Health, Special Assistance and Requests. Scroll down the FAQs to the relevant links.

Blue Air: 7. Refusal and Limitation of Carriage. Click on the title to reveal “Special Assistance.”

Blu Express: 9. I have special needs; who should I contact? Scroll down to relevant section.

Brussels Airlines: Special Assistance

bmibaby: special requirements

Condor: I couldn’t find anything on their site but then again it’s in German, see the Condor site for further details.

Easyjet: Passengers with specific requirements

Flybaboo: FAQs number 26. I am an invalid and need special assistance. What should I do? Scorll down to relevant part.

Flybe: Special Assistance

flyglobespan: Special Assistance

Fly Thomas Cook: I couldn’t find any information on the site but they did have a “special requests” page. I’d suggest trying one of the numbers there.

Germania: Handicapped Passengers

Germanwings: Passengers with limited mobility (click on the + sign at the end of the title to see more information)

Iceland Express: Passengers with Disabilities

Jet2: Special needs and mobility assistance

Meridiana: Special Assistance

Monarch: See Avro

Norwegian Air Shuttle: Special Needs

Peagsus: Passengers with Special Needs

Ryanair: Special Assistance

Smart Wings: After looking through their site I couldn’t actually find anything for people with disabilities. Please check the Smart Wings site and if you find anything please post it here!

Sun Express: After looking through their site and in the site map I couldn’t actually find anything for people with disabilities. Please check the Sun Express site and if you find anything please post it here!

Thomsonfly: Passengers with special needs

Transavia: Site Map Look under “practical information”.

Tuifly: FAQs Scroll down to relevant part. They basically say contact the TUI Service Centre.

Vueling: What conditions does the company offer for passengers with special needs?

Wizz Air: Useful Information: Passengers with special needs. Scroll down until you get to the relevant section.

From the accessible.travel Community