Traveling on your own has its advantages: flexibility, traveling at your own pace, etc. But when it comes to an accessible trip, planning is key and becomes essential for your trip not to be a bad experience.

If you are traveling with a disability or accompanying a disabled person, anticipation is more useful than we think.

It is essential to confirm that the accommodation is accessible, not everyone has the same concept of what is accessible, and people’s needs are not the same in all cases.

It is important to know what the hotel and its adapted rooms are like, if it has a shower with a ledge or if it is at floor level, if it has grab bars in the toilet, make sure the accommodation meets your needs. Do not rely only on the information published on the internet. Remember that there is not a high number of adapted rooms, so booking in advance is recommended for your accessible travel.

Transportation on your accessible trips

If you are a wheelchair user, accessible transportation will surely be what worries you most, arriving at the airport and the vehicle that comes to pick you up has a ramp or platform to access it in your own chair is a peace of mind. But then, how are you going to move around the Destination, by train, bus, is it accessible? Do you have to give advance notice to use it?

Another differential factor is the type of trip, if you go to a beach area, know if these are accessible, if you go to heritage cities, the type of pavement that you are going to find to cross them (paved, slopes) the type of climate, extreme heat, humidity or cold are not always easy to manage for people with disabilities, for that reason having information about the conditions of the destination helps you to predict which are the best months to travel, which are the best itineraries and what are the best options to enjoy and tour the destination.

Another important issue is to hire a good insurance, it is one of those things that you have to hire, trusting that you will not need it, because that means that everything has gone well, but if not, it is better to have the guarantee that you are well covered for any health problem or any other issue.

You can organize everything yourself and dedicate hours to it, but you can also turn to professional agencies like Enjoy Travel Group that know the accessibility of the destination, that advise you, and that design your trip according to your interests and needs, avoiding hours of wear and tear looking for information and avoiding unnecessary risks, to focus only on enjoying your next vacation..