Lonely Planet’s Accessible Travel Online Resources Easy-to-read text • Updated biannually Lonely Planet’s Accessible Travel Online Resources Collated by Martin Heng, Accessible Travel Manager LONELY PLANET’S ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL ONLINE RESOURCES 3 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................ 5 UK .......................................................... 31 USA ....................................................... 39 COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY RESOURCES ......8 Worldwide ............................................ 42 Argentina ................................................8 Australia ..................................................8 PERSONAL TRAVEL BLOGS ......................46 Austria ....................................................11 Barbados ..............................................12 GENERAL RESOURCES ..............................55 Belgium ..................................................12 Useful Planning Websites ................... 55 Brazil .....................................................13 Websites Promoting Accessible/ Canada ..................................................13 Inclusive Tourism ..................................57 Croatia ................................................... 15 TRAVEL AGENTS, TOUR OPERATORS & Cuba ....................................................... 15 COMMERCIAL OPERATORS ......................62 Cyprus .................................................. 16 Australia ............................................... 62 Denmark ............................................... 16 Azores .................................................. 62 Estonia .................................................. 16 Baltics .................................................. 63 Europe ................................................... 16 Canada ................................................. 63 Finland .................................................. 16 Caribbean ............................................ 63 France ................................................... 16 China .................................................... 63 Germany ...............................................18 Costa Rica ........................................... 63 Greece .................................................. 22 Cyprus ................................................. 63 Hong Kong ........................................... 22 Czech Republic .................................... 64 Hungary ............................................... 22 Ecuador ................................................ 64 Ireland ................................................... 22 Egypt .................................................... 64 Israel .................................................... 23 Ethiopia ................................................ 64 Italy ...................................................... 23 France .................................................. 64 Japan ....................................................24 Germany .............................................. 64 Korea......................................................24 Greece .................................................. 65 Malta .....................................................25 Honduras ............................................. 65 Mexico ...................................................25 Hong Kong ........................................... 65 Morocco ................................................25 Iceland .................................................. 65 Netherlands ..........................................25 India ..................................................... 65 New Zealand .........................................25 Indonesia ............................................. 65 Peru ...................................................... 26 Israel .................................................... 65 Poland ................................................... 26 Italy ...................................................... 66 Portugal ............................................... 26 Kenya ....................................................67 Romania ............................................... 26 Latvia ....................................................67 San Marino .......................................... 26 Malta .....................................................67 Serbia ................................................... 26 Martinique ............................................67 Singapore ............................................ 26 Mexico ...................................................67 Slovenia ............................................... 26 Morocco ................................................67 South Africa ..........................................27 Nepal .....................................................67 Spain ......................................................27 Netherlands ......................................... 69 Sweden ................................................ 30 New Zealand ........................................ 69 Switzerland .......................................... 30 Poland .................................................. 69 Taiwan .................................................. 30 Portugal ............................................... 70 Thailand ............................................... 30 LONELY PLANET’S ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL ONLINE RESOURCES 4 Table of Contents Romania................................................ 70 Russia .................................................. 70 South Africa ......................................... 70 Spain ..................................................... 71 Taiwan ...................................................72 Tanzania ................................................72 Thailand ................................................72 Turkey ...................................................73 Vietnam .................................................73 UK ..........................................................73 USA .......................................................76 Worldwide ..............................................77 SPECIALIST SPORTS ORGANISATIONS ... 81 Flying .....................................................81 Mountain Sports ..................................81 Sailing ...................................................81 Scuba Diving ........................................ 82 Skydiving .............................................. 82 Surfing .................................................. 84 USA ....................................................... 84 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................ 87 LONELY PLANET’S ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL ONLINE RESOURCES 5 Introduction The list of resources is broken down into Introduction different sections. Country-by-country resources, When you’re travelling with a disability arranged alphabetically. Among these or access issues, it’s important to are websites from governments, know that your needs can be met in local authorities, NGOs and private the destination you are travelling to. businesses. Some are searchable This means planning your trip well: databases of venues and facilities; unlike for most able-bodied people, others are also associated with a it’s difficult to act spontaneously and mobile app. Both of these categories hope for the best. Unfortunately, most will be particulary useful when you are people with access issues – whether at your destination. through disability, age, a health Personal travel blogs. There is a condition or injury – have difficulty wealth of information to be found in finding any information, let alone reliable these personal blogs, written by those information. who enjoy travel with a wide variety of This collection of online resources limitations. doesn’t pretend to fill that information General resources. This is broken gap. However, it’s a good start and down into two subsections: useful should help not only with initial planning, websites for nondestination-specific but also with finding suitable venues planning purposes; and websites and facilities once you’ve reached your dedicated to promoting inclusive destination. tourism. The latter will be of great This list is by no means exhaustive, interest to those who are working in so here’s where you come in: if you the field, but also contain valuable know of a useful website in your information, links and resources for country or locality, please let us know travellers with access requirements. at [email protected]. Specialist travel agents and tour Likewise, if you run a business that operators. Listed alphabetically by caters specifically for people who have country, most of these cater for a particular access needs, let us know if variety of access requirements; some you would like to be added to this list. are inbound, some are outbound and As websites go down and web some are both. addresses change frequently, we intend Specialist sports organisations. This to revisit and republish this resource is the least comprehensive section – every six months to make sure all links we’d love to add to it if you can remain live and to add new ones. All lend us your collective wisdom and headings are hyperlinked: click on experience. them to be directed to the relevant website. LONELY PLANET’S ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL ONLINE RESOURCES 6 Introduction Disclaimer Lonely Planet prides itself on having its authors visit every region, establishment and activity we review.