These are British based travel companies specialising in travel arrangements, accommodation and holidays for disabled travellers, especially those with limited mobility or with special needs such as wheelchair access, nursing/care, or dialysis. |
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| AbleToGo.com |
01924 364634 |
Searcheable database of Hotels, Motels, Guest Houses, Self Catering, Caravans and Holiday Centres, mainly in the UK, for those with mobility difficulties. |
| Acacia Africa |
020 7706 4700 |
Specialist tour operator to Africa offering bush safaris and other tours in Africa for disabled travellers. |
| Access Africa |
020 8851 3065 |
Wheelchair accessible holidays and safaris in South Africa. |
| Access Travel |
01942 888844 |
Holiday properties & facilities in Tenerife, Algarve, Lanzerote, Cyprus, Florida, France, Majorca, Malta, Rhodes and Spain. |
| Assistance Travel Service |
01708 8631998 |
Holidays and travel assistance in the UK, Mediterranean and worldwide. |
| Can Be Done |
020 8907 2400 |
City breaks and holidays in Europe and the USA. |
| Chalfont Line |
01895 459540 |
Escorted holidays and transport services for the elderly and those with special needs. |
| Dash Travel |
01443 879557 |
Tailor-made and off-the-shelf holidays for disabled travellers and senior citizens, travelling singly, in families, or groups.
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| Disabled Holiday Directory |
01348 875 592 |
Lists holiday accommodation and holidays services for the disabled and handicapped in the UK, Ireland, Europe, & USA. |
| Discount Mobility USA |
001 561 361 9384 |
Company in the USA that provides wheelchair accessible vehicle rentals, medical equipment rental and accessible villas in the Orlando/Walt Disney World area. |
| Enable Holidays |
0871 222 4939 |
Holiday service for disabled travellers to Florida, Greece, the Canaries, Greece and Spain, set up by travel agent Suzanne Wardle who realised the need for it when a road accident left her in a wheelchair for six months. Enable is based on a detailed accessability audit of over 60 hotels/resorts in nine destinations. |
| Erna Low |
020 7584 2841 |
A well-respected ski company founded by Erna Low herself, the doyenne of British ski companies, in 1932. They are well known for having a dedicated Adaptive Skiing programme for skiers with physical disabilities. |
| Medical Travel |
00 1 561 361 9384 |
A Full Service Medical Travel Agency in the USA that caters to people with Special Medical Needs, such as Oxygen Rentals, Power Chair Rentals, Scooter Rentals and Resort Wheelchair Accessible Villas. |
| Uphill Ski Club |
01479 861272 |
Instructors and volunteers help individuals of all ages and with a variety of disabilities to enjoy skiing, snowboarding and other snowsports. Very closely linked to the British Ski Club for the Disabled |
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| Research Tips: | * | Flying with Disability is a useful website with advice on practicalities and legal rights for travellers with disabilities. |
| * | Smooth Ride Guides publish guides for people with mobility difficulties or using a wheelchair, covering activities, attractions, accommodation and leisure and sporting facilities in France and the UK. |
| * | Sporting Activities for the Disabled is a charitable trust providing sports equipment for sailing and skiing, operated by equpment retailer Snow & Rock. |
| * | Able Travel is a site set up by a quadriplegic adventurer who offers wheelchair accessible adventure travel in Africa (mostly) and worldwide. |
| * | Endeavour Safaris are based in Cape Town and offer safaris in Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa using specially modified Toyota Landcruisers for travellers in wheelchairs. |
| * | Egypt for All specialise in accessible travel and tours in Egypt - getting disabled travellers to historical sites, out into the desert, and even up Mt Sinai! |
