Barrier-Free Travel - Candy Harrington

Barrier-Free Travel

Buch | Softcover
200 Seiten
2009 | 3rd New edition
Demos Medical Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-932603-83-5 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
Because of the chaos and uncertainty involved in travel, people who require access accommodations need thoughtful, reliable information. This provides the tools and resources needed to plan a trip, covering everything from the logistics of air travel to finding an accessible hotel room.
Now in its third edition, Barrier-Free Travel is essential reading for every traveller with mobility limitations. With over 100 new photographs and updated travel rules and regulations, effecting access outside of the US, this book contains essential, thoughtful, and reliable information not just common sense tips.

Barrier-Free Travel gives readers the tools and resources to prepare for both the expected and the unexpected. It covers everything from the logistics of air travel and how to protect your wheelchair in flight, to how to find an accessible hotel room. Also included, are extensive chapters on cruises and accessible shore excursions with contact information for foreign tour operators who are able to provide them.

Barrier-Free Travel provides valuable information that will ensure travellers with mobility limitations spend their time creating meaningful memories.

Candy B. Harrington is a widely acknowledged expert in the field of accessible travel for people with disabilities. She founded the magazine Emerging Horizons, an accessible travel magazine, and has published widely on this subject. She recently wrote the book Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers. She contributed a chapter to the book Kids On Wheels, a resource guide for wheelchair-using kids and their parents. Her work can also be found in many disability-related magazines including New Mobility, PN, Ability and Arthritis Today as well as mainstream publications such as the Dallas Morning News. She's a frequent contributor to TravelAge West and she pens accessible travel columns for Special Living, Travel World International and Go World Travel. Ms. Harrington is a frequent keynote

Preface; Up, Up and Away: Air Travel; Taking The Kids; Sailing Away; All Ashore.

Verlagsort New York, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
Reisen Reiseführer
ISBN-10 1-932603-83-2 / 1932603832
ISBN-13 978-1-932603-83-5 / 9781932603835
Zustand Neuware
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