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Oxygen — Don’t Leave Home Without It

As I was watching my Facebook feed this morning, a post by one of my travel writer friends caught my eye. Apparently her flight was being diverted for a medical emergency. She made a series of posts...

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Megabus Expands to Mississippi

Those of you that know me, know that I’m a huge Megabus fan. I mean, seriously, who can’t get excited about comfortable, affordable and accessible bus transportation across the US? And with fares as...

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Circus Circus Clowns Around with Access

For the most part, Las Vegas is a very accessible destination. They have a good supply of accessible taxis, wheelchairs and scooters for loan at many hotels, and good access to the casinos. And the...

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ADA Super Bowl Tickets

  Every year around this time I’m inundated with questions about how to get ADA tickets to the Super Bowl. To be honest, it’s basically the luck of the draw; and to understand this, you have to...

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SpiceJet Charges for Wheelchair Assistance — Sometimes

Although SpiceJet hasn’t gotten as much press as Ryanair, they both have one thing in common — charging for wheelchair assistance. The difference is that after an extended court battle, Ryanair learned...

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Cherrie’s Spring Break

Well, it’s been a long, cold, wet winter for everyone, and Cherrie is happy to be on her spring break. No worries about bears gone wild on this blog though, as we are having a g-rated spring break at...

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Quite a Reach for that TP!

I see a lot of things in my travels that just make me scratch my head; and after yesterdays find I decided that they deserve their own little space on my blog. So I’ve created a new category, “What...

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Exploring the Berkshires

For the most part this press trip has been a wrap-up research trip for my next book, “Resting Easy in the US; Unique Lodging Options for Wheelers and Slow Walkers”. The title pretty much describes the...

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Road Trip Ups and Downs

After almost six weeks on the road it’s good to be home. We traveled 10,387  miles through 23 states and discovered tons of cool accessible lodgings, sites and activities, that I look forward to...

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Quacking Around San Francisco

Some things are easier to make accessible than others. On the one hand, it’s pretty easy to put a ramp up to a building, or to make sure that there are grab bars by the toilet. But then there are …...

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Free Accessible Travel Webinar

If you’re new to accessible travel, or simply want to hear about some of my cool accessible travel finds, then be sure and join me next week for “Accessible Travel Basics: From Planning to Execution”,...

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Oxygen — Don’t Leave Home Without It

As I was watching my Facebook feed this morning, a post by one of my travel writer friends caught my eye. Apparently her flight was being diverted for a medical emergency. She made a series of posts...

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Remembering Fallen Friends on this ADA Anniversary

Today marks 28 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law. And although some folks lament that we still have access problems, I prefer to look at how far we have come on...

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