If you’ve spent any time on a modern cruise ship, you know the pool deck on a sea day is the ultimate bustling hub of onboard life. It’s where sunbathers hunt for open loungers, kids dart around with ice cream cones, and tropical drinks flow freely. But as cruise...
If you’ve ever tried to navigate New York City with a suitcase, a stroller, or, most importantly, a wheelchair or mobility scooter, you already know the ugly truth. But as someone who writes about travel and accessibility for a living, I like to look past the surface...
If you’ve been around the travel industry long enough, you’ve heard the phrase “accessible travel is improving” more times than you can count. And for years, that progress has felt incremental at best with new policies here, a ramp there, maybe better training in...
If you’ve ever rolled up to an airport gate with a wheelchair or scooter, you already know the drill. You hold your breath, pray your mobility device doesn’t end up in pieces, and hope the staff assisting you actually know what they’re doing. Ironically, on a...
There is nothing quite like the pull of America’s public lands. The sweeping vistas of our nation’s amazing national parks are the places that are supposed to belong to all of us. But for anyone who navigates the world on wheels, uses a mobility scooter, or...
Accessible air travel has always been framed as a future goal. It was always something airlines were “working toward” but for travelers with disabilities, that future has meant decades of compromise, stress, and lost independence. But the landscape is beginning to...
