Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts And Bolts Guide For Wheelers And Slow Walkers (Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts & Bolts Guide for Wheelers & Slow Walker) (Paperback)

~ Candy B. Harrington (Author)

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"The Bible for barrier-free travel. The invaluable information in this book will ensure travelers with mobility limitations spend their time creating meaningful memories - not worrying about how they'll get there." - Chris Elliot, National Geographic Traveler Blogger/Syndicated Columnist/TV Host "Encyclopedic in both its scope and its usefulness, Barrier-Free Travel is an indispensable resource for travelers with disabilities." - Pauline Frommer, author of Pauline Frommer's Travel Guides"

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Because of the chaos and uncertainty involved in travel, people who require access accommodations need thoughtful, reliable information. This book provides the tools and resources needed to plan a trip, covering everything from the logistics of air travel to finding an accessible hotel room. This edition includes recent changes to rules and regulations regarding access, many of which have taken effect in the past year, as well as major regulations effecting access outside of the U.S.

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Product Details Paperback: 200 pages Publisher: Demos Health; Third Edition edition (July 14, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932603832 ISBN-13: 978-1932603835 Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #330,242 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in this category: (What's this?) #5 in  Books > Travel > Specialty Travel > Special Needs

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 33 of 35 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Leave Home Without This Book!, December 10, 2001 By  Karla Hoffman (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers (Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts & Bolts Guide for Wheelers & Slow Walker) (Paperback) This is the best how-to guide about accessible travel that I have ever read. I've been traveling for over 10 years in my wheelchair, and this book contains helpful information and resources that I never knew existed. Every time I pick up a book about accessible travel, it contains all the same trite information. Of course this book is just the opposite. It contains useful information. I don't need to be told to get to the airport early or to remember to pack my medicine. This book covers all the essentials, gives you good solid information and doesn't just give you "common sense" tips. It's the only book on the market that does that. It's an easy read -- not just a book filled with facts and figures. Real life situations are included in most chapters. The chapter about what to do when things go wrong is one of the most concise and informative advocacy guides I have ever read. I wish that all travel agents and professionals would read this book too. It's a must for people who travel, but the professionals who plan our vacations also need to know this information! 27 of 28 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars It Helped Us, July 12, 2002 By  bernie kovar (Scranton, PA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers (Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts & Bolts Guide for Wheelers & Slow Walker) (Paperback) My wife had a stroke four years ago and now has to use a wheelchair. We both wanted to travel bur I didn't know the first place to look to find out the things we needed to know. The physical therapist said lots of people who have had strokes travel, so we wanted to give it a try. But it was hard to find information. That's where this book helped. It contains a lot of information you need. It should be titled "owners manual" as nobody tells you this stuff when you end up in a wheelchair. The cruise chapter was very helpful to me. I just figured I could call up a travel agent and book a cruise with a handicapped cabin. I'm glad I read the book before I made that mistake. There is also a very helpful chapter about choosing a travel agent and how to travel on an airplane with a wheelchair. We just got back from our first cruise and it was great. I wouldn't have been able to do it without this book. If you are even only thinking about travel, I urge you to read this book. We are already planning our next trip. 19 of 20 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Barrier-Free Travel Saved Me (money), December 11, 2001 By  Paula Ventura (California) - See all my reviews This review is from: Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers (Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts & Bolts Guide for Wheelers & Slow Walker) (Paperback) I highly recommend this book to anybody considering traveling with a wheelchair. I bought this book before my vacation back east and it helped me understand my rights as a consumer. It also gave me helpful tips on how to get the services I need. For example, did you know that hotels that provide free airpot shuttle service (in the US) also have to provide an accessible option, at no charge to the customer? Well, I didn't -- until I read this book. A hotel in Boston tried to charge me for this service, but because I read this book, I knew the law and was able to deal with the situation. The result was that I saved (money), and the hotel had to provide me with free accessible airport shuttle service. That's just one of the helpful tips that I found in Barrier-Free Travel. This book also contains useful information about how to find and book an accessible room, how to work with (and find) a travel agent, cruises, ground transportation, overseas travel, advocacy, disability law and rights, air travel, protecting your wheelchair when you travel, and resources around the world. It's a book that I will keep and continue to refer to, as I continue to travel. It makes a great resource book -- I wish more CIL's would add this to their resource library.		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars A necessary resource for accessible travel. Mary Poppins may have found that a spoonful of sugar helped the medicine go down, but Candy Harrington successfully uses humor and anecdotes to dish out the many details on... Read more Published 3 months ago by C. George 5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource! Ms Harrington provides a thorough understanding of how to enjoy travel from a wheelchair and troubleshoot those annoying glitches that tend to pop up. Read more Published on August 2, 2007 by ELC 3.0 out of 5 stars Good for wheelers but flimsy for the slow walkers I think it's a fairly good book, but has more focus to those limited to those in wheelchair and less for slow walkers. Read more Published on June 10, 2007 by Bose Urieko 5.0 out of 5 stars Second Edition Worth The Money I bought the first edition of this book and I was interested to see if the second edition had any new information in it or if it was just the same book with a new cover. Read more Published on September 14, 2005 by Albert Purdy 3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but outdated information I got this book as a primer on traveling with a disability. I have Multiple Sclerosis and am both a "Wheeler" and a "Slow Walker" depending on the day. 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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Demos Health; Third Edition edition (July 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932603832
• ISBN-13: 978-1932603835
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #330,242 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Leave Home Without This Book!, December 10, 2001

By	Karla Hoffman (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers (Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts & Bolts Guide for Wheelers & Slow Walker) (Paperback)

This is the best how-to guide about accessible travel that I have ever read. I've been traveling for over 10 years in my wheelchair, and this book contains helpful information and resources that I never knew existed.

Every time I pick up a book about accessible travel, it contains all the same trite information. Of course this book is just the opposite. It contains useful information. I don't need to be told to get to the airport early or to remember to pack my medicine. This book covers all the essentials, gives you good solid information and doesn't just give you "common sense" tips. It's the only book on the market that does that.

It's an easy read -- not just a book filled with facts and figures. Real life situations are included in most chapters. The chapter about what to do when things go wrong is one of the most concise and informative advocacy guides I have ever read.

I wish that all travel agents and professionals would read this book too. It's a must for people who travel, but the professionals who plan our vacations also need to know this information!

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Helped Us, July 12, 2002

By	bernie kovar (Scranton, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers (Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts & Bolts Guide for Wheelers & Slow Walker) (Paperback)

My wife had a stroke four years ago and now has to use a wheelchair. We both wanted to travel bur I didn't know the first place to look to find out the things we needed to know. The physical therapist said lots of people who have had strokes travel, so we wanted to give it a try. But it was hard to find information. That's where this book helped. It contains a lot of information you need. It should be titled "owners manual" as nobody tells you this stuff when you end up in a wheelchair.

The cruise chapter was very helpful to me. I just figured I could call up a travel agent and book a cruise with a handicapped cabin. I'm glad I read the book before I made that mistake. There is also a very helpful chapter about choosing a travel agent and how to travel on an airplane with a wheelchair.

We just got back from our first cruise and it was great. I wouldn't have been able to do it without this book. If you are even only thinking about travel, I urge you to read this book. We are already planning our next trip.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Barrier-Free Travel Saved Me (money), December 11, 2001

By	Paula Ventura (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers (Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts & Bolts Guide for Wheelers & Slow Walker) (Paperback)

I highly recommend this book to anybody considering traveling with a wheelchair. I bought this book before my vacation back east and it helped me understand my rights as a consumer. It also gave me helpful tips on how to get the services I need.

For example, did you know that hotels that provide free airpot shuttle service (in the US) also have to provide an accessible option, at no charge to the customer? Well, I didn't -- until I read this book.

A hotel in Boston tried to charge me for this service, but because I read this book, I knew the law and was able to deal with the situation. The result was that I saved (money), and the hotel had to provide me with free accessible airport shuttle service.

That's just one of the helpful tips that I found in Barrier-Free Travel.

This book also contains useful information about how to find and book an accessible room, how to work with (and find) a travel agent, cruises, ground transportation, overseas travel, advocacy, disability law and rights, air travel, protecting your wheelchair when you travel, and resources around the world.

It's a book that I will keep and continue to refer to, as I continue to travel. It makes a great resource book -- I wish more CIL's would add this to their resource library.