Traveling with Disabilities: Ten Top Tips 3

8. Determine whether the local transport services of the city you are
visiting are equipped with special seats for disabled persons, and
whether the vehicles are equipped with a ramp. Check to see if the
hotel you are staying at has an airport shuttle, how many elevators,
how easy the access to the hotel and your room with be, and so on.

9. If you are utilizing a service dog, check out whether the countries
you are planning to visit permit such dogs. Notify the airlines upon
making the reservation that you will have a service dog on board, and
what the extra handling and service fees might be for this.

10. The most important tip is to ensure that your insurance plan
provides coverage/compensation in the cities you are planning to
visit. You can obtain additional travel insurance at the airport,
online when you book, through the credit card company you are using to
pay for your trip, and/or or through your travel agent, if necessary.

Traveling with disabilities can be difficult, but not impossible. The
main things is to know before you go and be prepared.