| Disabled travelers can enjoy free, cheap and | | | | home to offer. These may be a little harder to find and |
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| able-bodied friends do. There are many good deals | | | | location in order to take advantage of it. Instead of |
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| disabled travel tips. | | | | wheelchair accessible for many years. If location |
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| bodied. They have to comply with the ADA | | | | exchange. |
| (Americans with Disabilities Act) regulations so finding | | | | 4. Don't forget about the YMCA and YWCA. They |
| good accessible rooms is much easier than in the past. | | | | have offered many accessible options for the disabled |
| Of course the newer hotels and motels may be your | | | | traveler for years. Many have accessible rooms and |
| best bet where you know they are more than likely | | | | most if not all have swimming pools and weight rooms |
| built from the ground up correctly for accessibility | | | | in order to get your daily exercise and fitness workout |
| rather than being patched up as some hotels and | | | | in. |
| motels have done that were built in the not recent | | | | 5. If you're staying at a hotel in the United States, find |
| past. | | | | out if they offer free transportation from the airport for |
| 2. Hostels are one of the cheapest ways to go of | | | | guests. If they do then by law they have to provide |
| course. Hostels in the past have always been for the | | | | free accessible transportation for disabled travelers |
| young folks, college students and those willing to sleep | | | | too. If they don't have accessible hotel vans they have |
| in rooms with others and not very private. And many | | | | to use an outside van service. In any event they have |
| were not wheelchair accessible either. Today there | | | | to get you free to the hotel in a wheelchair accessible |
| are many hostels that cater to wheelchair and those | | | | van or other accessible mode of transpiration. |
| disabled travelers with mobility problems. Many go out | | | | These are just a few of the best disabled travel tips |
| of their way to make things more accessible and | | | | for free or cheap travel doe travelers with disabilities. |
| private for the disabled or wheelchair traveler. There | | | | There are many more, too many too list here. You'll |
| are many accessible hostels. | | | | find more and more freebies are offered to disabled |
| 3. You may not have thought of a home exchange | | | | travelers today than ever before. |
| but this is perfect if you have a wheelchair accessible | | | | |