Sorry for any obvious answers but I am very new to this. I recently started working as a caregiver for a guy who uses an electric wheelchair. He really enjoys traveling but has only been to destinations he can drive to, because he needs his hoist and bathing chair.

He's very eager to try a flight to London, mostly to figure out if he can handle the flight and see how it goes. How do you find hotels that have "drive in" bathing facilities, a hoist and a chair to bathe in?

I found a hotel that seemed to be pretty well suited bit was still not entirely sure that bathing would be possible (and for £240 a night it's a risk..).

Are there any options through airbnb or similar services?

Sorry again if I sound silly but I'm new to this so just trying my luck. Also English is only my second language so some things might sound even sillier than they are...

Thanks in advance!

Hi there! I'm working with a group of students at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information in Toronto, Canada.

(more about who we are here and what we do here: https://ischool.utoronto.ca/).

We are taking a research methods course, and we are interested in how accessibility information is used on Google Maps and Google Local Guides users' contributions of accessibility information to Google Maps.

We are currently looking for Google Maps users who rely on the accessibility information in Google Maps, either for themselves or for others, and for Google Local Guides at level 3 and above who make contributions about places to participate in surveys, which will help us in our research.

If this is something you'd be interested in participating in, links to our survey are below:

For Users of Accessibility Information in Google Maps: https://goo.gl/forms/wvyKrMoCmOoMXelZ2 For Google Local Guides: https://goo.gl/forms/EwnsxJfBr4wbWd4s1

Hi everyone! Just a quick question. I was wondering if you all could chime in here with some experiences with getting assistance at airports and whether it's been good or not.

I don't know how much is dependent on the airline and how much is the airport. For reference, I am visually impaired and have traveled both with a cane and my guide dog. So my assistance is just in the form of someone taking me where I need to go, and I've had nothing but good experiences with Lufthansa / in the Frankfurt airport, but Detroit hasn't been so helpful - when I'm checking in there to fly out, I have to wait for someone to help me, which is totally fine and to be expected. But if I'm flying INTO Detroit, I've never gotten help or the impression that they even HAVE someone to help, even though it's marked on my ticket. I usually end up relying on other passengers to figure out where I'm going, which is a bit of a pain in the ass with customs and whatnot.

I'm asking because I'll be flying from Frankfurt to Ohio in the next couple months, and I'm trying to choose my route based on how likely I am to get help when I request it in advance. I could go through London, New York JFK or LaGuardia, Chicago, or Philadelphia. Does anyone have experience with any of these airports? (Or if you have another airport you'd like to chime in about, I'd be curious to here for future reference!)

Thanks all, and happy traveling!

I'd love to go down for a Lucha Libre show at Arena Mexico but everything I've read is basically saying don't go but that information seems to be from abled body folks so I was hoping to hear from fellow wheelchair users on how things are.

I can walk, but the walking required for travel is getting harder and harder so I have a folding travel scooter (http://www.travelscoot.com/) I use on my trips.

My trip through New England included stops in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Boston. Most of the towns we visited even the small ones where accessible with a few caveats:

1. Most of the sidewalks are inset brick which while a bit bumpy are manageable as long as they’re reasonably flat
2. Most of the inset brick sidewalks are not flat. Due to tree roots, settling and weather the sidewalks have small hills and valleys and slope. Doable, but you need to be careful.
3. Sidewalk cut-outs were plentiful except in Boston
4. Many small shops are not accessible unless you can walk in. Sometimes it is due to one or two small steps, sometimes the shop is too narrow, but mostly it’s due to the hordes of tourists.

The Portland, ME art museum (http://portlandartmuseum.org) is small, but has a nice mix of artwork and its fully accessible. We also visited the Victoria House (http://victoriamansion.org) in Portland. There is a lift in the back of the house, but only the first floor is accessible if you can’t walk. The Victoria House was interesting and had some of the first modern conveniences in Portland.

Boston was a disappointment as far as accessibility except for the subway. The subway or “T” is 90% accessible and the employees are awesome! Any MBTA (http://www.mbta.com) employee I asked a question or had any interaction with went the extra mile. Not only were they polite and friendly (and funny) many times they would walk with me to wherever I needed to go just to make sure I got to the right elevator or platform.

The streets in Boston’s historic district are bad. Again, the sidewalks are inset brick, but rarely is one flat. Gas and water connections stick up out of the sidewalk; you may have a sidewalk cutout on one side of the street, but not have a matching one on the other side of the street and there are missing bricks which leave a wheel catching hole. The Freedom Trail is in bad shape in several spots. I took a tumble on one section and my friend (very agile) nearly fell on another section. Most of the sites on the Freedom Trail are not accessible unless you can walk. I know Boston Is old and that provides its own set of problems, but frankly I was disappointed in the condition of the streets and the accessibility.

On an up note, both the Isabella Gardener Museum (http://www.gardnermuseum.org/home) and the Boston Museum of Art (http://www.mfa.org/) are fully accessible and while quite different both wonderful. New England is lovely and I’m glad I had the opportunity to visit at such colorful time of the year.

As for JetBlue, they were great! No problem in Seattle or in Boston and my TS was delivered within 10 minutes of the plane landing in each location.