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Tag: travel accessibility

Laurita Tellado poses in her wheelchair in front of the Spanish Steps in Rome on a clear, sunny day
  • Posted in
    • Global Issues
    • Travel

Access Granted: 6 Tips for Travelers with Disabilities

  • Posted byby Laurita Tellado
  • August 30, 2021
  • 7 minute read
  • 0 Comments

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring in a folding chair.”  Shirley Chisholm Having been born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, I grew up always feeling…

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  • Posted in
    • Travel Content Creators
    • Women to Watch

Drop Everything and Follow These 23 Accessible Travel Influencers Right Now

  • Posted byby Wanderful Team
  • June 3, 2021
  • 8 minute read
  • 5 Comments

The travel industry certainly has a long way to go to make travel accessible for all. But, because of women like these content creators, those barriers are slowly being torn…

Stacey Valle standing in front of a colorful market vendor display
  • Posted in
    • Events
    • Global Issues

Traveling While Deaf, and How To Make Tourism More Inclusive & Accessible

  • Posted byby Stacey Marlene Valle
  • December 15, 2020
  • 7 minute read
  • 1 Comment

I was taught to believe that it wasn’t really possible for me to travel, not just because I am a woman, but because I am Deaf, too. Actually, I believed…

Martinique Lewis stands with her book, The ABC Travel Greenbook, and a small bag
  • Posted in
    • Community
    • Global Issues

Meet the Woman Who Created The New Green Book for Black Travelers

  • Posted byby Claire O'Brien
  • October 13, 2020
  • 8 minute read
  • 7 Comments

Wanderful is publishing this story in partnership with REP CO, a brand new storytelling collaborative that covers issues of racial and social justice and is powered by volunteer media professionals….

accessibility in travel can be a challenge - woman in a wheelchair on the pavement
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    • Europe
    • Global Issues

My Struggle for Accessibility in Travel

  • Posted byby Annabelle Baugh
  • July 13, 2020
  • 5 minute read
  • 1 Comment

Annabelle Baugh comments on accessibility in travel with her personal experiences living in the UK. Find out how you can support better practices as a tourism service provider or fellow…

Beth Santos at the airplane ramp
  • Posted in
    • Global Issues
    • Reviews

Broadening the Skies: How Norwegian Air is Making Travel Better for All of Us

  • Posted byby Wanderful Team
  • December 16, 2019
  • 4 minute read
  • 2 Comments

What would a low-fare long-haul flight actually feel like (or to put in more direct terms, would it be bearable)? And is it really making air travel better? Wanderful’s CEO and Founder Beth Santos takes you aboard!

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    • Health & Wellness
    • Travel Types

Why I Finally Wore My Hearing Aids Traveling

  • Posted byby Kirsten Brackett
  • September 9, 2019
  • 7 minute read
  • 2 Comments

Traveling with my hearing aids gave me the chance to face my fears head-on and proudly embrace what makes me different. That is a beautiful gift.

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    • Global Issues
    • Travel Types

What It’s like to Travel as a Genderqueer Person

  • Posted byby Inge T
  • October 18, 2017
  • 7 minute read
  • 8 Comments

Sometimes gender can’t be read upon first impression. And as you’re probably imagining, this can make a lot of daily situations awkward or unpleasant. As a genderqueer person, I find…

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    • Europe

Berlin: The Ultimate Queer Travel Destination (Complete with 90s Bay Area Vibes)

  • Posted byby Christine Rose
  • September 20, 2017
  • 9 minute read
  • 6 Comments

It was 1992 when I first moved to San Francisco, but the late 80s were alive and (not so) well in the Castro and Mission Districts, where the Gay Stuff™…

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    • Travel Guides

Flying Spirit Airlines Is Not as Hard as You Think

  • Posted byby Jennifer Dubose
  • January 24, 2017
  • 5 minute read
  • 13 Comments

While I would consider myself well traveled (at least within the US), I had never lived anywhere other than the Midwest. And here I was, leaving everything I knew behind…

travel for black women
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    • Around the World
    • Global Issues

Solo Travel for Black Women: The Ultimate Guide

  • Posted byby Catherine Solomon
  • November 29, 2016
  • 10 minute read
  • 22 Comments

Solo travel can be a scary concept, no matter who you are. Add in being a woman — and a black woman, at that — and suddenly traveling alone can…

powerless passport
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    • Around the World
    • Global Issues

Please Stop Telling Me My Country Does Not Exist

  • Posted byby Suzanne Bhagan
  • November 10, 2016
  • 5 minute read
  • 19 Comments

In 2006, I went on a group overland trip across Egypt and Jordan. After two weeks in Egypt, we were getting ready to board a ferry from the Sinai Peninsula…

della beaver solo travel after 50
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    • Community
    • Global Lifestyle

Meet the Woman Proving Solo Travel Isn’t Just for 20-Somethings

  • Posted byby Astrid Vinje
  • September 8, 2016
  • 4 minute read
  • 6 Comments

When it comes to getting older, societal stereotypes tend to say that once you hit a certain age, you have to stop having adventures. Travel is for the youth, they…

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    • Europe
    • Global Issues

How My Blind Father Made Me Truly See the Hagia Sophia

  • Posted byby Nikol Dekazos
  • August 30, 2016
  • 4 minute read
  • 2 Comments

Standing in the gardens outside Hagia Sophia, surrounded by tulips and hundreds of heads beading sweat, my father and I eat fresh roasted chestnuts from a bag. My father is…

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