Wheelchair accessible holidays

PhilG111
PhilG111 Online Community Member Posts: 30 Contributor
in Transport and travel

pet friendly is a must..

Anyone have any experiences/suggestions on where we can go?

Wheelchair Accessible online just seem to mean that you can get into the property and it has a Wet room, sometimes upstairs. Slight issue if your wheelchair bound.

Prefer to go direct to the provider rather than via a broker. UK for preference. We tried going through one of the main online disability brokers but they were charging nearly 2x the price than going direct.

We were thinking Cornwall/Devon. but at the moment we will be lucky to get what we can.

What we need is Wheelchair accessible, downstairs bedroom, preferably with a profile bed.. and dog friendly.

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  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 4,256 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    Hi @PhilG111

    I have stayed at a couple of different Haven Holiday Parks in West Wales and it looks like they have both accessible and dog friendly accommodation as well as parks in Cornwall and Devon. I know some people have there reservations about holiday parks but I've only had good experiences from there!

    I also found a few different websites which are DisabledHolidays.com and holidaycottages.co.uk that I hope will be helpful😊

    Hopefully some of our members will share their recommendations and experiences with you soon too

  • SheffieldMan1976
    SheffieldMan1976 Posts: 726 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/144589/wheelchair-accessible-holidays

    Have a look at [url=https://www.limitlesstravel.org/]Limitless Travel[/url], they do exactly what you're after all over the UK.

  • PhilG111
    PhilG111 Online Community Member Posts: 30 Contributor
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1108517#Comment_1108517

    Hi Mary_Scope.

    Thank you for the suggestions.

    I've used Disabledholidays.com and they were one that was charging near £4k for a Week in a location that was under £2k booking direct. Honestly I could travel to Europe via ferry and hire equipment to meet at the property and still come out under £2.5k.

    I'll try and have a look again at Haven, but I suspect I'm several months too late to book.

  • JW77
    JW77 Online Community Member Posts: 240 Empowering

    I would consider looking at AirBnB and messaging the owners with a list of questions. We've (me & wheelchair using partner) have done this successfully in the past.. You can ask them for extra pictures etc (ie one persons 'small step' might not be so.
    Although a quick search for cornwall only found me '1 place'




  • WRG941
    WRG941 Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener

    Maison Des Landes in Jersey (Channel Islands) is amazing. We went last year, getting the ferry from Poole. It’s purpose built, fully accessible with wet room, hoist, profiling bed etc. It is great, even has a hydrotherapy pool. Jersey was great too, loads of stuff to see / do that is accessible. We’d highly recommend it. Oh and the weather is great too 😄

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