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Difficulties booking holidays
rosebud21
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hi does anyone have difficulties booking holidays
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When I was looking for accommodation for our honeymoon, I went through Disabled Access Holidays and they were brilliant!
Disability Gamechanger - 2019
My Name is Connie00
I am one off the community Champion’s here at Scope. it’s really nice to meet you. thank you for contacting us
A very warm welcome to the Community. I trust you are having a good day today
I myself suffer with Asthma Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis, CFS and FND, (functional neurological disorder) and a lung disorder which completely fails me when I have an asthma attack. I understand only to well what you go through with looking for suitable holidays as @Ami2301 surgests thats a good link to use.
I often spend hours trawling through the internet for accessible and adapted holidays.
we always have to pay more than the average Joe which is not fair so I really do understand what you mean.
Regards Connie00
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I help run a holiday group for disabled people via facebook.
It`s called Limited Mobility & Wheelchair Friendly Holidays.
have a look. We have loads of places for all types of mobility levels.
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Welcome to the community, thank you for joining us. How are you? In terms of booking holidays I use disabledholidays.com I find them to be really helpful so please do take a look. Thank you.
The main problems I’ve had booking holidays have been the availability of accessible accommodation and not being able to book last minute. We went to Butlins last year and stayed in a normal twin bed room, but I found the shower difficult to access and the car had to be parked miles away (I’m a scooter user - degenerative discs and fibromyalgia), so I tried to book an accessible twin room for next year, to be told they had all gone (10 months in advance!). I was offered a double room, but I’m on my own with my 13yo son, so not really appropriate to be sharing a bed, or an apartment which was double the price of the room I wanted to book.
We generally holiday in our touring caravan, which I’ve adapted to make useable, but also like a cheeky cheap Sun £9.50 type holiday sometimes, although I find these difficult sometimes as end up having to pay to upgrade to get one that I can park near/get my scooter into etc. It’s frustrating as it always seems to cost more money just because I need better access to things!
I had to contact the ski resort twice to enquire about wheelchair access. I have not been skiing since early 2010 when I was 13. I told them we have a child who uses a wheelchair and asked what they could do to help. I find being calm and polite helps.
[polly xx