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Which Airlines, Cruise Lines and Destinations Will Require a COVID Vaccination for Travel?

  • byJohn Morris
  • December 7, 2020
With a COVID-19 vaccine soon to be approved, some airlines, cruise lines and destinations may require that travelers be vaccinated.
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Rain drop covered airplane window, looking out to airport terminal.
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Mailbag: Airline Returned Power Wheelchair Soaking Wet Due to Rain

  • byJohn Morris
  • December 5, 2020
Why don't airlines make an effort to protect wheelchairs from rainfall, and what can be done when a wheelchair is returned dripping wet?
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Two airline staff members pushing wheelchairs through the airport terminal.
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Mailbag: Wheelchair Assistance When Connecting Between Different Airlines

  • byJohn Morris
  • October 10, 2020
When disabled passengers are flying on multiple airlines, who is responsible for providing wheelchair assistance between connections?
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Line of cars at a Hertz rental center.
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Mailbag: Which Rental Car Makes and Models Support Adaptive Hand Controls?

  • byJohn Morris
  • August 27, 2020
Many vehicles are manufactured with knee bolster airbags, which prevent the use of hand controls and make renting a car more difficult.
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Uber and Lyft rideshare applications.
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17 Cities with Wheelchair Accessible Uber or Lyft

  • byJohn Morris
  • November 20, 2019
Together, Uber and Lyft offer wheelchair accessible rides in 17 cities around the world. Find out where you can order an Uber WAV or Lyft Access.
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Swimming pool at a hotel or resort.
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Mailbag: Should Hotel Resort Fees Apply to Disabled Guests?

  • byJohn Morris
  • July 10, 2019
Many hotels impose mandatory resort fees, but the services and amenities included are not always accessible to guests with disabilities.
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Mailbag: Excess Luggage Charges for Disabled Passengers?

  • byJohn Morris
  • May 16, 2019
Can airline passengers with disabilities pack everything into a single bag, or will they be forced to pay overweight luggage fees?
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Hotel bed height is an accessibility barrier for many wheelchair users.
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Mailbag: Bed Height in ADA Accessible Hotel Rooms

  • byJohn Morris
  • March 27, 2019
With beds that rival the height of Mount Everest, hotels are becoming less accessible to wheelchair users. Virginia asks why and what can be done about it.
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Mailbag: What is ‘SSSS’ Security and Why Was I Targeted?

  • byJohn Morris
  • February 10, 2019
These four dreaded letters printed on your boarding pass mean you'll receive extra attention at airport security.
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ADA accessible hotel rooms on high floors.
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Mailbag: Why are ADA hotel rooms on upper floors?

  • byJohn Morris
  • January 20, 2019
In this first edition of the Wheelchair Travel reader mailbag, I answer a question about ADA accessible hotel rooms on high floors.
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Vilnius, Lithuania is a beautiful city, perhaps best seen from the hilltop in the castle complex, on which the Gediminas Tower sits. The hilltop is reached via a wheelchair accessible funicular — wheelchair users ride free. The palace museum, located below the tower, is one of the most fantastic in Europe, with ramps and lifts throughout to make it and the underground excavations accessible. 31 3
Absolute joy seeing my friend @sanna.kalmari in her hometown of Helsinki, Finland! Thrilled to reconnect and enjoy cocktails and a meal in a fantastic restaurant downtown! Looking forward to our next meet-up already! 87 2
Had a tense meeting with this guy today. Really tough negotiator, but we agreed that it’s best I remain on Earth. Accessibility is pretty poor on his home world too, apparently, and my wheelchair doesn’t have the thrusters necessary to operate there. Hopefully Elon Musk and @spacex will make it possible for me to visit new worlds in the future. 47 3
I love Egypt. I’ve traveled to the country many times, but on each trip I try to see it from a new perspective. Take this day, when I approached the Giza Pyramids not in an air-conditioned taxi as I had done on earlier trips, but from a horse-drawn buggy. Minor adjustments lead to new people, experiences and memories! 58 4
Nearly (but not quite) a year ago, I visited the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Penha, a Roman Catholic Basilica in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It dates to the 1600s and sits on a hill above the city, accessed via 382 steps or, as luck would have it, a wheelchair accessible funicular. 93 6
There are a lot of amazing approach & landing views in the world, but one of my favorites is this one — hugging the Mississippi River with a perfect angle to downtown St. Louis, Missouri and the iconic Gateway Arch. 69 3
I’m truly blessed to have called this guy one of my best friends for more than 20 years now. I’m going to sound like such a sap, but we’ve been through so much together as friends and know most (maybe all) of each other’s dirty secrets. And as the seasons of life change, as we’ve moved across the country and traveled the world, we’ve always been no more than a text message or phone call away from picking right back up on our friendship. After a fantastic weekend with the guys in NYC celebrating this man, I’m looking forward to celebrating your marriage next month, Dan. Love you, man. 125 4
DID YOU KNOW that Thomas Edison and Henry Ford were good friends? So good, in fact, that they had winter homes right next to each other in beautiful Fort Myers, Florida! The men, together with Harvey Firestone, founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, worked in Edison’s Fort Myers laboratory to find a new source of rubber in the United States. 77 2
Who doesn’t love a historic walking/rolling tour? Some cities are certainly more walkable/rollable than others, and I’m pleased to say that the historic downtown “River District” in Fort Myers is one of the best. I enjoyed a 90-minute tour with True Tours during my trip earlier this summer. It’s a beautiful city! 126 4
YOSEMITE. 137 6
Yesterday, I felt as small as an acorn beneath General Sherman, the Giant Sequoia Tree that is the world’s largest tree (by volume). It’s a humbling experience that alters one’s perspective. General Sherman is 275 feet tall, has a diameter of 36 feet and sprouted from a seed between 2,300 and 2,700 years ago! 145 8
The Winnebago Inspire is a wheelchair accessible RV, complete with everything I need to enjoy an accessible road trip! It’s got a heavy-duty Braun wheelchair lift (800 lbs. capacity), a 3 burner stovetop and so much more. 188 17
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