Accessible Journeys travel agency has been designing accommodating holidays for 13 years. They escort groups to exotic locations in Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East and cater to slow walkers, wheelchair travelers, their families and friends. Judd Jacobson and his wife Barbara started Flying Wheels Travel in 1970. After 47 years in a wheelchair as a quadriplegic, Mr. Jacobson passed away in 1991. Barbara Jacobson has continued to serve over 10,000 clients who use wheelchairs with trips to Turkey, Holland, France, Alaska and more.
Some travel agencies offer special discounts or services that seem to go beyond the call of duty.
Access Aloha Travel has vacation packages that give discounts to customers traveling to Hawaii. They also donate 50 percent of the profits to the disabled community. It seems the expertise of an experienced travel agent can help make an amputee's journeys abroad an unforgettable and perhaps more moving experience. Included on the following page is information about the aforementioned travel agencies. A new site on the Internet can help travelers with limited mobility plan trips to hundreds of cities across the country.