Having a disability does not mean that you cannot travel. Planning ahead is the key to making your trip a successful one. It is important to contact your airline, travel agent, or tour operator with what will be needed for your exciting trip as a disabled traveler.

If you are a person that utilizes a manual or motorized wheelchair, the airline will carry your wheelchair free of charge. This is also true if you use a motorized scooter. Advising the airline when you book your ticket is the key so that the airline will know and be prepared to transport your wheelchair or scooter onto the airplane.

Airlines have different ways for a disabled person to board airplanes. Some have air-bridges or tunnels, and these will allow you to stay in your wheelchair or scooter until you get to the door of the plane. The level entry provides easy access right up to the cabin door. Other plans may have to provide a scissor-lift or utilize an on-board chair because there is no level access or your wheelchair, especially a motorized one, may have to be specifically packed.

Wheelchairs, especially electric ones, should be broken down in parts as much as possible. Important information about your wheelchair or scooter should be written down and provided to the airline. This way, if your chair needs to be reassembled, it will be done correctly because the airline staff can refer to the written directions.

Other disabled individuals that also travel in airplanes, such as the blind, are provided with signs in braille. They are able to call ahead so that they can be assisted with personal escorts that will help them get through the airport and board the plane. There should really be no problematic obstacles at all. Just be sure to plan ahead and you can have the vacation of your dreams!