Tag: blind travels
Royal Caribbean Clarifies Its USB Rules, and Other Cruise Changes Worth Knowing
Cruise cabins have never been especially generous with electrical outlets, and that has become more noticeable as travelers carry more technology. Phones, watches, tablets, headphones, cameras, portable chargers, and accessibility tools all need power, and older ships in particular were not designed around the number of devices many of usRead More …
Accessible Air Travel Should Not Require Disabled Passengers to Surrender Their Dignity
Airlines sell freedom. They sell the chance to cross an ocean in a few hours, wake up in another country, reconnect with family, attend a wedding, take a vacation, or simply go somewhere because you want to. The advertisements are built around possibility. For many disabled passengers, the reality is more complicated.Read More …
When the Airport Goes Sideways, Can Blind Travelers Get the Same Information?
Airports work remarkably well when everything happens more or less as scheduled. You arrive, get through security, find the gate, wait for boarding, and eventually get onto the plane. There may be plenty of aggravation along the way, but at least everyone knows what is supposed to happen next. ARead More …
Carnival Cancels Nine Jubilee Cruises. Here Is What Travelers Need to Check Now
A cruise cancellation rarely stops with the cruise. By the time most passengers receive the email, they may already have flights, hotel rooms, airport transportation, excursions, time away from work, and other pieces of the trip arranged around a sailing that no longer exists. For blind and low vision travelers,Read More …
American Is Cutting Some Summer Routes. Here’s Why That Matters for Blind Travelers
There is a particular kind of travel frustration that starts before you ever leave home. You book the flight that actually works, not just the cheapest one, but the one with the right timing, the better airport, the manageable connection, the version of the trip that feels doable. Then theRead More …
Spirit Is Shutting Down. Here’s What Blind Travelers Should Do Next
Sometimes a trip changes because of weather. Sometimes it changes because of a delay, a missed connection, or an airline deciding your gate should be as far away as humanly possible. And sometimes the company underneath the trip simply gives way. Spirit Airlines says it began an orderly wind-down ofRead More …
A Bright Idea: Getting Your Server’s Attention Without Waving Your Arms Around
Let’s talk about something simple that can drive blind and low vision travelers quietly bonkers: getting a server’s attention in a restaurant. Now, if you’re sighted (or more appropriately, a sighted ally), you might take this for granted. You see your server, they make eye contact, you give them theRead More …
The Blind Traveler’s Guide to Air Travel Without Losing Your Mind (or Your Cane)
Let’s be honest. Airports are a sensory circus at the best of times—beeping carts, barking intercoms, blinking lights, and thousands of people all somehow walking in different directions at once. Now toss in vision loss, and it’s like trying to beat a video game on nightmare mode while riding aRead More …
New TSA rules on liquids in Carry on bags
Breaking the Liquid Barrier: TSA’s New Tech Might Finally Let You Travel with Your Favorite Shampoo If you’ve flown in the last two decades, you’ve probably had The Talk with your toiletries. “Sorry, giant bottle of conditioner—we just can’t do this anymore. It’s not you, it’s the 3.4-ounce limit.” ForRead More …
Come see me this Friday in Denver!
I’m so happy to be one of the presenters at this year’s 48 Hours Summit at RedLine Contemporary Art Center! I will be hosting Touching Beauty Friday morning at 9:30, discussing ways artists can make their work accessible for those who are blind and visually impaired. My talk will featureRead More …