TIPS FOR DISABLED TOURISTS


If you are a person who has some kind of momentary or lifelong disability, you like to travel and you want to know how to do it, we give you the following tips so that your trip has the necessary measures to take care of your health while enjoying as a tourist.


1. Before traveling, let the airline or ground transportation staff know about your disability, so that they can provide you with free help in case of mobility, physical, psychological, and other mobility problems. They can transfer you to your chair, use wheelchairs and give you priority both in the rows and when entering the plane or bus.

2. If your trip is by plane, you must notify it when you check in, this can be included in the electronic register from the airline's website, so that the staff has knowledge that you are a disabled tourist and provide you with the proper service. Currently, most airlines provide this service.

3. If you are traveling alone, notify the airline or land transport company 48 hours before, so that they can give you proper care at the time of your trip. If you travel in company, this person can guide you and consult with the staff, to facilitate your trip.

4. You must bear in mind that by law, if you are a tourist with a disability, they must give you priority to enter either the plane or the bus, also, the last person to descend, since the staff, such as hostesses and helpers will accompany you until departure from the airport or transport terminal.

5. If you have heart problems you should turn to your doctor to tell you how to do it. Also, if you have a pacemaker implant, you must notify the airline in case of air travel, since the gamma ray doors will make you detect the metal.

6. If you carry medications in glass jars, aerosols or special medications under a medical formula, you must notify the airline staff so that they can be carried in your carry-on luggage. Take them with you in the same bag, to facilitate inspection.

7. If you are a traveler with mobility problems and you must carry a wheelchair, crutches, canes, among others. You can carry it without problems and deliver it to the airline or bus staff so that they are stored in a special place and do not interfere with the comfort of other passengers.

8. Remember that you have the right to receive medical attention at any airport or transport terminal if you require it, as well as to receive the help service if necessary.

9. Upon arrival at the airport or transport terminal, locate the disabled areas, every establishment must be built for your convenience. If you do not locate it, notify the specialized personnel to guide you.

10. Always travel with medical assistance insurance for travelers, it is essential. We recommend the services of Travel Ace , a world-renowned company. Check in your country this insurance that have multiple benefits for disabled travelers.

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