Comments on: Travel companies need to do more for blind travel consumers http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/11/06/travel-companies-need-to-do-more-for-blind-travel-consumers/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gary Jones http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/11/06/travel-companies-need-to-do-more-for-blind-travel-consumers/#comment-73438 Gary Jones Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:39:09 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/11/06/travel-companies-need-to-do-more-for-blind-travel-consumers/#comment-73438 A charity called Vitalise has provided holiday breaks with sighted guides for over five years. I have just receied their current brochure and there's some fantatsic holidays to New Zealand, Peru and the USA. All of the breaks come with sighted guides provided and a Vitalise tour leader, went on a break last year to London and had a great time. A charity called Vitalise has provided holiday breaks with sighted guides for over five years. I have just receied their current brochure and there’s some fantatsic holidays to New Zealand, Peru and the USA. All of the breaks come with sighted guides provided and a Vitalise tour leader, went on a break last year to London and had a great time.

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]]> By: Trevor Mooney http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/11/06/travel-companies-need-to-do-more-for-blind-travel-consumers/#comment-71800 Trevor Mooney Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:50:30 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/11/06/travel-companies-need-to-do-more-for-blind-travel-consumers/#comment-71800 I would just like to make you all aware of the first ever disabled villa built in Bulgaria for the blind For more info please go to www.bulgariadisabled.com I would just like to make you all aware of the first ever disabled villa built in Bulgaria for the blind
For more info please go to
http://www.bulgariadisabled.com

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]]> By: Steve Baxter http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/11/06/travel-companies-need-to-do-more-for-blind-travel-consumers/#comment-64299 Steve Baxter Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:56:55 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/11/06/travel-companies-need-to-do-more-for-blind-travel-consumers/#comment-64299 I saw a company called Traveleyes that won the disabled entrepreneur award and was interviewed on BBC1 breakfast on Friday. Its managing director Amar Latif was interviewed with easyjet founder Stelios (who has set up this award). Amar was presented with a cheque for £50k from Stelios. Traveleyes specialise in taking blind and sighted travellers all over the world. There service it seems is open to anyone across the world. If you are blind, this offers you independence. If you are sighted, it offers you a holiday with an enhanced purpose and the chance to make new friends. I saw a company called Traveleyes that won the disabled entrepreneur award and was interviewed on BBC1 breakfast on Friday. Its managing director Amar Latif was interviewed with easyjet founder Stelios (who has set up this award). Amar was presented with a cheque for £50k from Stelios.

Traveleyes specialise in taking blind and sighted travellers all over the world. There service it seems is open to anyone across the world. If you are blind, this offers you independence. If you are sighted, it offers you a holiday with an enhanced purpose and the chance to make new friends.

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]]> By: Nicholas Lee http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/11/06/travel-companies-need-to-do-more-for-blind-travel-consumers/#comment-57818 Nicholas Lee Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:16:54 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/11/06/travel-companies-need-to-do-more-for-blind-travel-consumers/#comment-57818 Darren At my company we went though a training course and have equipment proved by RNIB before the act came into force. One thing that should be worth noting is all disabilities have different types. When you say blind do you mean she has no vision, because that makes up the smallest number of customers? But as Lee Harrison says you have to know more information to match the customer to a holiday, this does not matter if they are disabled or not. Darren

At my company we went though a training course and have equipment proved by RNIB before the act came into force. One thing that should be worth noting is all disabilities have different types. When you say blind do you mean she has no vision, because that makes up the smallest number of customers?

But as Lee Harrison says you have to know more information to match the customer to a holiday, this does not matter if they are disabled or not.

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]]> By: Roger http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/11/06/travel-companies-need-to-do-more-for-blind-travel-consumers/#comment-57673 Roger Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:28:36 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2007/11/06/travel-companies-need-to-do-more-for-blind-travel-consumers/#comment-57673 This is a market not yet tapped into. Search for holidays for the blind on Google and you only find one company actually specialising. http://www.traveleyes.co.uk This is a market not yet tapped into. Search for holidays for the blind on Google and you only find one company actually specialising.

http://www.traveleyes.co.uk

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