[Travelandtourism] Amtrak

[cheryl echevarria]

Really, wow!
 
Please again, write everything up so we can help.
 
Send me the information please to 
 
cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
 
And we will get to the bottom of this.  
 
I will be seeing Mark Riccobono this weekend at the NFB of  NY State Convention in Albany
 

Do you also use a guide dog, cane, sighted guide, just wondering, that way if it has to do with a guide dog as well, we can get some assistance from Marion Gwizdala, President of NAGDU. 


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> From: jordanandseptember at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 16:01:34 -0500
> To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Amtrak
> 
> I've been denied access to the dining car too based on being blind as well.
> Jordan
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Oct 1, 2013, at 3:57 PM, cheryl echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > No that is against, ADA about this. We had our monthly meeting last night, would have loved to learned this then, but I will be contacting Amtrak, and forwarding this to Mark Riccobono and the paralegals in Baltimore.
> > 
> > That is none of their business how much vision you have.
> > 
> > Cheryl Echevarria, President
> > NFB Travel & Tourism Division
> > National Federation of the Blind
> > www.nfbtravel.org
> > 631-236-5138
> > info at nfbtravel.org 
> > 
> > 
> > Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 of NY StateLeading the Way in Independent Travel!
> > Cheryl Echevarria, Ownerwww.echevarriatravel.com631-456-5394reservations at echevarriatravel.comwww.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com
> > 
> > Affiliated as an independent contractor with Montrose TravelCST - #1018299-10 FLST T156780Your old car keys can be the keys to literacy for a blind child.  Donate your unwanted vehicle to us by clicking https://nfb.org/vehicledonations or call 855-659-9314.Echevarria Travel has partnered with Braille Smith. http://www.braillesmith.com for all her braille needs.Gail Smith is the Secretary of the NFB of Alabama
> > 
> >> From: jordanandseptember at gmail.com
> >> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:53:50 -0500
> >> To: Travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> >> Subject: [Travelandtourism] Amtrak
> >> 
> >> Is there a reason Amtrak asks for how much vision a blind person has when calling on the phone to book a reservation?  I ask because the last time I took Amtrak somewhere I ended up being treated horribly.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jordan
> >> 
> >> Sent from my iPhone
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