[Travelandtourism] Service animals in France and Spain

[Cheryl Echevarria]

Everyone experiences are different!

I have been to mostly the Caribbean, where you have English speaking Islands
Jamaica, St. Lucia, Grenada, Bahamas, Barbados.  

You also have the French and Dutch Islands. St. Maarten, Martinique, Curacao
and many others.

On our monthly division meeting back in January, and we encourage you all to
come to our meetings, especially if you are on this list. We had spoken to
someone who had lost her vision and wants to travel to Europe and other
areas and finding about how accessible it was.

We all said back to her, is that if you know your mobility skills here in
the US, then you can travel anywhere.

That means learning to walk up steps instead of the elevators, if you can
that is, unless you have other disabilities other than blindness that is
preventing you from them.

Walk along cobble stone streets, or no streets at all, some places even here
in the US, we have these issues. The most important thing about traveling is
your mobility skills.

When you decide on where you want to go, explore the destinations you want
to go, yes starting here, but listening to the travel magazines, and books,
we have a few now on Newsline, which I was asked for magazines that can be
added to the program.

Read all the information about the destinations and places that you want to
go to.

Talk to a travel consultant that knows about that destination you are
seeking. If I don't know that destination, I will recommend you to a travel
professional that does know about that destination. 

Do the trip you want, do you want to do a private tour with a driver, or
escorted group tour (which we love, we get to meet people from all walks of
life and more)

I can go on and on, but you need to plan a good 6 months to a year out when
you are thinking of going to Europe. 

Sincerely,


Cheryl Echevarria, President
National Federation of the Blind's Travel and Tourism Division
A proud division of the 
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Cheryl Echevarria is also the owner of Echevarria Travel
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-----Original Message-----
From: Travelandtourism [mailto:travelandtourism-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Peter Wolf via Travelandtourism
Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:53 PM
To: NFB Travel and Tourism Division List
Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Service animals in France and Spain

Hi all-

Several of you have been responding so far with advisories and experience -
thank you!  Please keep it coming everyone.  So I don't gum up the list I've
been responding privately to everyone as possible so far.  Thanks so much
and anyone else who has had international travel experience (particularly
France and Spain) please let me now how it's gone.  That includes (unlike US
ADA laws)  whether anyone needed certifying papers or had issues at airports
getting to the plane, transportation or business like restaurants or hotels.
Thanks all again so much and please keep it coming!

Best wishes,
Peter & Andrea Wolf
Team members Kira Meira and Metukah


Life-Skills
Connecting with the Wisdom of the Earth
Tracking, Survival and Nature Awareness Skills www.wolfskills.com




On Mar 4, 2015, at 4:54 PM, Roanna Bacchus <rbacchus228 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Peter hope things are going well.  When I went to France with my family
there was someone in the elevator of our hotel with a guide dog.  I know for
sure that guide dogs are allowed in France but I don't know about Spain.
> 

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