[Travelandtourism] How would a blind person prepare to travel alone for the first time?

[Cheryl Echevarria]

Roanna:

Well, 1st of all we have these discussions a lot on the division
teleconference calls, so I once again welcome all of you, all paid members
and non-paid members of the division to attend these calls, you have paid
for being members and would love to have you at our monthly meetings.
Sometimes things get lost in translations via e-mail.

2nd, when speaking with a client or we speaking as a division, we always ask
the person, how are your mobility skills, when you traveling locally, do you
travel with a sighted guide, a cane, guide dog, etc.

Do you know how to get around whether the streets are paved or are cobble
stones, or just none there?

When planning on traveling, always check out who, what, where, when and why
you are traveling?

The more you know about the places you are visiting the better, each state
is different, each country is different.

Traveling through the airports are easier now at least domestically, there
is something called the TSA Care Program, which we have up on our website,
and have spoken to many of my travelers about.

You call 72 hours prior to traveling to the TSA Cares.

The information is up on our website http://www.nfbtravel.org

Cheryl Echevarria, President
National Federation of the Blind's Travel and Tourism Division
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-----Original Message-----
From: Travelandtourism [mailto:travelandtourism-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Roanna Bacchus via Travelandtourism
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 7:16 PM
To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Travelandtourism] How would a blind person prepare to travel alone
for the first time?

Dear Members, of the Travel and Tourism mailing list,

Many of you have traveled independently for a number of years.  I would like
to know how each of you prepared to travel alone using public transportation
and on an airplane for the first time.  I think traveling as a blind person
can be cary the first time around.  Thank you and I look forward to hearing
from you soon.

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