Wheelchair travel during COVID-19
By Craig P. Kennedy|2021-05-07T18:06:51-04:00May 7th, 2021|
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I have been a manual wheelchair user for over 25 years and have traveled in one for almost as long. 2019 was an epic year of travel for business, taking me to destinations all over the continental US such as Washington DC, New Orleans, Miami, Orlando and Los Angeles. Internationally, my work at Open Doors Organization took me to places like Amsterdam, Berlin (twice), Dubai, and London (twice), and I got to vacation all over Italy as well. I flew home from Berlin on March 8 just before Europe shut down due to COVID-19.
Then it happened, the world, my world, of travel and adventure, shut down, too.
After a few months of staying at home, my wife and I took our first post-COVID trip in August 2020 to Upstate New York for my annual family reunion on Lake George. The biggest changes we saw, aside from the limited number of travelers, were the attitudes of people and employees and the cleanliness of the airports and airplanes.
The people who were willing to fly were so excited [...]