Book Description
This Guide is the first book of its kind: a one-stop information source for senior or disabled air travelers with reduced mobility or special medical conditions. We feel that if you’re going to spend hundreds of dollars on an airline ticket then the least you should expect out of the deal is a comfortable experience, and that since you’re paying the airlines all this money they should be the ones working for you, and not the other way around. The Air Travel Guide for Seniors and Disabled Passengers has been designed specifically to help special needs travelers get the service standards they deserve. It’s primarily intended to assist: • Cane, crutch or wheelchair users, or anyone with reduced mobility • Those who travel with prescription medications • Anyone with an Injury or special medical condition • Wheelchair users • Diabetics • People who travel with oxygen • The sight or hearing impaired Covering every stage of your journey from your doorstep to the airport and the aircraft, the Air Travel Guide provides not only important planning information, but also helpful hints and tips that can tremendously improve your overall air travel comfort and convenience. The book is also a very useful source for more generalized medical information related to travel, and contains contact information for numerous companies and organizations offering special services for senior and disabled travelers.

About the Author
IADC is considered to be one of the world's foremost authorities on aviation information.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Because many airlines have different policies and practices relating to passengers with special needs, this guide provides information about what questions to ask, when, and of whom, in order to have special needs met without inconvenience. Geared for travelers who experience reduced mobility because of wheelchairs, canes, or crutches, or travelers with sight or hearing impairments or other special medical conditions, this book will help prepare for a comfortable and worry-free air travel experience. Produced in extra-large type for easy reading, every stage of the special needs traveler's journey is covered, including transportation to the airport, and check-in and baggage claim.

Author Biography: IADC is considered to be one of the world's foremost authorities on aviation information.