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I've realised over the years that I like convenience, but then again so do most people. If you had to recommend a pub that had table and chairs to sit on or a pub that made you stand all the time, the latter isn't going to get much word of mouth positivity.

I'll add links to organisations, people, places etc that make life easier for us wheelchair folk.

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Limitless Travel

I came across Limitless Travel while I was writing this post. I was initially looking for a company that provided wheelchair rental. Looking around their website I noticed that they offer travel to people of all mobility.

Limitless Travel was born in 2014, when Founder, Angus Drummond, was told that one day his illness would prevent him from walking. Angus decided that he wanted to shape a world in which anyone of any ability and any age can travel without limits.

Source: limitlesstravel.org/about-us

They even take carers on every holiday. Travelling on my own has always been impossible just because it's nigh on impossible to do things on my own as I'm in a wheelchair. It's also difficult and frustrating when I can't make myself understood to English people, so I presume foreign people would be the same. I don't know, I've never been brave enough to try. I've not tried Limitless Travel yet, but I intend to. I will report back when I do.

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South France Villas

I started this blog after I had a holiday in Sorrento in 2023. Great holiday, awful accommodation. I went on holiday to Puissalicon in 2024 and had learnt from my mistakes and was determined not to repeat them. The website is excellent, with lots of pictures of the property. My only worry was that there was no seat for the shower. The email asking this was replied to straight away. Any emails that were sent during our stay were replied to straight away. Somebody even popped in during our stay to check everything was ok, there was even a query about the accommodation suitability for my requirements.
Highly recommended.

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Westside Taxis
I avoided taxi companies at all costs and if I ever needed a lift I would burden somebody in my family with ferrying me around. They don't like to spend a millisecond longer than they absolutely have to talking to you, barking out the four pieces of key information required;
1. Taxi firm name
2. Pickup location
3. Destination
4. When
If you deviate from this script to say you're in a wheelchair for example, but the wheelchair will fold up and go in the boot, can they send a car big enough? They just say yes and never pass this onto the driver. This may seem like a generalisation, but in my experience it's a guarantee. Westside do have a

better phone manner, but they also have an app. Something I haven't come across before for non-Uber taxis. It allows you to do all the usual like select your pick up and drop off location and as you are typing it gives you matches for what you've typed so far, meaning the driver has always got the correct address. You have the ability to add notes.