Highlights:
- September dates for your diary
- Free things to do UK
- Travel Insurance
- Ireland train journeys with a view
- Wheelchair Accessible Ferris Wheels
- Travel Tip: Our commnity shares...
- Travel News
- Our Recommendations: shows, blogs and more
- Destination of the Month: Med Cruise
- Where will you go? Our August Holidays
- Altogether Travel News
- September Giveaway
- Accessibility Feature: Accessible Wildlife Safaris
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September dates for your diary
World Alzheimer's Month
A global opportunity to raise awareness around and encourage support to help people live well with dementia - with World Alzheimer’s Day on Wed 21st click here to find out more from Alzheimer’s Society with people’s stories.
European Day of Languages – Mon 26th
Celebrated to help connect people and encouraging anyone to discover more languages at any age click here to read on and find out what’s happening. To check out 6 Best Free Language Learning Apps of 2022 click here.
UK Things to do
Did you know about the UK seaside village that you pay to enter? click here to read on from BBC. Plus top free things to do around the UK click here from Visit Britain or click here to read more from National Geographic.
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Travel Insurance
It’s more important than ever to have travel insurance when going away click here for advice and info from UK Gov, and to find out a quote can click here - suitable for pre-existing conditions and no upper age limit.
Ireland train journeys with a view
Click here for 6 epic rail trips, from the Atlantic coast to the sunny south-east – as far as Northern Ireland’s dramatic shore.
Wheelchair Accessible Ferris
Wheels
The Ferris wheel was invented in 1893, but this popular attraction has only recently been made wheelchair accessible - click here for the Top 9 worldwide from Wheelchair Travel.
We of course need to complete this list with Scotland’s
Falkirk Wheel - the world’s only rotating boat lift connecting the canal
network, and it’s wheelchair friendly.
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Travel Tip – Cabin bag only
Hand luggage only tips click here to save time at airports and bag costs from airlines.
For video on ‘personal item’ cabin bag only packing click here and could give it a try.
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Travel News
Visit Britain has been nominated for 2 awards following their Welcome to Another Side of Britain campaign click here to read more and explore their website.
The world’s best cities to live in – announced by the Economist Intelligence Unit click here to check out the top 10 of 172 researched.
Which will you visit next?
Tech aiming to prevent lost airline luggage, from tracking tags in your bag to see where it is on a map, to new scanning and bag transport offered click here from the BBC.
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Our Recommendations
Griff’s Canadian Adventure
Welsh Comedian and Travel Enthusiast Griff Rhys’ new show on Channel 4 click here to catch up.
Plus on Netflix you can find Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip 😊
Alex Lowery is a public speaker and trainer, using his personal experience of having autism he is a wealth of information click here for his online resources.
To check out his blog click here for posts including – 12 things to know about allistics (non autistic people), Autism and ageing, and Thinking differently.
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Destination of the month: Med Cruise
We love receiving postcards from people on holiday 😊 Scott and Companion Agnes sent theirs from Malta as part of his Med Cruise. Other stops were Croatia, Italy, Monaco and France. On board there was plenty to enjoy with entertaining shows, live bands and comedians plus many other areas to explore like art galleries. The food was delicious with pool-side snacks and a 5-course Gala Dinner by Marco Pierre White.
Cruises can get booked up well in advance, particularly for accessible cabins so the earlier the better if you might like a cruise yourself – some cruises have even been announced for 2025. Did you know we have ‘Cruising with a Wheelchair – Our customers top tips’ on our Blog? Click here to read more.
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Where will you go?
As well as Scott’s cruise, in
August we’ve also supported London trips with visits to top attractions such as
London Zoo, Sea Life Aquarium and Tina: The Musical at Aldwych Theatre. Blackpool
with model village, wax works, ride on horse-drawn carriage, tram plus fish and
chips with ice cream by the seaside. Other destinations have been relaxing Ayr
and exploring the shops, Leeds for Emmerdale tour, Dublin’s Guinness tour, zoo
and sightseeing cruise on the River Liffey, and also Dundee to check out
museums and enjoy nearby St Andrews.
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Altogether Travel News
As requested, we have created an online version of our holiday request and support forms – these are automatically sent to us and saves you completing an attached document via email (still available if preferred and also happy to post out for you). We hope this makes it easier 😊 to check these out and complete online can click here for request form, and click here for support form.
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September Giveaway
This month we’re giving away Gousto meals! A regular box delivered to your door with 3 recipes – taste your way around the world with 75 to choose from.
The ice and insulation help your ingredients keep their cool, and you can use the recipes cards again and again.
Click here to get in touch or nominate someone.
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Accessibility Feature - Accessible Wildlife Safaris
Altogether Travel are always looking to add to our accessible holiday offerings – we are excited to partner with an operator in Africa offering Accessible Wildlife Safaris within the great Serengeti National Park, one of the most famous wildlife sanctuaries in the world. Travellers can have an amazing experience to spot elephants, zebra, lions, cheetahs, buffalo and many more.
If you are looking for a holiday to remember, then click here to get in touch.
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Thank you for staying connected with us and we would love to hear from you! Any ideas, questions or travel tips then click here to get in touch.
Take care,
Altogether Travel
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