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Highlights:
- December dates for your diary
- Visit Britain's top things to do while keeping warm
- Day trips from the UK
- London shows
- Travel Tip: Our community shares...
- Travel News
- Our Recommendations: shows, blogs and more
- Destination of the Month: Wales
- Where will you go? Our November Holidays
- Altogether Travel News
- December Giveaway
- Accessibility Feature: Simply Emma - Airports with Changing Places Toilets
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December dates for your diary
International Day of Persons with
Disabilities – Sat 3 Dec
Since 1992, celebrating achievements around the world and promoting the rights of people with disabilities click here to find out more.
#PurpleLightUp Day – Sat 3rd
Dec
Highlighting the economic contribution of the 386 million disabled employees around the world, with over 300 organisations taking part in 2021 click here for details.
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UK Attractions while Keeping Warm
Visit Britain has top things to do in the UK while keeping warm click here to check out where to stay warm in winter.
Day trips from the UK - maybe you’re feeling unsure about an overnight away from home and don’t mind some travel time, or are up for an adventure? With regular morning flights you can visit some places for the day and return home. Dublin, Brussels and Paris are among some day trips we’ve supported this year, but where will you go? Eurostar made Brussels and Paris possible without any airports, as direct trains depart from London. You could also visit a different part of the UK for the day 😊
Is there an attraction you want to visit? click here to tell us any ideas.
London shows - Cirque du Soleil's production Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities, is filled with daring acrobatics, clever contortion and breath-taking talent. Check out at the Royal Albert Hall with more performances added through to March 2023. Popular ABBA Voyage also continues in London to May 2023.
For more of what’s on in London click here, and to get your trip sorted click here.
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Travel Tip – Be organised with
your packing
It can be helpful to make a list then tick off as you put things in your bag. This will also help to remember the important things like medication, and you can set everything out in piles or outfits per day to see what you’re taking.
Often people don’t wear a third of the clothes they take! So you might then leave a few things at home, but you don't want to get to your destination and realise you haven't packed your favourite sandals (they are still under your bed!) 😊
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Travel News
Stockholm’s new ‘flying ferries’ that run on electricity begin operating in 2023 as part of the public transport fleet click here to read on.
UK Theme Park Awards 2022 winners revealed – across 22 categories click here to find out more, including ‘Theme Park of the Year’ and ‘Best Value Theme Park’. Which will you visit in 2023?
Best film and TV inspired holidays click here to check out from The Guardian. Including ‘No Time to Die - James Bond’ in Matera (Italy), ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ in Dresden (Germany) and ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ in Almeria’s Tabernas Desert (Spain).
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Our Recommendations
CheethamsWithDreams – Hannah and Becky, also known as the Cheetham Sisters. Hannah has Cerebral Palsy and they are all about positivity and awareness, sharing their life and experiences with YouTube videos. Click here for their London trip with Harry Potter, Mary Poppins, Strictly Live and Frozen 😊 or check out videos on Facebook.
11 Disability Podcasts that give advice, support and humour click here from Disability Horizons, including lABLEd and How Do You Cope?
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Destination of the month: Wales
Wales has won a number of destination awards, highlighted
again and again as one of the top places to visit. Swansea and Llandudno are
among our customer favourites for holidays.
Beautiful Swansea Bay is Wales’ city beach, just minutes
away from the heart of the city centre. Snowdon Mountain Railway has wheelchair
accessible carriages for visitors to reach the Summit Visitor Centre (just
yards from Wales’ highest peak). At Wrexham’s Alyn Waters (country park), Pedal
Power hires out a variety of bicycles – including trikes, hand-cycles,
wheelchair bikes and side-by-side bikes.
Discover accessible getaways from Visit Wales click here for helpful info, images and video. For accessibility reviews and 10 accessible things to do in Wales click here from Euan’s Guide.
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Where will you go?
November has been another busy month, with a Canaries cruise,
a relaxing spa break near Rutland Water, plus 2 concerts in Glasgow for music
fans to hear Westlife and Status Quo live. Also a day trip to Amsterdam with
flights to experience the top attractions. We returned to some holiday
destination favourites with London for popular Mamma Mia and Jersey Boys shows,
plus Blackpool. As well as enjoying Blackpool’s lights and attractions, the car
hire made a day trip to Manchester simple for Coronation Street The Tour. We
revisited Edinburgh to do more family history research since their previous trip
in June. Finally, we supported a gentleman to Orlando for some winter sun at Vero
Beach in Florida.
Altogether Travel News
For the Christmas period, our office will close end of Thursday 22 December and we re-open again Wednesday 4 January 2023. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
We also welcome Lewis to the team 😊 who
will be working in our office. Great to have you join us in helping make
people's holiday dreams happen.
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December Giveaway
Fancy a Festive Afternoon Tea Hamper from M&S? We’ll be giving this away to one of our lucky Newsletter readers 😊
You can also nominate someone click here to show your interest and we can arrange delivery before Christmas.
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Accessibility Feature
Simply Emma highlights 20 UK Airports That Have Changing Places Toilets click here to find out more, including images of what you can expect and What is a Changing Places Toilet?
Make sure you check out the rest of the blog – focused on accessible travel and life experiences from a wheelchair user’s perspective.
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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,
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