May 2023 Newsletter
UK Unesco World Heritage sites, Wheelchair Accessible Festivals 2023, and Cheapest Holiday Destinations 😊 our newsletter best bits - with travel tips, inspiration and so much more. All you need to plan your next supported holiday or travel with the UK's number 1 company for all things care and accessible tourism.
Highlights:
- May dates for your diary
- Scotland's Unesco trail
- 20 cheapest holiday destinations around the world
- Travel Tip: Our community shares...
- Travel News
- Our Recommendations: shows, blogs and more
- Destination of the Month: Nashville USA
- Where will you go?
- Altogether Travel News
- Accessibility Features: Wheelchair Accessible Festivals 2023, and Euan's Guide 2022 Access Survey results
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May Dates for your diary
Deaf Awareness Week 1-7 May – for info and upcoming events from National Deaf Children’s Society click here to check out. You can also order resources such as fingerspelling postcards and posters.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Thursday 18th
To get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities/impairments click here to find out more.
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Scotland's Unesco trail
VisitScotland highlights how to explore the world’s first Unesco trail responsibly and sustainably, with 13 sites to visit click here to read on.
Cheapest Holiday Destinations
20 cheapest holiday destinations around the world click here for some inspiration. For destinations ranked by best value for items such as average cost of a coffee, Post Office Travel Money’s latest report click here for details.
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Travel Tip - Offline Google Maps
On holiday with low signal, data or no wifi? After you download an area, your offline maps will guide you to your destination 😊 .
In the route you checked previously when you were connected to the internet with ‘Select your own map’ click here for details from Google Maps Help.
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Travel News
7 sites receive Government backing to gain Unesco World Heritage status – including York city centre click here to read on from ITV. Currently there are 33 other World Heritage sites already based in the UK with Stonehenge and Hadrian’s Wall among these.
New sleeper train connecting Amsterdam and Barcelona – with services set to launch in 2025 including stops in Brussels and Lille click here to find out more.
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Our Recommendations
Scotland’s Greatest Escape – 8 episodes looking for the best getaways in Scotland, presented by JJ Chalmers and Grado.
Each category has 3 accommodations which guests have an overnight to score, including luxury, waterfront and more click here to catch up on BBC iPlayer.
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Destination of the Month: Nashville USA
Nashville USA was the perfect choice for country music fan
Margaret and Holiday Companion Angela. They enjoyed a show at the famous Grand
Ole Opry, and visiting Memphis for more live music and Elvis’ Graceland tour. Other
top sites such as the Country Music Hall of fame and the Johnny Cash museum
were a brilliant experience.
The Country Music Hall of fame is home to the Hall of Fame
Rotunda, offers world class exhibitions, plus live music and family activities,
to tours of Historic RCA Studio B and the iconic Hatch Show Print (a working
letterpress print shop since 1879). The Johnny Cash museum features the largest
collection of Johnny Cash artifacts and memorabilia in the world, ranked the
number one Music Museum in the world by Forbes, Conde' Naste and National
Geographic Traveler.
What’s your dream trip? There may be attractions or a destination perfect for your interests. To let us know any ideas click here to get in touch before Companion availability goes for your next supported holiday.
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Our recent UK holidays have included London for Premier
League Darts at The O2 Arena, plus an Arsenal Stadium Tour. Exploring the local
area in Stirling, Aberdeen trips and Fife with car hire for comfort and
convenience. Blackpool trips with hotel entertainment and lots of fun to be
found with arcades, top attractions, plus a classic ice cream along the
promenade and a day trip to St Annes. Leeds for the popular Emmerdale The
Village Tour, and hire car made it easy to fit in a visit to the National
Railway Museum in York. Also, Edinburgh for doing family history research at ScotlandsPeople
Centre – if you are interested in finding out more of your own history, you can
make consultation appointments there and explore records, as well as lots more
to do in the city.
Further from home trips have included Paris with the Louvre and
a private day tour to Giverny and Cathedral of Chartres. Valencia for some
warmth and sunshine, with Europe's largest aquarium, popular central market and
home to 34 museums. Dusseldorf for car enthusiast with Classic Remise, home to classic
cars and shops. Also visiting the Mercedes Benz museum in Stuttgart, 9 levels showcasing
vehicles and over 1,500 exhibits – from the very first patented car in the
world to the hydrogen vehicle.
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Altogether Travel News
Have you checked out our recent Blog post about Why is being care registered important? Click here to find out more and other posts such as Who will my Holiday Companion be? Click here to read on with our Supported Breaks.
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Accessibility Features
Wheelchair Accessible Festivals to check out in 2023 - Simply Emma highlights different festivals around the UK click here to read on.
Also, Euan's Guide 2022 Access Survey results are out now click here to find out more, as over 7,500 people took part.
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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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