June 2026 TravelAbility Insider

Accessibility Champion Kristy Durso Ties the Knot by Creating Inclusive Wedding Venues

Kristy Durso, TravelAbility Ambassador and wheelchair user, smiles in a white wedding gown holding a bouquet while sharing a moment with her partner in military dress uniform on a paved path outside a tropical resort.

Your destination is accessible. You’re known for weddings. Are you known for accessible weddings?

Accessibility: Is Accessibility The New Differentiator in Travel

Infographic titled "Who Will Be Impacted by Disability in 2030?" showing a data table projecting that 288 million people, or 84.2% of the U.S. population, will be directly impacted by disability through Baby Boomers, household members, and extended family.

From luxury, to experience-based, to sustainability–a new differentiator has taken the stage.

Disability Opportunity Fund to Host Accessible Innovation Showcase at The Schoolhouse Hotel

Accessible Innovation Showcase, July 15–16 at The Schoolhouse Hotel. Person using a wheelchair raises their arms on a lush cliffside; logos for The Disability Opportunity Fund and Samaritan Partners.

A look inside the Accessible Innovation Showcase at The Schoolhouse Hotel, bringing together leaders in accessibility, hospitality, and technology.

15 TravelAbility Partners Named to Forbes Accessibility 200 List

This TravelAbility-heavy list highlights companies, individuals, and organizations that make the world more available to everyone.

NYT Daily’s Podcast Uncovers Sites Unseen: The Blind Leading the Sighted

Two travelers navigate a crowded street market; one person uses a white cane while another offers an elbow guide, with rickshaws, shoppers, and storefront signs in Hindi surrounding them.

What happens when a photographer puts down his camera and experiences the world through touch, smell, and sound.

Accessible Tech Product Comparison: Automatic Door Opener

One of these options rises above the others to make it attainable for all.

Rio Mobility’s Firefly is Expanding Accessible Adventure Travel for Wheelchair Users

A person in a manual wheelchair uses the Rio Mobility Firefly, a red and black motorized front-wheel attachment, while gripping the handlebars against a neutral gray background.

This attachment is an instant power-up transforming standard wheelchairs into adventure vehicles.

The Best & Worst Accessible Travel Stories of 2025 & What We Learned

Five panelists seated on stage at the TravelAbility Summit holding microphones, including Kristy Durso, Jennifer Allen, Amy Tarpein, Jessica Jordan Ping, and Anthony Ferraro, with the TravelAbility branded step-and-repeat banner visible in the background.

Disabled travelers and caregivers share real life dreams and nightmares from their journeys

Accessibility Playbook: Welcoming the Aging Air Traveler

Three overlapping pages of the TravelAbility Accessibility Playbook Destination Module, produced in partnership with Destinations International Social Impact, showing the cover with a woman using a rollator walker outdoors, an interior page with disability travel statistics, and a page featuring a smiling hospitality worker.

The biggest hurdle in air travel for seniors has nothing to do with the plane.

Lived Experience: Tara Shetterly on Accessible Travel and Disability Advocacy

Tara Shetterly, wheelchair user and disability advocate, smiles at the camera while seated in her manual wheelchair on a rocky overlook with a sweeping mountain landscape and sunset sky behind her.

Join hundreds of thousands in tracking Tara’s wheelchair journey around the globe

One for the Books: 101 Accessible Vacations: Travel Ideas for Wheelers and Slow Walkers

Book cover of "101 Accessible Vacations: Travel Ideas for Wheelers and Slow Walkers" by Candy B. Harrington, featuring a large cruise ship docked at a sunny coastal port.

Beyond ‘accessible’: guidebook breaks down real-world access at 101 destinations

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