For travelers willing to plan in advance, many national and state park campgrounds have a smattering of cabins dotted in amongst the campsites. Private campgrounds get into the act too, offering luxury tent cabins, solid-wall shelters, full-fledged vacation cottages, and even cloth-covered corner-challenged yurts for rent. Since planning in advance and sleeping inside are cornerstones of [...]
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Camping With Pain: Cabins and Yurts
Posted in Lodgings, Parks and Outdoor Travel, tagged accessible camping, cabin camping, camping, camping pain, camping shelters, chronic pain camping, disabled camping, hiking shelter, yurt on July 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Finding the Perfect Motel Room in Four Simple Steps
Posted in Lodgings, Travel Tips, tagged accessible hotel rooms, choosing motel rooms, chronic pain travel, lodgings hidden disability, motel rooms disabilities, pick rooms, rooms on trips, selecting rooms, vacation rooms on May 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If I could just stay at the Four Seasons or the Fairmont every time I leave home, my chronic pain would probably slink off quietly one night and die. The beds are soft , the pillows fluffy, the bathtubs deep, and the staff accommodating. Luxury hoteliers are accustomed to quirks far more difficult to deal [...]
Hostels With Pain
Posted in Bathrooms, Lodgings, Travel Tips, tagged accessible hostel, budget travel, cheap travel, chronic pain travel, disabled travel, Hidden Villa hostel, hostels, Redwood hostel on May 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Everyone’s been waxing poetic about the joys of hostelling lately. Hostels are cheap, they’re ubiquitous in the Western world, and they’ve got cachet with the I’m-No-Tourist- I’m-a-TRAVELER™ community. But for me and other travelers with pain, hostelling is a mixed bag at best. The Good As a working travel writer (please read here: deeply broke), [...]
