Listening to the Impossibles. via Listening to the Impossibles. Think you can’t travel because of your chronic pain, your hidden disability? Read this post. It describes, pretty succinctly, why people with chronic pain can travel if they really want to. Traveling with pain isn’t easy. Getting up the money, the courage, and the strength [...]
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What I Learned at SATH, Part 1: How to Rent Travel Equipment
Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Unfortunate Incident in Atlanta Int’l Airport(tm) ironically occurred as I was traveling home from the SATH World Congress. Before the Incident, I spent five days meeting many awesome travel professionals who do lots of things to provide service for travelers with all sorts of disabilities. One thing I learned is that disabled travelers can [...]
Book Pre-Order Update
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Imperfect Traveler, Imperfect Traveler's Guide to Traveling With Pain, traveling with pain on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For my fabulous loyal readers who’ve had trouble pre-ordering The Imperfect Traveler’s Guide to Traveling With Pain, go to the Hunt Press main page and click the Buy Now button below the Traveling With Pain blurb. You can now pay by credit card or directly from your bank account (in addition to PayPal). There’s still [...]
No Baggage Challenge? Sorry, No Sale.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m casually following travel journalist Rolf Potts’ 42-day baggage free travel adventure. Last weekend, Spud Hilton wrote this essay about the No Baggage Challenge for SFGate. There’s lots of charming chatter about how great it is to leave the “cocoon of comfort” behind…the implication seems to be that by bringing a comfortable pillow and plenty of clean [...]
Travels With Pain, The Book
Posted in Travel Tips, Uncategorized, tagged accessible travel, chronic pain travel, disability travel, traveling with pain on April 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s my joy to announce that I’m in contract negotiations with Hunt Press for publication of Traveling With Pain, a book inspired by this blog. Though there will be some overlap, the book will not just be a reprint of TWP blog posts. The book will contain a wealth of new information for travelers with [...]
I’m a Local Oyster!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ahem. That is, I’m a blogger for Oyster Locals. Oyster Hotel Reviews is a new(ish) web site that provides comprehensive hotel reviews. To me, it’s like reading what a AAA Guide might say if it had the space, with a hearty dose of Moon Handbook-style individual writer’s personality. The folks at Oyster have a pretty good [...]
TWP Tips: Minimizing Pain on the Plane
Posted in Uncategorized on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A reader brought to my attention that some chronic pain patients must fly whether they want to or not, whether they feel well enough to or not, whether it’s going to hurt like hell or not. A dozen hours in a coach seat on a commercial jetliner can half-cripple a perfectly healthy person. So how [...]
Quiet Transformations
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged disabled travel, transformative travel on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Musings on transformative travel
Let’s Get This Party Started
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chronic illness travel, chronic pain travel, chronic pain vacation, travel with pain, travels with pain on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Travels With Pain, a new blog for people who like to travel despite their chronic pain, chronic illness, or other disabilities.
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