Home Based Travel Agent Podcast

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Specialize Your Travel Agency by Helping Families With Autism to Travel

Podcast Number 413

SHOW NOTES

April is Autism Awareness Month and in this show, Nicole Thibault is going to talk about how this relates to travel and to travel professionals. Most families with autistic children believe that it is not possible to take a vacation because of the challenges inherent in traveling with their autistic children. A well-informed travel professional, a travel professional who becomes a certified autism travel professional, can change the world for these families. Nicole talks about some of the challenges and the resources available to overcome these travel challenges for families with autistic children. Now is a great time to take the certification course and become a certified autism travel professional.

LINKS TO ITEMS WE TALKED ABOUT

International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES) - This is where you can become a certified autism travel professional.

Spectrum Travel Social Stories Videos - Familiarize your autistic travelers with these videos before they book or leave.

Autism Travel - Explore destinations and resources for travel agents specializing in autism travel. Also, find travel agents certified in autism travel.

Magical Story Book Travels - Nicole Thibault's Travel Agency and you can contact her at nicole@magicalstorybooktravels.com and find her on Instagram at familytravelmaven.

Villa Key - Villa Key is a vacation rental company that specializes in renting to families with autism.

The Travel Institute - Your resource for travel agent certification including webinars by Nicole Thibault about traveling with autistic children.

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Music Credits:

The song, "Zazzie" is by Kevin McLoed and Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The song, "Mining by Moonlight" is by Kevin McLoed and Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Labels: Accessibility, Accommodations, Certification, disabilities, The Travel Institute, Travel Agent Training

Sunday, March 30, 2008

149 - Turning a Disability into an Ability - A Blind Travel Agent Tells You How

Podcast Number One-hundred-forty-nine

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Having a disability can give you ability as a travel agent. Gary and Jackie Metzler join Lorene and I and talk about Gary's blindness and the travel business. Gary and Jackie, with their company Outta Sight Travel, specialize in helping blind people travel as tourists and experience the wonderful tastes, sounds, smells and feel of new destinations. Gary talks about his experiences as a tourist and as a cruise ship passenger. Gary and Jackie have consulted with cruise lines to help cruise lines become accessible to people who are blind or vision impaired. This is an interesting show where you can learn about travel and the travel business from a whole new perspective.

Other links we discussed:

The Society of Accessibility, Travel and Hospitality (SATH) at www.sath.org

This podcast is sponsored by GoToMeeting

Check out Lorenes travel agent website at www.sharptonguedconsulting.com.

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