Enable Holidays, a specialist operator for people with limited mobility, has expanded its range of accommodation.
The Allbury Travel Group firm has also broadened its reach by opening up its portfolio to elderly holidaymakers as well as introducing a revamped website.
A total of 30 properties have been introduced, expanding the range to almost 200, following a series of audits at hotels and apartments in Costa Dorada, La Manga, Majorca, Canary Islands, Cyprus and Portugal plus new city break hotels in Spain and Holland.
The company’s 150-point auditing process not only covers wheelchair manoeuvrability around the hotel or villa but also includes everything from door widths and bed heights to details about floor surfaces, the number of steps and the availability of special equipment.
Adapted rooms are guaranteed upon confirmation of a booking and adapted bathrooms and wheel-in showers are featured in many properties.
Each property is graded by a qualified auditor according to its accessibility – these being either E1 (reasonably good level access – suitable for slow walkers and older people), E2 (good access and manoeuvrability – suitable for wheelchair-users who do not require full adaptations) or E3 (very accessible with adapted bathrooms, especially selected for disabled people).
Managing director Lynne Kirby said: “Choosing a resort is one thing, but finding suitable accommodation requires in-depth experience, great patience and thorough inspection and we are delighted to have secured additional properties therefore offering our clients a wider choice.
“We are also widening our clientele by offering relaxing holidays for the elderly market – for those who find it difficult to get out unaccompanied or who are slow walkers.”
by Phil Davies
