Making holidays accessible to all

Accessibility issues arise well in advance of the trip itself. That's why Mobee Travel, a website dedicated to booking holidays for people with reduced mobility and disabilities, was launched in 2018. In 2022, the site will launch its B2B activity so that travel agencies can be in a position to offer adapted trips to customers in need.

Leclerc voyages and Bleu voyages were the first to embark on this adventure, before being joined this year by Salaün voyages, Carrefour voyages, Visages du Monde, Norest voyages, Prêt à Partir and Tourcom. Thanks to all these partnerships, there are now almost 1,850 travel agencies offering services adapted to disabled customers.

Wheel the World is also committed to making travel easier for people with disabilities. This agency sells travel that is accessible to all, guaranteeing that the hotel rooms it offers are accessible.

"Thanks to our activities, we can guarantee accessibility, which other platforms can't. If you find something that we haven't promised, we'll give you your money back. As powerful as that may sound, we authorised it a month ago and it's working very well," says co-founder Alvaro Silberstein.

To continue its development, the platform has just closed a $6 million fundraising round. It also aims to have 12,000 travellers booking through its platform by December 2024. Currently, 79% of its users are based in the United States, a demographic that has become a key target for the team over the next two years.

With the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games just around the corner, Airbnb wants to increase the number of accessible accommodations for the occasion. The platform is therefore launching a series of initiatives, including a bootcamp, alongside APF France handicap to raise awareness and encourage people who have accommodation with accessibility features to become...