Lots of disabled people are quite hard-up but their families aren’t necessarily in the same boat. Many families would like to invite a disabled family member (or friend) on holiday but don’t know where to start. If they do look, they won’t find lots of options and a lot of the rental properties look like hospitals, are very downmarket, with very few facilities.

We’ve been to places where the door is so narrow you would never get a chair through, where the loo is at the end of a corridor type room, with steps up to the bath – all claiming to be accessible! The best one was our honeymoon night: the hotel gave us flowers, champagne – and two single beds! Could it be because my husband uses a wheelchair?

Some disabled people do have a bit of money to spend but again their choices are limited, especially if they have high support needs. They’ll be anxious about whether their needs will be met (getting on and off the loo, into the shower, etc) and may not bother with (foreign) holidays – particularly if they’ve had a bad experience in the past.

This is a great solution – either for someone wanting to buy a holiday place because they are disabled themselves, or because they want a nice place they can invite disabled friends/family too, or because they see the gap in the market and think it’s good investment.

It’s good that you’ve involved disabled people – nothing about us without us!

Allen Taylor