Travel isn’t equally inclusive for everyone - so we’re talking about it. Discover stories and practical tips for making travel more inclusive and accessible, with guests who have lived experience and people working in the industry. Plus, hear from us, a pair who love to travel and explore while navigating the challenges of our chronic illnesses and neurodivergent minds.
Exploring Inclusive Tourism™
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Travel isn’t equally inclusive for everyone - so we’re talking about it. Discover stories and practical tips for making travel more inclusive and accessible, with guests who have lived experience and people working in the industry. Plus, hear from us, a pair who love to travel and explore while navigating the challenges of our chronic illnesses and neurodivergent minds.
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April 21, 2026
Episode 12: Hoists That Make Holidays Happen
<p>This episode is our last of season one, and we're so excited to share it with you. </p><p>It's been estimated that less than 70 rooms in the entire UK have ceiling hoists. Yes, you read that right.</p><p>For families with complex disability needs, that number tells its own story.</p><p>In this episode, we sit down with Claire and Steve Welsh, founders of Holistic Thinking Holidays, a business providing accessible holiday accommodation across England and Wales for families with complex needs. They share why the holiday sector is so far behind, and why the purple pound, worth a casual £14.6 billion to UK tourism, is going unspent simply because there's limited places for people to spend it.</p><p>The demand is there. The need is there. It just needs the industry to catch up.</p><p>We're talking ceiling hoists, profiling beds, wet rooms, dogs welcome, the works. This episode has some shocking facts, some home truths and it will stay with you. </p><p><br></p><p>Holistic Thinking Holidays (HTH), founded by Claire and Steve Welsh, provide affordable and well-equipped holiday accommodation on holiday parks across England and Wales for whom "wheelchair access" just isn't enough. They now provide a stress-free holiday option across 13 locations that cater for the whole family without an inflated price ticket, in an environment that provides something for everyone in a multi-generational group, regardless of their complex needs.</p><p><br></p><p>Access the full transcript <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sDPdaVqYm5fNhnAgV7J5dLNk4m1js3BeeAKvHuXdoW8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow Claire on <a href="linkedin.com/in/claire-broughton-welsh-80612b200/?skipRedirect=true" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn.</a></p><p>Follow Steve on <a href="linkedin.com/in/steve-welsh-396b6271/?skipRedirect=true" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn.</a></p><p>Follow Holistic Thinking Holidays on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/holistic-thinking-holidays/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Find Holistic Thinking Holidays' website <a href="https://holisticthinkingholidays.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here. </a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/inclusivetourism/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@inclusivetourism</a></p><p>Connect with Amy on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amybwalters/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://instagram.com/bloomify.design" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>.</p><p>Connect with Louisa on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingeniouscornerco/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ingenious.corner/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>.</p><p><a href="https://subscribepage.io/Exploring-Inclusive-Tourism" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Join our mailing list</a> to be notified when episodes go live!</p>
April 14, 2026
Episode 11: Adventuring Our Way
<p>This week, we sit down with Cheryl Everitt, founder of A Wheel and Away, a travel consultancy empowering people with disabilities to explore the world with greater independence.</p><p>Cheryl is a mum to two children, both of whom use wheelchairs, and together they’re a family who truly embrace travel. From Morocco to Vietnam to America (and everywhere in between), she shares their adventures, the spontaneity of it all, and why travel has always been a non-negotiable for them.</p><p>Cheryl shares why the smallest changes can have the biggest impact for disabled travellers. And why so many businesses are still missing them.</p><p>Whether you're a traveller, a family carer, or part of the tourism industry, there’s so much to take away from this conversation.</p><p><br></p><p>Cheryl is the founder of A Wheel and Away, an absolute passion project designed to support people with disabilities to travel more independently and adventurously. She is also a proud mum to two young people, Molly and Stan. Both use wheelchairs due to a neuromuscular condition and it was their own family travels that were the catalyst for the business. She gets excited about finding new and interesting destinations and ensuring that travellers have the right tools to make informed choices about their own adventures.</p><p><br></p><p>Access the full transcript <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nwjRmk-4xV1ek9tjGaMAk5niAV-q4C7e0g8gemAkcGs/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow Cheryl on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-everitt/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn.</a></p><p>Find A Wheel and Away's website <a href="https://awheelandaway.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here. </a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/inclusivetourism/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@inclusivetourism</a></p><p>Connect with Amy on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amybwalters/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://instagram.com/bloomify.design" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>.</p><p>Connect with Louisa on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingeniouscornerco/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ingenious.corner/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>.</p><p><a href="https://subscribepage.io/Exploring-Inclusive-Tourism" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Join our mailing list</a> to be notified when episodes go live!</p>
April 10, 2026
Episode 10: Curating Gîte Holidays with Empathy
<p>This week we sit down with Kathy, a gîte owner... who also happens to be Amy's mum! </p><p>In Episode 10, Kathy shares how a little awareness and curiosity has helped her create genuinely welcoming experiences for all of the guests at her French gîtes, and how little things make a huge difference. </p><p>Kathy, an ambulatory* wheelchair user herself, also shares the destinations on her own travels that got accessibility right, the cities that still have a long way to go, and how slowing down her pace of life in France has had a bigger impact on her health than anything else.</p><p>Warm, honest and full of brilliant travel insight, we cover quite a few topics, and learn a lot. </p><p><br></p><p>Kathy is a former NHS Nurse and Midwife, as well as a daughter, mum and wife! She and her husband Mike left Kent in October 2024 to begin a new adventure in France as Gîte owners. She has fibromyalgia and other chronic health and pain conditions, and has found her health has gotten so much better being out of the hustle and bustle, and into the French living. She loves to travel and as an ambulatory* wheelchair user, she has had to adapt her travelling to fit her needs, and has seen some great and less great examples of accessibility along the way, making her passionate about bringing empathy into her own holiday business. </p><p>Find out more about accessibility at their gîtes: <a href="https://www.gitesdumarigne.com/accessibility" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.gitesdumarigne.com/accessibility</a></p><p><br></p><p>*An ambulatory wheelchair user uses a wheelchair part-time to manage pain, fatigue or safety. </p><p><br></p><p>Note: This episode was recorded in Summer 2025 . Kathy's health has continued to improve since recording and she relies on her wheelchair much less now! </p><p><br></p><p>Access the full transcript <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1781w86yrj-DHlcvLrs5MLGsQ2eCncESDW0DxFamMiWU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow Kathy on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathy-walters-54bb6020b/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn.</a></p><p>Find Kathy's website <a href="https://www.gitesdumarigne.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here. </a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/inclusivetourism/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@inclusivetourism</a></p><p>Connect with Amy on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amybwalters/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://instagram.com/bloomify.design" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>.</p><p>Connect with Louisa on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingeniouscornerco/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ingenious.corner/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>.</p><p><a href="https://subscribepage.io/Exploring-Inclusive-Tourism" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Join our mailing list</a> to be notified when episodes go live!</p>
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