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Announcing the Launch of Free2Wheel – Indian Tourist Guide Exclusively for Travelers with Disabilities

Free2Wheel, a first of its kind information service in India, endeavours to encourage people using wheelchairs in getting out and about. This web site has over 1600 listings of places of interest in Delhi and NCR like budget and star hotels, shopping malls, historical monuments, restaurants/bars/pubs/nightclubs, cafe, currency exchange counters, and tourist information centres etc. Each listing is accompanied with an accessibility overview of the site.

This portal provides an interactive zone, and we invite you publish your travel-logs, upload pics of your latest escapades, rate and comment on the enlisted places so that most people can benefit from your experiences. Most importantly, we will be grateful for any feedback that can assist us in improving this website and the soon to be released travel guide.

Free Your Wheels & Enjoy Delhi !!

Log onto www.FreetoWheel.com

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srividyaa · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject:

wow,........ day by day the team is introducing something new.......
All the best in all your endeavours.............

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Newly introduced web portal about FREE 2 WHEEL an Indian Tourist Guide especially for disabled people is an note worthy and be an social response with these community. It also reduces the sense of wheel chair user and thereby reflects on who having the human kind in the world. Kudos to all and cheers up for this great inspirations.

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Shantha · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: Great News

This is gr8 news. Would there be any helpers for those not dependant on wheel chair,but needing assistance to move about?
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Lacchu · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject: hi

I want to share one of experience in a mall in Faridabad. The name of the mall is Parsvnath City Mall & its in Sector-12 Faridabad. The mall is wheel chair accessible. It has ramps & if u tell they provide wheel chair too. U can also add this mall in the website so that if anyone visits Faridabad can visit this mall.

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Mathewhadley · Newbie Joined: 09 Sep 2008 Posts: 1 Location: india

People with disabilities enjoy the same array of personal and social benefits from outdoor recreational pursuits as people without disabilities. With 19.7 percent of the population of the United States having a disability (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2001), it is imperative that facility managers and site planners meet the challenge of providing accessible outdoor facilities and activities without fundamentally altering the nature of the activity itself.
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Lewis · Newbie Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 1 Location: new york

This is great idea for people who are having disability.People with disabilities enjoy the same array of personal and social benefits from outdoor recreational pursuits as people without disabilities.
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PeterKesel · Newbie Joined: 28 Nov 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Los Angeles

It's lunching good guides for tourist.People with disabilities enjoy the same array of personal and social benefits .
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Amank · Newbie Joined: 20 Jan 2011 Posts: 3 Location: India

It is a good social work for People with disabilities. Free2Wheel – Indian Tourist Guide is really helpful for those people.

Elenahernandez · Newbie Joined: 21 Jun 2011 Posts: 1 Location: Miami

hi all,

just starting to do some research for a 6 month trip to india with my grandparents and i keep coming across information that seems to indicate that it is not possible to travel independently in parts of northern india (himachal pradesh, uttarakhand, etc.) without permits. is this true? any way around this other than going on a group tour? is it unwise to travel in this area with people with disabilities?

thanks for any help!

Shivani · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:52 am Post subject:

Hi Elena,

I have not heard of any permit requirement to travel anywhere in India. Where have you you got this information from? The vehicle you travel in needs to have a permit to enter the State and that can be purchased from the boarder toll on the highway.

India may not be the most accessible country to be in, therefore It is best if you planned your trip in as much detail as possible. Air travel is comfortable, but traveling be train is very difficult for a wheelchair user. there are also deluxe Volvo buses that ply inter state, but again are not accessible to wheelchair users. You can hire taxi's for travel which probably is one one of the best options apart from air travel.

in terms of hotel all five star hotels will surely have an accessible room. Apart from these some new budget hotel chains also have accessible accommodation two of them are the lemontree and ginger hotels. (ginger hotel in Delhi is not accessible though)

If you have any specific questions you may also write to me on shewany@gmail.com

Shivani

Elexharris · Newbie Joined: 02 Aug 2011 Posts: 6 Location: coimbatore

It is good guide of travel and tour which about the disabilities.

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Jessyjen · Newbie Joined: 22 Oct 2011 Posts: 11 Location: usa

Hi,

Nice initiative by freetowheel. This Indian tourist guide is doing a great job in the favor of handicapped people. Here, those dependent people will experience the same feeling which were experienced by the people without disabilities.

Thanks.

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