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Accessibility Needs Travel Survey

Help shape respectful, practical, access-aware travel support for travelers with accessibility needs - and the families and caregivers who travel alongside them.

Why we ask

I’m Denise Lang, founder of Develop the Magic. I’m building a professional education resource to help travel advisors better support travelers with accessibility needs through thoughtful planning, respectful communication, and real-world access awareness.

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This is a listening project - a way to learn what truly helps (and what doesn’t), so advisors can serve with more care and fewer assumptions.

Who should take this survey

This survey is for:

  • Travelers with accessibility needs (mobility, chronic illness, pain/fatigue, Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Blind/Low Vision, dietary restrictions or severe allergies, medical devices/equipment, and more)

  • Parents/guardians traveling with a child who has accessibility needs

  • Caregivers/companions who support someone with accessibility needs

  • Allies/support people who travel alongside loved ones

 

You don’t need to use any labels you don’t want to. You can answer based on preferences, supports, and real-life travel experiences.

What you’ll be asked

This survey focuses on real-life travel access and support, including where barriers show up, what helps, what breaks down, and what excellent planning looks like.

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You’ll also see questions about:

  • verifying accessibility details (what needs to be confirmed, and how)

  • advocacy and trust (what’s supportive vs. harmful)

  • pacing and realistic trip design

  • the behind-the-scenes mental load that often falls on the primary planning parent/person or caregiver

Privacy-first, always

This survey is anonymous. Please do not include:

  • names of people (including children)

  • booking numbers or confirmation details

  • exact travel dates

  • highly identifying specifics

 

Share only what feels comfortable. You can skip any question.

Survey window: Open March 2–31, 2026. May close early if response capacity is reached.

Prefer to share directly instead?
(Not anonymous)

If you’d rather not type your feedback into an online survey, you’re welcome to share input through a private conversation instead. Email is a great option if you want conversation, but it is not anonymous.

 

​Email Denise with the subject line: Private Accessibility Travel Survey Conversation

If you’re comfortable, include:

  • Your preferred name (or initials)

  • A few general times you’re available and include your time zone

  • Whether you’d prefer phone or video (or just email back-and-forth)

How your input may be used

Your responses may be used to improve and create:

  • an educational course/module for travel advisors

  • practical tools such as intake questions, scripts, checklists, and access-aware planning workflows

  • presentations or workshops for travel agencies and advisor teams (with special attention to supporting the primary planning parent/person or caregiver)

 

We share insights primarily as aggregated themes (patterns across responses). When examples are used, they are typically presented as composite scenarios (blended, de-identified learning cases). We do not publish raw submissions.

 

​Read the Survey Privacy & Data Use Notice.

Time & participation

  • Estimated time: 15 minutes

  • Participation is voluntary, and you may skip any question

  • This survey is for training and education purposes and does not provide legal advice

Travel can be meaningful, connecting, and joyful - and it can also be exhausting when access isn’t handled thoughtfully or realistically. Your insight helps travel advisors do better: with more clarity, more care, and far less assumption.

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Thank you for helping build better support.

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