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Enjoy your holiday!

We know that travelling with a wheelchair can be stressful. To help ease those worries, we have put together some helpful travel resources for your Permobil- wheelchair or Power Assist Device as well as top travel tips from experienced wheelchair travelers to help you be more prepared than ever. We wish you a happy journey!

Useful Documents
Download our handy checklist to ensure you are prepared before you travel.
Complete the information and attach this tag to your chair to ensure it is handled correctly.
Find your wheelchair and PAD battery certificate here and download to provide to your airline as required.
Print your wheelchair specification to give size and weight to your airline.

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Travel tips

  • Before you go

    Fully charge your batteries and make sure you have a compatible charger for your destination.

  • When travelling

    Utilise supporting equipment to help make travelling easier, such as the range of AbleMove products detailed below.

  • If something happens to your chair

    Contact a local dealer or Permobil representative who will do their best to help get you back up and running.
Travel Blogs and Local Australian Support
  • Man entering train for transport

    Transport Training

    Check out this blog which identifies tips and tricks when travelling by tram, train and bus in New South Wales Transport Training

  • Need some inspiration?

    Meet the Sydney based family of four trying to find their way around tricky situations so they can do as much as possible, despite a wheelchair being part of their package. Their son Braeden lives with cerebral palsy, is non-verbal, a wheelchair user and needs assistance with all his living needs. Follow this incredible webpage for some inspiration, tips and support.

     

    Have Wheelchair Will Travel

  • Accessible Travel - Travel Without Limits

    Travel Without Limits shares stories from people with lived experience of travelling with disabilities to inform and inspire others. People with disabilities deserve to know what’s possible, and see themselves reflected in their information resources. 

    The founder of Travel Without Limits, Julie Jones, has decades of experience travelling with her son, Braeden, who lives with cerebral palsy. Her determination to make the world more accessible for him has led to a successful blog, a massive online community, and now a travel magazine addressing the specific needs of travellers with disabilities.

The Australian Public Toilet Map

Travelling and want to know where the closest Australian accessibility toilet is?

Checkout this interactive map, part of the National Continence Program, to help locate the closest facilities according to your needs.

Learn more

Eric LeGrand's top tips

Watch Eric's top tips for air travel and have a good flight!

Get to the gate early
Get to the gate as soon as you can, like right after you get past security, and introduce yourself to the check-in person and explain to them what you need help with and that you need to board early.
Patrik Wolff
Get to the gate early
Get to the gate as soon as you can, like right after you get past security, and introduce yourself to the check-in person and explain to them what you need help with and that you need to board early.
Patrik Wolff
London's taxi cabs can take some wheelchairs
London was fantastic and is one of the only cities with a taxis/ cabs that has a ramp in ALL of their vehicles! We were able to hail a cab at any time, which is something I have never experienced before . The 'Tube' was also pretty accessible, as long as you 'mind the gap', so if you want to visit a place where you are free explore without too much pre-planning, try London!
Katie Charboneau
London's taxi cabs can take some wheelchairs
London was fantastic and is one of the only cities with a taxis/ cabs that has a ramp in ALL of their vehicles! We were able to hail a cab at any time, which is something I have never experienced before . The 'Tube' was also pretty accessible, as long as you 'mind the gap', so if you want to visit a place where you are free explore without too much pre-planning, try London!
Katie Charboneau
Packing list
Make sure you pack your power chair battery charger (and that it is compatible with your destination!).
Eric LeGrand
Packing list
Make sure you pack your power chair battery charger (and that it is compatible with your destination!).
Eric LeGrand
Toilet break
If you see an accessible toilet use it, as you might not see one as soon as you need it.
Ross Hovey, UK
Accessibility Manager, Lloyds Banking Group and Co-Founder Changing Places
Toilet break
If you see an accessible toilet use it, as you might not see one as soon as you need it.
Ross Hovey, UK
Accessibility Manager, Lloyds Banking Group and Co-Founder Changing Places
Get to the gate early
Get to the gate as soon as you can, like right after you get past security, and introduce yourself to the check-in person and explain to them what you need help with and that you need to board early.
Patrik Wolff
Get to the gate early
Get to the gate as soon as you can, like right after you get past security, and introduce yourself to the check-in person and explain to them what you need help with and that you need to board early.
Patrik Wolff
London's taxi cabs can take some wheelchairs
London was fantastic and is one of the only cities with a taxis/ cabs that has a ramp in ALL of their vehicles! We were able to hail a cab at any time, which is something I have never experienced before . The 'Tube' was also pretty accessible, as long as you 'mind the gap', so if you want to visit a place where you are free explore without too much pre-planning, try London!
Katie Charboneau
London's taxi cabs can take some wheelchairs
London was fantastic and is one of the only cities with a taxis/ cabs that has a ramp in ALL of their vehicles! We were able to hail a cab at any time, which is something I have never experienced before . The 'Tube' was also pretty accessible, as long as you 'mind the gap', so if you want to visit a place where you are free explore without too much pre-planning, try London!
Katie Charboneau
Packing list
Make sure you pack your power chair battery charger (and that it is compatible with your destination!).
Eric LeGrand
Packing list
Make sure you pack your power chair battery charger (and that it is compatible with your destination!).
Eric LeGrand
Toilet break
If you see an accessible toilet use it, as you might not see one as soon as you need it.
Ross Hovey, UK
Accessibility Manager, Lloyds Banking Group and Co-Founder Changing Places
Toilet break
If you see an accessible toilet use it, as you might not see one as soon as you need it.
Ross Hovey, UK
Accessibility Manager, Lloyds Banking Group and Co-Founder Changing Places

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