Hi Shankar, I am far from a travel expert, but I wanted to share a few thoughts and tips based on my own experience as you plan your first independent trip 🌍.
For destination ideas, you might want to look into hill stations. I recommend checking out the Instagram handle @hiddentrip.in. While their videos aren't specifically accessible, they describe various hidden destinations and provide useful itineraries that you can listen to for inspiration. Regarding logistics and transport, I highly recommend choosing a destination where ride-hailing services like Uber, Ola, Rapido, or InDrive operate. In my personal experience, Uber is generally the most reliable and safe option 🚕. Additionally, you might want to reach out to the RSKC team, as they may be able to offer better assistance. A few practical tips: - Secure Payments: Be very careful when making online payments in public, as others might overhear your screen reader when you enter sensitive details 💳. - Documentation: Take plenty of pictures to document your trip 📸. - Navigation Tools: Consider using apps like Lazarillo or Microsoft Soundscape (if available) for real-time spatial awareness and points of interest 📍. - Safety Prep: Share your live location with a trusted contact throughout your travels for an extra layer of security 🛡️. - Embrace the Journey: Remember that figuring things out as you go is all part of the fun! I wish you and your friend a wonderful trip filled with great memories. Just plan carefully and enjoy the experience! ✨ Best regards, UDIT Pandey On Sun, 9 Aug 2026 at 17:15, Uma Shankar Veeravalli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Hope you’re all doing great! > > A couple of us visually impaired guys are planning our first proper > leisure trip on our own. Both of us have travelled quite a bit, but usually > with sighted friends, or independently for specific purposes, like going to > colleges, friends’ homes, work, etc. > > What we haven’t really done is travel independently just for the sake of > travelling. So, we’d love to hear from other visually impaired travellers > about your experiences, especially when it comes to picking destinations, > safety, planning, getting around, and just figuring things out as two > completely blind travellers. > > I know there’s no place in India that can simply be labelled “accessible”, > and that’s not really what we’re looking for either. But based on your > experiences, are there places you’ve found easier, safer, or simply more > enjoyable to travel to as a visually impaired person? Any destinations > you’d strongly recommend? Airbnbs or stays that worked particularly well? > Local transport options that were surprisingly easy to navigate? Or just > any lessons you learnt the hard way that you think we should know before > heading out? > > Local transport is probably our biggest question mark. Almost every travel > blog seems to assume that you’ll rent a car, bike, scooter, etc., which > obviously isn’t an option for us. So I’d especially love to hear about > places where public transport, cabs, autos, or other local options worked > well. > > Basically, two blind guys are trying to escape the relentless hustle and > bustle of everyday life and go somewhere, and we’d love some wisdom from > people who’ve done this before. 😄 > > Would really appreciate any suggestions, experiences, warnings, hacks, or > random pieces of advice you’re willing to throw our way. > > Cheers, > Uma Shankar > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CACpHEFKrs%3Dbcx7BVZogNjaYGb6UDWJde6GbaGfoigUZLQ5HfZg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CACpHEFKrs%3Dbcx7BVZogNjaYGb6UDWJde6GbaGfoigUZLQ5HfZg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Warm regards, Udit Pandey 📱 Phone & WhatsApp: +91 99909 55800 📧 Email: [email protected] 📸 Instagram: udit.pandey123 🙏 Wishing you and your loved ones safety, peace, and strength. 🕊 Let us speak no evil, see no evil, and hear no evil. -- Disclaimer: 1. 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