Travelinformation
The right information at the right time
Our tours are designed for blind and visually impaired people. We try to avoid long-distance driving or too many changes of accomodation. We prefer to explore many different aspects of a small region and take our time to explore and enjoy details. Nonetheless we are travelling to discover diversity and different faces of nature, culture and civilization. In the following you find some detailled information about how travelling with us works!Assistance staff
Visionoutdoor is organizing guides for all its programs. Therefore, one guide assists two blind or partially sighted people. The costs for the guidance is already included in the program fee. Although Participants can also book a one-on-one assistance. However, there is an extra charge for it. Of course it is possible to bring your own guide too. In this case, you only have to pay the program fee without the assistance component. Depending on the activities, interests, and the individual wakling pace teams can be switched during the tours. All our staff members our germans with knowledge of english as a foreign language.Our team consists of friendly, highly trained women and men of the age between 21 and 60. All guides were trained during a workshop. They possess essencial skills, e.g., how to guide a blind person properly. To get in contact with visually impaired people and to learn more from and about them, is one of their key interests.
Program fee
For almost all of our tours The program fees already include the main costs. However, prices for certain activities (optional) as well as the costs of food in the cities have to be paid seperately by the participants. You can find detailed information about additional costs in the service section of each program. Other costs, e.g., accomodation, travel, and food of the assistance is already included in the one-on-two program fee component. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Claudia or one of our office staff members.Travel information
Detailed information about meeting time, meeting point, and other relevant travel details can be found in the program description. Please read them carefully. We always try our best to coordinate your arrival with the travel plans of our team members. Don't worry! You'll meet the rest of your group and your guides at the destination chosen (e.g., airport, stations). If you need help planning your departure we are more than happy to assist you with that! Please contact us early enough to discuss your particular plans. In cooperation with a travel agent we can help you to book your flights. Here is the contact information of Ms. Schwab: Travel Agency Schwab Phone (If you're calling from Europe.): 0049-6297/929325 Phone (If you're calling from outside of Europe.): 011-49-6297/929325 E-mail: Edith.Schwab@t-online.de We try to give our costumers as much information as possible on what they can expect and how they can prepare. On tour we involve our participants in the planing of the next day and do our best to inform everybody with the wanted information and next days necessities.Food
The cost of food is already included in the program fee. However, in the big cities we are visiting restaurants. This cost has to be paid seperately by each participant. During the rest of your vacation outside of the cities food will be provided by the hotel and accomodation staff or we prepare our lunch and dinner by ourselves. Beverages have to be bought seperately by each traveler. On most of our tours we are fully accommodated with traditional menu in the evening, so we can also experience the culinaric specialities of the region we visit. In some tours we provide breakfirst ourselfes. Lunch will be provided by self made sandwiches.Accomodation
All accommodations we stay at are carefully choosen. We always stay in double bed rooms, booking of singles are mostly possible.In most of the accomodation the rooms have private bathroom and toilet, in some accomodation sanitary facilities are shared. All accomodations are unique and allow us to experience the culture and people of the country we visit.