Capitalize on your accessibility with Destination Verified
Use our expert travel solution to improve your accessibility, and welcome more travelers to your destination!
What does "Destination Verified" mean?
Our accessibility seal of approval will help travelers with accessibility needs choose your destination to travel with confidence. Hotels, activities, transportation, restaurants all guaranteed for accessibility.
We'll help you collect, evaluate, improve and promote your accessibility with an end-to-end solution. We also train local partners to provide a better experience for your travelers.
Let's join forces and we will be your dedicated accessibility department!
What solutions can you get with Destination Verified?
Choose the plan that best suits your destination
Explore more than 20 destinations verified by Wheel the World!
More verified destinations coming soon!
Facts about accessible tourism
Population
1 in 6 people in the world lives with a disability.
40M trips
40 million trips taken by 15 million U.S. travelers with disabilities at least once a year.
Spending
120 billion dollars is spent each year by travelers with accessibility needs.
Accessibility roadblocks while traveling. People with disabilities face several challenges when planning and booking travel.
Booking
54% of our users experienced problems booking a room at check-in.
Bathroom
81% have dealt with inaccessible showers or bathtubs.
Bedroom
52% have encountered beds that were too high for them.
How do we map verified destinations?
We map, measure and verify accessibility features:
Guaranteed accessibility features we verify and measure:
Bathroom: roll-in shower, shower grab bars, toilet seat, and more.
Bedroom: turning space, height of the bed, and more.
Common spaces: entrance, lift, parking, bathroom, and more.
What accessible travel services do we verify?
Hotels
Transportation
Activities
Restaurants
Convention Centers
Airports
Attractions
Wheel the World is revolutionizing the user experience for visitors with disabilities. Tampa Bay has made a significant impact in the travel and tourism industry, inspiring others to follow in its footsteps.
Visit Tampa Bay has had a wonderful experience collaborating with Wheel the World. As a testament to this collaboration, we have decided to add more listings on their platform.. This decision is motivated by the exceptional results we’ve seen, and we are eager to see what the future holds!
My experience with Wheel the World has been overwhelmingly positive. The company excels at collaboration, always open to feedback and dedicated to enhancing their platform to better serve our visitors. I particularly appreciate their commitment to education, offering valuable resources that enable our partners to understand and improve accessibility.
I’m a firm believer in the benefits of "knowing before you go," and our collaboration with Wheel the World has truly elevated the visitor experience in Mesa.
The Destination Verified program through Wheel the World has been an incredible experience for the Visit Lauderdale team and the millions of people who travel here each year.
Working together has been phenomenal! They have helped us map Greater Fort Lauderdale and highlight our existing accessible experiences. Also, tapping into Wheel the World's vast network and being listed on their website has certainly helped to spread the word that Greater Fort Lauderdale is an accessible destination. The team is a pleasure to work with.