Traveling With MS

Dear MSAV,

Have you ever gone on a cruise? We would like to start a travel committee and we are asking you if you would be interested and willing to join this committee to work on group travel opportunities for the MSAV, and to provide a basic travel planning tool you can use for your own travel.  Our goals are to involve members of the MSAV directly in our trip planning – to design adventures that go beyond minimum accessibility requirements and to truly enhance the travel experience for members (and families) of all abilities.

Your participation is completely voluntary, but we sincerely hope you will take this opportunity to help make travel more accessible for our community. 

If you are interested in joining the committee please email (wiener.russell@gmail.com). Your perspectives and insights would be incredibly valuable to our research. By sharing your travel experiences as a person with a disability, you can help identify challenges faced as well as opportunities to enhance accessibility. Our goal is to shape recommendations that will enable freedom of movement for all.  

As a committee member, you would provide additional input on potential destinations, activities, accommodations, transportation, and other trip features. We expect the committee to meet about once a month via zoom.  You would serve as an advisor and thought partner as we develop upcoming travel plans.  We hope you are excited about this opportunity to shape accessible group travel for the MSAV.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions.  We greatly appreciate your time and consideration. Working together, I know we can make travel more available. 

Sincerely,

Russell Wiener ~ wiener.russell@gmail.com 

& Suzanne Oconnell,  MSAV ~ Suzq852@yahoo.com