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INeedAHolidayToo
31st January 2006, 17:28
I am just writing a quick hello to everyone.

I have just started a business that is offering accessible holidays to disabled people in France. We offer accessible accommodation, accessible transport, equipment hire and also personal support workers for the holiday.

If anyone has any ideas, especially about making websites accessible they would be much appreciated as I am currently building a new website that I hope will meet with access requirements for AAA compliancy and/or Bobby compliant. At the moment our website is "boring" for want of a better word just in order to make it "sort of" accessible although you still can't change the text size or anything, so I would really like a more glamorous looking site, where the text size can be changed, screen readers can still be used but also alongside be able to have photos, flashing buttons, etc.

Anyway I look forward to to using this forum, as it seems to be packed full of information. Thank you in advance for any ideas and tips.

Coding Monkey
31st January 2006, 17:30
Hi Jacqui,

Welcome aboard. Plenty of advice available here. Post in the IT forum and you'll find many people willing to help make your site accessible.

DavidHorn
31st January 2006, 17:48
Hi Jacqui -

Welcome to the forums. Plenty of advice on accessibility here - you might also check out www.accessify.com and their forum www.accessifyforum.com for tons of accessibility talk.

Good luck!

creacom
31st January 2006, 18:03
Hi Jacqui

Thats a very worthwhile business you are doing.

Do you arrange holidays just to Brittany or the whole of France ? I used to live in France and could have a couple of contacts for you if its across the country.

I spent many holidays in Brittany and still have some friends there. Fantastic place and it reminded me so much of Scotland that I ended up back here !

Best of luck and dont hesitate to get in touch.

Jacqui

Jayne
31st January 2006, 18:10
Hi Jacqui,

Welcome to the forum :D

Jayne

fastfences
31st January 2006, 19:07
Hi Jacqui and welcome!
cheers, Nigel

freecybermag
31st January 2006, 19:51
Hi Jacqui

Welcome to the forum. I hope you get to like us here :D

Cheers

Chris

fridayteam
31st January 2006, 20:08
Hello Jacqui

Great idea!

Does the local council know about you? I would have thought that would be a great place to get known for your services.

And on these forums of course!

Welcome. :-)

Hotelexpert
31st January 2006, 21:29
Hi Jacqui and welcome to the forums.

Have you heard of www.allgohere.com ? It's a hotel directory that lists hotels that are accessible for all it's run by a guy called Jonathan Kay.

Maybe you and Jonathan can help each other.

Cheers
Lawrence

INeedAHolidayToo
1st February 2006, 07:21
Just to say Thank You to everyone for being so welcoming - I am currently checking out all the links that you kindly posted, and hopefully will learn something new.

We currently only operate in Brittany, but you never know - Brittany first, France second and then obviously Global Domination comes next! Well you have to have goals don't you!

Magsite
1st February 2006, 08:29
Hi Jacqui and welcome to the forums, :Lisa