About AccessNomad
We are the standard for accessible travel.
AccessNomad was built by travelers with access needs, for travelers with access needs, against a world that quietly excludes them. We are not a directory. A directory lists places. We decide what "accessible" is allowed to mean.
Every venue on this site has been measured in person by someone who actually uses the equipment in question — a power scooter, a manual chair, a white cane, a hearing aid, a body that has good days and bad. Not a marketing photograph. Not a website checkbox. A real visit, with a tape measure and a memory.
The mechanism
The Scooter Standard™
A short list of measurements that decide whether a venue is functionally accessible to a power scooter or wheelchair user travelling without a carer: entrance width, room door, bathroom door, shower lip, toilet height, turning radius, elevator presence, charge points, surface type. Six numbers and a few yes-or-no questions. If the venue clears them, we say so. If it doesn't, we say that too.
Three signals tell you where any place stands at a glance: a green circle for Verified, an amber triangle for Verified with Caveats, a red square for Did Not Pass. Color, icon shape, and text label — together — so the signal works for everyone, including people who can't see color.
Why honest failures matter
A standard that only shows wins is just marketing.
Most travel sites publish the places that look good and quietly omit the rest. That is useful to the venues. It is dangerous to travelers with access needs, who book based on what's written and arrive to discover a 6-inch shower lip and a 27-inch doorway.
We publish the failures by name, with the exact reason. Not to shame anyone — to make the standard mean something. A "Verified" badge on AccessNomad is worth what it's worth because the "Did Not Pass" badge exists.
A word about language
We say "travelers with access needs."
Not "disabled travelers," not "the handicapped," not "people with special needs." Travelers with access needs are travelers first — full participants with agency, itineraries, opinions, and the right to book a trip without translating a marketing brochure. We write as peers, not as advocates. The standard does the advocacy.
Add a place to the standard.
If you've measured a venue, we want it on the record — Verified, Caveats, or Did Not Pass. Every submission is reviewed before publishing.