About Us
Our Story
Blind Globetrotters was born from a simple truth: losing sight doesn’t mean losing the world. As a visually impaired traveller, I’ve faced the frustrations, barriers, and moments of doubt that come with navigating airports, cities, and everyday life without complete vision. But I’ve also discovered that travel can still be enriching, empowering, and deeply meaningful — with the right tools, support, and mindset.
This website started as a personal blog about my journeys. Over time, it’s grown into a resource hub for blind and low-vision travellers worldwide, and a platform for dialogue with the travel industry, policymakers, and fellow explorers.
Our Mission
We believe that accessible travel is responsible travel.
Our mission is to:
- Provide practical tools for navigating travel and daily life without sight.
- Share lived experience stories to support those adjusting to sight loss.
- Encourage the travel industry to move beyond accessibility “signalling” toward genuine inclusion.
- Build awareness that responsible tourism must include disabled travellers.
What We Do
Blind Globetrotters is structured around three pillars:
- Tech & Accessibility → Guides to screen readers, apps, smart canes, and AI tools that help blind travellers stay independent.
- Travel & Navigation → Rights-based guides for airlines, rail, ferries, and local transport — plus destination insights with accessibility tips.
- Transition & Adjustment → Resources for living with sight loss, from medical explainers to emotional support, identity, and relationships.
We also share community stories, opinion pieces, and humour — because travel, and life, should include laughter too.
Meet the Founder
My background is in sustainability, governance, and environmental impact assessment. After losing my sight, I channelled that expertise into understanding how tourism, disability, and responsibility intersect.
As both a professional and a traveller, I bring together:
- First-hand lived experience of blindness and accessible travel.
- Knowledge of the slow and often traumatic adaptation to disability
- Research and advocacy on responsible tourism.
- A belief that disability inclusion must be part of sustainability in travel.
When I’m not writing or researching, you’ll often find me travelling solo or independently, exploring destinations that are both inspiring and challenging.
In the Media & Partnerships
Blind Globetrotters has been featured in travel media, disability forums, and academic discussions on responsible tourism. We also collaborate with:*
- Tourism boards seeking accessibility insights.
- Airlines and operators looking to improve passenger assistance.
- NGOs and academic researchers studying inclusive travel.
Please visit our site regularly to see where our next trip has taken us and let us know your own experiences and recommended discoveries.
We’d love to hear what you have to say!! Ross and Jane
Work With Us
We’re always open to collaboration. Whether you’re a:
- Traveller seeking practical guides,
- Tourism professionals improving accessibility,
- Academic or NGO exploring responsible tourism,
… We’d love to hear from you.
Contact us here at Blind Globetrotters to start a conversation.
Start Here
If you’re new to Blind Globetrotters, here are some good places to begin:
- How to Book Airport Assistance
- Beginner’s Guide: Living With Sight Loss
- Best Apps for Blind Travellers (2025)
To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.
John Milton