Glyn Evans has taken 30 trips with TravelEyes, a company that discounts trips for travelers who describe what they see to visually impaired travelers.
Glyn Evans has been on 30 trips with the same travel company, but he can still pinpoint the moment that stands out as his favorite.
For 25 years, Evans has traveled with a tour company called Traveleyes, which organizes trips for blind and visually impaired people. Tours also include an equal number of travelers who can see. In exchange for discounts — sometimes as much as 40% — travelers like Evans help their companions by describing the details of the trip, from planned activities to assisting them in ordering food.
Evans and his partner, Caroline, now regularly join Traveleyes tours and have been to Canada, Sri Lanka and South Africa with the company, he said.Sometimes, trips come with sensory experiences that other travelers don't normally have. Evans said he and his fellow Traveleyes travelers were allowed to feed lions on safari, an experience he said he'll never forget.
"The best part is in the evening, when we're sitting around having a drink and chatting. You get to know people you'd never have a chance to meet in your daily life. It's given me a lot of happiness," he said.Evans said he and Caroline keep in touch with many fellow travelers. They once threw a seven-course dinner party for 12 of their Traveleyes friends who traveled from all over the U.K.
He said the relationship between his company's travelers — those who can see and those who can't — is based on equality.
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