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Kids Baby Gear & Babysitters
Babyland rents strollers, cribs, car seats, and the like from its store located at
7134 Topanga Canyon Blvd. ( & 310/836-2222 ). Rates vary; expect to spend
around $35 per week for strollers and $72 per week (plus a deposit) for a crib. If
you need a babysitter in L.A., contact the Baby-Sitters Guild ( & 818/552-2229
or 310/837-1800), named the city's best by Los Angeles magazine. The concierge
at larger hotels can also often recommend a reliable sitter.
Organizations that offer a v ast range of
resources and assistance to trav elers with
limited mobility include MossRehab
( & 800/CALL-MOSS [800/225-5667];
www.mossresourcenet.org); the American
Foundation for the Blind (AFB) ( & 800/
232-5463; www .afb.org); and SA TH
(Society for Accessible Travel & Hospital-
ity) ( & 212/447-7284; www .sath.org).
AirAmbulanceCard.com is no w par t-
nered with SATH and allows you to prese-
lect top-notch hospitals in case of an
emergency.
Access-Able T ravel Source ( & 303/
232-2979; www.access-able.com) offers a
comprehensive database on trav el agents
from around the world with experience in
accessible travel; destination-specific access
information; and links to such resources as
service animals, equipment r
controls; mobility scooter r entals; and
accessible bus ser vice. B e sur e to r eserve
well in advance.
Also check out the quar terly magazine
Emerging H orizons (www.emerginghori-
zons.com), available by subscription ($17
per year U.S.; $22 outside the U.S.).
The “ Accessible Travel” link at
Mobility-Advisor.com offers a v ariety of
travel r esources to people with limited
mobility.
FAMILY TRAVEL
If y ou hav e enough tr ouble getting y our
kids out of the house in the morning,
dragging them thousands of miles away
may seem like an insurmountable chal-
lenge. But family travel can be immensely
rewarding, giving y ou new ways of seeing
the world through smaller pairs of eyes.
To make things easier for families v aca-
tioning in L.A., I've included three family-
friendly sidebars that highlight the best
hotels (p . 98), r estaurants (p . 142), and
attractions (p. 176) for par ents and kids.
Also watch for the “Kids” icon throughout
this guide.
Recommended family trav el w ebsites
include Family Travel Forum (www.family
travelforum.com), a comprehensive site that
offers customiz ed trip planning; Family
Travel Network (www.familytravelnetwork.
com), an online magazine pr oviding trav el
tips; and TravelWithYourKids.com, a com-
prehensive site written by parents for parents
offering sound advice for long-distance and
international travel with children.
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entals, and
access guides.
Many trav el agencies offer customiz ed
tours and itineraries for trav elers with dis-
abilities. Among them ar e Flying Wheels
Travel ( & 507/451-5005; www.flying
wheelstravel.com); and Accessible J our-
neys ( & 800/846-4537 or 610/521-0339;
www.disabilitytravel.com).
Flying with D isability (www .flying-
with-disability.org) is a compr ehensive
information source on airplane travel. Avis
Rent a C ar ( & 888/879-4273 ) has an
“Avis Access” program that offers ser vices
for customers with special trav el needs.
These include specially outfitted v ehicles
with swivel seats, spinner knobs, and hand
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