Crash course in becoming your own travel agent

I was lucky enough to be invited to my great nephew's wedding in San Diego a few days after Christmas. The last time I did a long flight was when the groom was about 6 months old & I was pretty mobile using just sticks. 

I didn't think I'd be able to go as now I need an electric wheelchair / powerchair to manage independently but as luck would have it a fellow committee member had recently travelled to Mexico successfully in her chair.  

So before I had time to think too much I took the "bull by it's horns" & said I'd go. If I was going that far I wanted to see as much as possible - I've deteriorated over the years so don't know what I'll be able to manage in the future - so do as much as I can while I can. Also the damp, cold British winter is physically painful so some dry heat would be very welcome.

Initially I planned to use an independent travel agent who'd been recommended as having planned holidays for people with a health condition. However,  she was offering me hotel based stays & I wanted to use the train to visit as much as possible (I struggle getting my legs into bed so hotel rooms aren't always the best option) and after 3 weeks she came back to me saying that she needed to book flights, transfers & hotels as a  package but couldn't organise transfers from the train station. So she agreed that she couldn't organise the type of trip I had in mind.

To be continued ....

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