My journey with accessible travel and the foundation of Travaxy.

My journey with accessible travel started long before Travaxy. It started with my own life.

As a person with a disability who uses a wheelchair, I learned very early that accessibility is not a small detail. It can be the difference between independence and dependence, between confidence and stress, between feeling welcome and feeling like an afterthought.

Travel has always been a powerful part of my life. It opened the world for me, gave me freedom, and showed me how much is possible when the right conditions exist. As a former Paralympic athlete, I had the privilege of traveling to different places, meeting people from around the world, and experiencing how travel can change the way we see ourselves and others.

But I also experienced the difficult side of travel.

I experienced what happens when a hotel says it is “accessible,” but the reality is different. When the shower is not usable. When the room is too tight. When the path to the restaurant includes stairs. When the person on the other side of the phone wants to help, but does not really know what questions to ask.

For many travelers with disabilities, seniors, and families, this uncertainty turns travel into a stressful project. Before the vacation even begins, there are hours of calls, emails, photos, doubts, and second guesses.

And still, after all that effort, there is often no real confidence.

Over time, I realized this was not only my personal experience. It was a much bigger problem.

The travel industry wanted to serve people with accessibility needs, but it was missing the right tools, the right data, and the right language. Hotels often did not know how to explain what they really offered. Travel agents were expected to become accessibility experts without training. Booking platforms treated accessibility as a simple checkbox, even though every traveler’s needs are different.

That realization became the beginning of Travaxy.

I did not start Travaxy only to build another travel technology company. I started it because I believe accessible travel should be easier, clearer, and more dignified for everyone involved.

Travaxy was created from lived experience - from the understanding that accessibility is not one general word but a personal match between a traveler’s needs and the reality of a hotel, service, or destination.

Our mission is to help the travel industry make that match with more confidence, more intelligence, and more humanity.

For travelers, it means less fear and more freedom.

For families, it means peace of mind.

For travel companies, it means the ability to support people with accessibility needs in a better, smarter, and more respectful way.

For me, Travaxy is the continuation of a personal journey.

A journey from experiencing the problem, to understanding how many people face it, to building a solution that can help change the way the world travels.

Because accessible travel is not about asking for special treatment.

It is about giving people the opportunity to travel with dignity, confidence, and choice.