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Making Accessibility Your
Competitive Advantage
The global standard for verified accessibility in travel — empowering 1.3 billion people with disabilities to explore the world with confidence.
About Wheel the World
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The Story Behind Wheel the World
The problem, what we do differently, and the impact we're making.
What Makes Us Unique
Six pillars that set Wheel the World apart from every other travel platform.
- Verified, not self-reported. Every property is physically mapped with 200+ verified data points — from door widths to shower dimensions. No self-reporting, no guessing.
- User-centered platform. Travelers create personal accessibility profiles, and the platform matches them with properties that fit their exact needs.
- Accessibility Verified program. 150+ DMO partnerships across 21 U.S. states, with Oregon as the first state-wide deployment and national model.
- AI-powered trip planning. Grand Rapids launched the world's first AI-powered accessible travel agent, built on WTW's verified data infrastructure.
- Founded by lived experience. CEO Álvaro Silberstein has C5 quadriplegia. WTW was born from his own experience as a traveler with a disability — not as a corporate initiative.
- 180K+ community. The largest community of travelers with disabilities in the world, generating real demand signals for destinations.
What We No Longer Say
- DEI initiative
- Niche market
- Compliance checkbox
- Just for wheelchair users
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Featured in Leading Travel Publications
Major media coverage highlighting our impact on accessible travel.
Photography
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The Manifesto
Our core belief — the why behind everything we build.
We believe the world should be accessible. Not someday. Not for a few. For everyone.
We believe that 1.3 billion people with disabilities deserve to travel — to explore cities, mountains, beaches, and trails — without having to guess whether a door is wide enough, whether a bathroom has a roll-in shower, whether a beach has a wheelchair ramp.
We believe the information exists. It's just not verified, not organized, and not trusted. That's what we're building.
We believe accessibility isn't a niche. It's not a DEI checkbox. It's not a compliance requirement. It's a $120B market that has been systematically underserved — and the destinations that recognize this first will win.
We believe in verification over self-reporting. In physical presence over marketing copy. In 200+ data points over a single accessibility checkbox.
We believe AI is only as good as its data. And verified accessibility data is the most valuable data layer in travel that doesn't exist yet. We're building it.
Verify. Improve. Market. That's how destinations transform. That's how travelers find confidence. That's how the world moves closer to a place where every destination is ready for everyone.
Wheel the World exists to make sure that no one has to say "I can't go there" — not because of infrastructure, but because of information. We're removing that barrier, one verified data point at a time.
This is what it means to travel without limits.
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North Star
The demographic shift that makes accessible travel the defining travel category of the next decade.
Key Statistics
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Verified accessibility means freedom to explore.
Every property, every trail, every destination — verified by trained mappers who collect 200+ data points. So travelers can plan with confidence, not with hope.
Founders
The story of Wheel the World starts with lived experience.
Álvaro has C5 quadriplegia and uses a power wheelchair. In 2016, he became the first person with quadriplegia to complete the W Trek in Patagonia — a grueling multi-day hiking route — by locating reliable, detailed accessibility information that didn't widely exist at the time. That experience became the founding insight for Wheel the World: the barrier to accessible travel isn't the terrain — it's the missing information.
He graduated from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and has been featured by Forbes, CNN, BBC, and TEDx. He has spoken at the UN, the Clinton Global Initiative, and the World Economic Forum.
Camilo is Álvaro's lifelong friend and co-founder. He leads operations at Wheel the World, overseeing the physical verification network that powers the platform's data advantage. He built the Accessibility Mapping System (AMS) from the ground up — the proprietary system that trains mappers to collect over 200 data points per property with consistency and precision.
He has scaled WTW's mapper network to cover 21+ U.S. states and hundreds of destinations globally. His operational rigor is what transforms the vision of accessible travel into verified, actionable data.
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Accessibility Verified
The global standard for verified accessibility in travel.
What it is. Accessibility Verified is the platform where travelers with disabilities can search and discover verified accessible hotels, attractions, and experiences across 150+ destinations worldwide. Every listing has been physically mapped and verified by Wheel the World.
How it works. Properties are physically assessed across 200+ accessibility data points (bed height, entrance type, shower size, sink clearance, and more). Verified properties earn the AV Seal and appear on the platform with full accessibility details — so travelers can decide and book with confidence.
The result: no more guessing, no more generic "accessible" labels. Just trusted, verified data.
Case Studies
Real-world deployments of the Accessibility Verified program at scale.
Oregon: The First State-Wide Accessibility Verified Program
How Travel Oregon became the national model for accessible destination development — 800+ properties, 3.2B impressions, and a replicable playbook for every DMO in the country.
Oregon wanted to lead on accessible tourism but lacked a consistent verification standard, a unified platform for travelers, or a scalable way to market its accessible assets. Self-reported data from properties was unreliable and inconsistent — making it impossible to build trust with the disability travel community.
🤖 Grand Rapids, MI — World's First AI-Powered Accessible Travel Agent
In partnership with Experience Grand Rapids, WTW deployed the world's first AI-powered accessible travel agent — built entirely on WTW's verified data infrastructure. The agent answers natural-language questions about accessible travel in Grand Rapids, drawing on 200+ verified data points per property. This is the first proof point for WTW's vision of AI-powered accessible travel at scale.
🗺️ 21 States — The National Scaling Story
What started in Oregon has now spread to 21 U.S. states. Each deployment follows the same Verify → Improve → Market playbook — with Oregon as the replicable blueprint. DMOs across the country are adopting the Accessibility Verified standard as their competitive advantage in the growing disability and boomer travel market.
Contact: [email protected]Traveler Testimonials
Real travelers. Real stories. Real confidence.
My trip to Costa Rica was fantastic! Booking with Wheel The World gave me the opportunity to experience activities that I never imagined possible! I would highly recommend Wheel The World to anyone looking for an adventure!
The guide, porters and driver were very helpful to our needs. The special chair used rolled through Cusco, valley, train, bus and of most important site: Macchu Picchu! Wheel the World we love you!
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