My name is Keith and I’ve read many of the interesting comments on your blog and was intrigued by the acknowledged use of people using it in so many different countries. The comments were enough to convince me to try and take mine with me on a European river cruise and it worked out well, with virtually no problems. My wife would now like to venture out to China. We’ve been a few times before but I had my mobility at that time so this would be totally new territory. I recognize many of the limitations of disabled travel in Asia but I think the TravelScoot would be ok there. What I am wondering about is whether anyone experienced difficulties in bringing the TravelScoot with them to China and intercity travel within China. In a recent posting (June 2013) on a cruise site (http://cruiseforums.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=39386138), I’d read that they won’t allow you to transport a Lithium Ion battery within airports or on planes and am wondering if that has been people’s experience and/or how people went about getting permission to bring one BEFORE travelling. Here, in North America (I’m in Canada) it’s pretty straightforward and similarly in much of Europe but I’m concerned about the potential difficulties in China.
Any comments anyone can make or info anyone can pass on would be greatly appreciated.
The pictures and comments below are from a recent trip to Europe.
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| Melk, Austria. The sand/gravel mix off the cobblestone was harder to get traction on but it was possible |
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| Bratislava, Slovakia |
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| Regensburg, Germany |
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| Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna. The gravel was no problem for the TravelScoot |
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| The Residenz, Wertheim, Germany (and yes, that is a very fine gravel and it is quite a bit higher than the ground level. I had virtually no problems with the TravelScoot) |
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| Melk, Austria. Going up or down was no problem |
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| Cologne, Germany. Although travel over the cobblestones shakes one, as long as you travel fairly slowly it’s not too bad. Though I did find that not all cobblestones are created equally. Some were very hard to travel on and others were not bad at all. |
If anyone has questions about taking a TravelScoot on a river cruise I’d be happy to try and answer them.
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Keith, Hardy has a short note on the usage of lithium ion batteries in Chinese airports.
ReplyDeletePls take a look at this page.
http://www.travelscoot.com/airlines-airports-countries.html
Rgds,
Nat
Keith,
ReplyDeleteHardy has a short note on the usage of lithium ion batteries in Chinese airports. Please take a look at http://www.travelscoot.com/airlines-airports-countries.html.
Rgds,
Nat
Hi Nat,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments.
I talked to Dean as well. He assured me there should be no problems. . I also contacted an agency in China and they, in turn, contacted the authorities in Beijing. They assured me that as long as the carrier accepted it, there would be no problems in China. So I guess that means double checking with the carrier first.
Unfortunately we’ve had to put travel to Asia on hold. However, I do thank you for the link.
Cheers
Keith
Hi Nat,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments.
I talked to Dean as well. He assured me there should be no problems. . I also contacted an agency in China and they, in turn, contacted the authorities in Beijing. They assured me that as long as the carrier accepted it, there would be no problems in China. So I guess that means double checking with the carrier first.
Unfortunately we’ve had to put travel to Asia on hold. However, I do thank you for the link.
Cheers
Keith