Boat travel with a disability
Båtresa med funktionsnedsättning - Engelska
There are special rules intended to make boat travel easier for you if you have a disability.
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Your rights in brief
If you have a disability, the rules intended to protect you mean that a boat company:
may not deny you travel on the grounds of your disability.
may not charge a higher price for the boat travel even if you need extra help.
must try to give you the assistance you need for the journey.
must give information you need and can understand.
The main rule is that you may not be refused to buy a ticket and travel by boat on the grounds of your disability. There are exceptions, however. The EU regulation that governs your rights only applies to travel with large boats.
For small boats with no more than three crew members or 12 passengers, there are no rules on assistance. However, there are rules on the boats’ design.
These rules apply within the whole of the EU. So, the same rules apply when you travel between Gotland and the mainland or, for example, between Germany and Denmark.
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