There’s much more to travel then sight. There’s food, people, cultures, and some sight would even let you touch and feel things. I was just dreaming I was going to get on an airplane and go somewhere then realize last mminute there’s still covid and it wouldn’t be very fun. The details were sort of worked out.

I like traveling some actually. There’s still lots to enjoy. Life isn’t over. You just have to adjust and adapt. I went to the eastern seaboard 2 years ago and it was very fun. The sights I chose had a lot to touch or people were able to describe it. Being there was sort of exciting on it’s very own.

You can absolutely enjoy travel with low vision/no vision. I personally like to plan out what I am going to do each day and make sure the activities are as accessible as possible, like touch tours at museums or going on a walking tour where the guide can describe points of interest along the way. I have explored caves, done triathlons, went scuba diving and made meals at cooking classes in different countries around the world. If you’d like help planning a trip, there are travel agencies out there that specialize in accessible travel. I used this one a few years ago to organize some activities and they were wonderful!

https://seable.co.uk

there is food, language, weather, so many stuff that isn't visual but that varies a lot from country to country, even different regions of the same country can be quite distinct

on both eyes?

Hi. You can continue to enjoy traveling. There are available technologies for visually impaired people. $1 app provides self-guided audio walking tours so that you can be informed about worldwide tourist destinations. Also, if you want to take navigation at your hometown or in another city you can check $1 smart cane and app. It showes public transportation, gives step-by-step navigation and directs you to your desired point. The smart cane also detects obstacles and warns you with vibration. So that you can enjoy travelling without hesitation and independently.

Yes you totally can. I have travelled from home here in London to a hotel in Tokyo on my own, or at least without involving anyone I knew personally. It becomes a massive exercise in planning, making sure you have organised someone to meet at every stage you need to meet someone. Every bus station, train station, airport and hotel, every car, every place you want to have lunch. You should know where you're going to be to the minute.

Plan it stage by stage, making sure you have a phone number to call in case someone doesn't show, and a backup phone number in case that one isn't picked up. That might be the airport help desk, and the airline's desk at the airport. Make test calls during the days and weeks before your trip to all the numbers you have to make sure people pick up and speak a language you can use.

Airports usually have a help desk that can sort this out; they can meet you at the kerb and help you find bag drop then the security people will take over, then back to the airport people, who drop you at the gate, where the airline will show you to a seat. Make sure at every single stage you do not get left in a store cupboard or something and ensure everyone knows you've arrived. Get to a chair right directly by the gate agent's desk and make sure they specifically know you're there. Make sure you know by what time you should expect to have been met by someone and set an alarm on your phone. If they don't show, you have a number to call, right?

When you are leaving one set of people, like when you get off the aircraft and meet the people from the airport, make very very sure that the people you're meeting are the right people. Airline cabin crew want to run off to their hotel after a long haul flight and will dump you with any available member of airport staff who may not speak a language you speak and don't have any idea who you are or where you need to be. The idea is that at each stage you meet someone who knows your name and is expecting you to be there. If that's not the case don't panic, deal with it. You have the information you need.

If you are being separated from your luggage, for instance if you are immigrating at an airport but then getting on another flight so you drop your bags again, ask very specific questions about where your bags will end up. Don't say "I'm going to Los Angeles, is that right" because they'll just say yes. Ask them where it's going and verify they give the right answer. Ask, where do I pick this up again?

Always carry a phone and a spare power bank so you can charge the phone in an emergency. Have two cables that you have tested both work as it is super easy to break them. This is a really common thing when you're traveling and have your phone on for dozens of hours at a time, and I can only imagine how horrible it would be to be stuck in some place you don't know with no working phone.

Uber is fantastic because you don't necessarily have to speak the language but you are likely to need help to find the car unless it is an incredibly easy location to find.

Consider wearing something that is easy to describe in simple language, then they'll know who you are. I find the cane helps here as you'll probably be the only person around with one. You don't have to go out with a flashing light on your hat or anything, just something that's easy to describe. The same goes for your luggage. I tie brightly coloured ribbons around the handles of mine so I can just say "look for the blue and yellow ribbons" and anyone can help find my stuff.

Turn up very very very early for all flights and have your paperwork set up in a way you can find what people are asking for. You will have passport, E ticket stuff for flights, maybe other immigration paperwork, hotel vouchers. Have printouts of everything so that even if all your technology dies you can at least get into a hotel room and then solve the problem there.

And do not, ever, let airports put you in a wheelchair. They will. They hear disability and just can't help themselves. Unless that's actually what you need, get a guide and walk! And arrive hungry, if you turn up looking neat and tidy they'll often take you to one of the airline lounges and there is usually great free food there. Make sure you take advantage of this! But don't get forgotten and always have a number to call.