The senior travel sites listed here are all those of established, reliable organizations, as they are based on sites in the Open Directory, which is both slow and picky. You’ll find a great selection.

http://www.google.com/Top/Recreation/Travel/
Specialty_Travel/Seniors/

     GOOGLE DIRECTORY FOR TRAVELERS WITH DISABILITIES. An excellent listing which will help many seniors with disabilities.

http://www.google.com/Top/Society/Disabled/Travel/

FINDING SENIOR TRAVEL DEALS

     Those wonderful ABOUT people have a good page on SENIOR TRAVEL, “How I Find Travel Deals.”

http://seniortravel.about.com/

     “BEST SENIOR TRAVEL SITES” has some great listings, including information on solo travel:

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/
senior/KeyWebSites.shtml

SENIOR TRAVEL

     Now you have leisure to travel, and you’d be surprised how many people want to help you have a good time. Below are some, and you’ll find still more in the Travel section.

     For ADVENTURE TRAVEL for the over-fifties, try 50plus Expeditions, “Active, off-the-beaten-path, small group tours around the globe.”

http://www.50plusexpeditions.com/

FOR TRAVELERS WITH DISABILITIES

     I’ve done quite a bit of wheelchair pushing, and I can tell you that a simple trip downtown with one is an adventure. Particularly when you get three-quarters of the way across a street, the traffic is zooming down on you, and there’s no curb cut to enable you to get the wheelchair back on the sidewalk out of the traffic’s way. I therefore greatly admire people with disabilities who want to experience foreign countries complete with their traffic zooming down on them.

     This website operates as a clearing house, with information on businesses from around the world that specialize in travel for people with disabilities. Here you’ll find specialized travel agents, accessible vans, travel companions, home exchanges -- and even adventure travel! My hat is off to these adventurous souls!

http://www.disabledtravelers.com/

HOUSE SITTING OPPORTUNITIES WORLDWIDE

     A number of agencies do this. You might want to look them over and see which has the best selection for your purposes:

     HOUSE-CARERS.COM. They say, “We guide you through the process of successfully matching homeowner with sitters. Housesitters list their preferences through a simple registration process. Homeowners communicate with sitters through our confidential message system to preserve privacy and security.”

http://www.housecarers.com/

     MIND-MY-HOUSE.COM calls itself a global house sitting matching service. They suggest five reasons a person might want to become a house sitter: free accomodation, cheap holiday, change of scene, companionship of animals, freedom to live alone.

http://mindmyhouse.com/

     CARETAKER.ORG is apparently the oldest of these services, having begun in 1983. You must buy a $29.95 subscription to their newsletter in order to look over their caretaker openings. Subscribers also get e-mails describing new caretaker positions several times each week.

http://caretaker.org/

     SABBATICAL-HOMES.COM offers caretaking services for the academic community.

http://sabbaticalhomes.com/