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Hi, My wife can walk short distances and can go up and down steps when needed, but uses a wheelchair for any longer distances. Right now, she has a cheap standard wheelchair. We are headed to Italy in a week, where we will visit Rome, Florence, and Venice. We want to get her a better quality...

Her disability causes swelling and pain in the pelvis and legs. She can only walk for short distances. She can last longer in a wheelchair or scooter, but even then, the pain gradually gets worse the longer she is sitting. I expect that she will only be able to visit the parks for 4 or 5 hours...

Hi, We will be staying offsite at a house in Emerald Island Resort. My wife has mobility issues, so I plan to rent an ECV for the duration of our stay. We will be driving to the parks each morning, but DW will probably not be able to stay the whole day, so I was thinking she could use Lyft or...

I had mine out in January. My symptoms started about 6 months earlier. Pain in the upper right side of my abdomen, which felt like cramps. I typically had those symptoms early in the morning after a large or greasy meal for dinner. At first, they weren't bad. Just felt like stomach issues. Then...

We have a Samsung top load that works great and holds a ton of laundry. The only time I wish we had bought a front loader is when it's time to wash blankets. It always gets unbalanced, stops running, and starts beeping at us. Usually takes multiple attempts at pausing, opening, moving stuff...

I totally forgot about our cruise in 2013. That was our last big vacation. We did a 7 day Eastern Caribbean on the Norwegian Epic with our family of 7 plus my mom and sister. Taking another cruise is definitely on our to do list. Turns out that activities that involve being in the water are much...

I had 74 segments on American Airlines last year. Of course, that is all work travel. We haven't done a Disney trip since 2011. Not coincidentally, DW became disabled in 2012. We've done a few 3 or 4 day trips to the beach and DW and I went to NYC for a few days in 2015 to see U2 and Wicked. But...

More accurate than non-anonymous polls? :)

We live in the Charlotte area, but outside the city limits. In the Charlotte area, a 2500 sq ft home for 350k would definitely be a luxury home, with high end everything, in a wealthy neighborhood. We are in a suburb, about 20 miles away from city center. Our house is 3500 sq ft and worth about...

Also be sure to check parking costs if you are driving. Most hotels in the city are around $50/night.

We are also staying there in June. I only looked at Hilton properties because I have lots of points, but I can tell you that Homewood Suites and Embassy Suites are good bets for rooms that sleep 6.

Interesting. I haven't known anyone that did something like this, so really had no idea if it was common for companies to make accommodations/adjustments for cost of living. As somewhat of an aside, the person who takes the assignment would actually have the option of living in either Amsterdam...

Same here. I'm a Solution Architect. Most non-tech folks have no clue what that means. Even for people in tech, it's not entirely clear what that means. I work on projects with customers to implement our software, design custom software solutions, and provide leadership, training, and...

By the way, I haven't heard any more details yet. But unless the company is planning to offer additional living expense and education expense compensation, it's looking unlikely that it would be feasible financially, even without considering all the other challenges. But we are keeping an open...

Definitely good points. Our 18 year old who is a freshman in college is planning to come home for this summer and work, but plans to stay in her college town the following summer. But she's only 3 hours away, so she might feel differently if we aren't here anymore. Our 16 year old is currently...

She can walk, but not for long periods of time. She uses a wheelchair when we are going to be out somewhere for very long. So definitely a concern.

Well, we used to be a relatively small software company (about 150 people), headquartered here in Charlotte, but with several small offices in Europe and Asia. We were acquired by Siemens, so we now have about 350,000 employees worldwide.

I've certainly thought about it, but haven't done the research yet, other than looking at housing costs a little bit. I'm still waiting on more details, like whether the company would be providing any assistance in moving costs, housing, etc.

I wouldn't call that rambling. :) The more information and things to think about, the better. Career wise, I think it would probably be good for me. I just recently got a promotion to a position that I will likely be in for at least a few years before I have the experience and expertise to be...

I think this is really the biggest one. The amount of information instantly available to us at any time, no matter where we are, is really astounding. I was born in '71, so I grew up before the internet, and it's even hard for me to imagine how we used to have to do things. In addition to just...