MyAccom

03/09/2024

Hi folks. Here is a link to yesterday's TVNZ interview. Cheers Mike.

This is "Michael Lloyd MyAccomm Breakfast TV - 3/09/2024" by alexander PR on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

01/09/2024

Exciting News! 🚨
I'll be on TVNZ Breakfast, this Tuesday, September 3rd, at 8:40.am. It's to talk about MyAccom, my latest venture that's set to revolutionize the world of accessible short-term accommodation throughout New Zealand. Tune in to hear how MyAccom offers an exciting way to earn extra income, grow awareness of digital accessibility, and change societal expectations around disability. I can't wait to share my vision and how we're making travel more inclusive for everyone.
Set your alarms, grab your coffee, and join me for this inspiring conversation!


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21/05/2022

The MyAccom model is all about people with lived experience of disability or access needs providing accommodation for people travelling who have disabilities or access needs. So a MyAccom host is someone who not only has a property or part of their home that may have the physical facilities required, but also understands the day-to-day mindset of getting on with life.
So, you have a disability or access need? Just because you get off your butt and interact with the world and use the skills and abilities that you have to pursue the life that you want doesn’t mean that you have to feel that you need to wear the label of “Inspiration”. We might do some things a bit different to others, however we’re just getting on with it.
If you have ten minutes to watch this over a cup of tea, then nobody said it better than the late Stella Young.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K9Gg164Bsw

Stella Young is a comedian and journalist who happens to go about her day in a wheelchair — a fact that doesn't, she'd like to make clear, automatically turn...

18/05/2022

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Global Accessibility Awareness Day takes place every year on the third Thursday of May, and is all about getting people thinking and talking about making the web accessible for those with different disabilities.
Technology is a wondrous thing. With a quick search, we can find all the information we need on anything we want. We can order dinner, research a paper, listen to a podcast or even find accommodation to meet your needs for your next trip away. But if you happen to be blind, deaf, or impaired in some way then it’s not uncommon to find technology can be more of a burden than a boon.
Keeping technology accessible for everyone is the key theme of this day, and in an era when technology just keeps getting more and more a part of our lives, it’s never been more important.
Join an event or webinar, and engage in the discussion of how to make the internet more accessible to all, including a wide range of disabilities and limitations.
http://myaccom.nz

A home for everyone. Michael Lloyd is the innovative and creative mind behind Accommodationz. For him, it’s about “getting people to think about what they would love their next accommodation experience to be like while also working together with them to achieve a common goal.” And what exactly...

16/05/2022

Workplace dignity is the ability to establish a sense of self-worth and self-respect and to appreciate the respect of others.
MyAccom celebrates the value of supporting a dignified self-employment opportunity and its implications for sustainable tourism development including emphasis on non-discriminatory working environments, fair income and a good work-life balance, as well as worker involvement and social dialogue.
dignity is a fundamentally social phenomenon that arises through interaction, and therefore it depends on a mix of both independence and interdependence. It involves recognition and trust, as well as autonomy and self-mastery. Establish and retain your self-worth by becoming a MyAccom host. Check out http://MyAccom.nz

A home for everyone. Michael Lloyd is the innovative and creative mind behind Accommodationz. For him, it’s about “getting people to think about what they would love their next accommodation experience to be like while also working together with them to achieve a common goal.” And what exactly...

12/05/2022

Pre-register as a MyAccom host and provide short term accommodation for travellers with access needs today!

Are you interested in earning income from an unused room or granny flat in your home, apartment, or unit?
Does your home or a property that you manage meet access or disability-related requirements?
Have you ever considered the idea that travelers with disabilities or access needs might value your lived experience when it comes to handling similar situations?

Become a MyAccom host and provide short term accommodation for access travellers. To find out more and to register your interest in becoming a MyAccom host, please visit
https://myaccom.nz

A home for everyone. Michael Lloyd is the innovative and creative mind behind Accommodationz. For him, it’s about “getting people to think about what they would love their next accommodation experience to be like while also working together with them to achieve a common goal.” And what exactly...

26/03/2022

What is your dignity worth?
When we honour somebody's dignity, we automatically accept their identity, which creates a sense of belonging and inclusion.
The bonus is when we honour the dignity of others, we strengthen our own.
MyAccom is not simply out to fix an accessibility problem, we are here to invite the possibility of living in a dignity rich community - and who doesn't want that?
Become a MyAccom host.
https://youtu.be/o2lbd-l0hFI

What’s the difference between dignity and respect and does it really matter? Getting clear about the difference between dignity and respect is essential and ...

14/03/2022

Hi. At MyAccom, we are inviting a societal change in expectation in how we can all enjoy the accommodation experience that goes with travel and tourism. This video does a fantastic job of outlining how big accessible tourism is and highlights exactly why MyAccom is promoting inclusive accessible accommodation. So cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lJnnFzLvbM&t=00s

Accessible Tourism MOOC of APP TOUR YOU project.Module 1 - Accessible Tourism Infographics.

09/03/2022

Accessible tourism is a huge business opportunity for New Zealand, but most businesses in the sector are not yet tapping into this potential market.

21/02/2022

We're on the hunt for Short-Term Accessible Rental Property Hosts!

Are you someone with an access need or disability interested in making an income from a room in your home, or a granny flat, apartment, unit or house you’re responsible for that’s currently under-utilised?

Does your home–or a property you manage–meet your access needs, or those of your whanau?

Have you ever considered the idea that others could benefit from the insights and knowledge you’ve gained from your own lived experience of having an access need or disability, or being closely connected with someone who does?

Become a MyAccom host and provide short term accommodation for access travellers.

Basic or complex, the reality is that we’ll all have an access need at some stage in our lives. Having appropriate access to an environment, facilities, information, services, and social interaction while away from home is just as important to those travelling with permanent physical or sensory disabilities, parents with small children, elderly travellers, people with temporary injuries, and their travel companions as it is for anyone else.

Accommodationz is a New Zealand-based social enterprise. We believe that everyone should be able to find and enjoy short-term accommodation that meets their personal, access or disability related requirements with confidence, integrity, and freedom of choice.

Accommodationz is currently building an online marketplace called

MyAccom that connects access travellers with suitable accommodation options. The key difference between MyAccom and other home-share websites is that the properties listed will be homes occupied or managed by people with lived experience of disabilities or access needs, or people closely connected with the access community. This means people with similar access needs staying together who just get it.

As most of the accommodation options listed will be privately owned residential homes, they will not meet (or need to meet) every official accessibility guideline, however, as the property either currently or previously had to meet the requirements of someone with a specific access need, there’s a good chance it’ll suit someone in a similar situation. This supports a disability confident, dignity positive experience for both guest and host.

To find out more and to register your interest in becoming a MyAccom host, please visit https://myaccom.nz

17/02/2022

A big thanks to the team at The Global Centre of Possibility and the inspiring participants in 2021's Possibility Leadership Programme!

What a journey we've had so far!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/prosper/126902242/catering-for-travellers-with-access-needs-a-15k-winner-for-tauranga-man

Airbnb-style platform for travellers with disabilities, and a business teaching blind people about the sense of touch, each win $15k prize for entrepreneurs solving access issues.

17/02/2022

Welcome to MyAccom!

Remember to like or follow us so you can keep up with our quest to change the world of inclusive accessible short-term accommodation.

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Thanks for visiting MyAccom and we hope to see you soon!

17/02/2022