Some orthopaedic shops and healthcare providers in Mestre and Venice offer a wheelchair hire service (with fee), especially useful for tourists with motor disabilities who wish to visit Venice with a lightweight wheelchair.
The wheelchairs available for hire are foldable and of a manual type.
It is advisable to book the service about 10 days in advance.
In Mestre and Venice it is possible hire a means of transport equipped for disabled people with limited mobility with a driver (car, bus or boat), but this service must be booked a few days in advance.
The rates of this hire service with driver are determined by negotiation between the two parties.