About Us 
  
  
Nautilus Tours & Cruises Ltd. specializes in travel arrangements for persons with physical disabilities, their families and friends. We work through a full service agency and can handle air and train reservations, hotels, rental cars, tours and cruises, both domestically and internationally.  
  
We also develop and escort tours and cruises. In the recent past, we have had tours of Scandinavia, France, and Italy, Holland and Belgium, and cruises to Alaska and Mexico. This past summer we toured Ireland.
  
Nautilus Tours & Cruises Ltd. is owned by Joan Diamond and Jill Bellows. Joan has specialized in travel for persons with disabilities for over 20 years.  She has also been very active in the disabled community.  She  has served as the Western Regional President of SATH (Society for Accessible Travel and Hospitality, formerly the Society for the Advancement of Travel for the Handicapped) and currently serves on the Board of Directors. Jill has been in the travel business for over 30 years. She is a Master Cruise Counselor and a specialist in several areas.  She also teaches in the tourism department of Los Angeles City College.  They aware both very active in the Southern California Chapter of the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) . 
          
Nautilus was started in 1988 by Lou and Yvonne Nau. They enjoyed many trips and tours and are fondly remembered by many of our clients. In 1995 they decided to retire and asked us to continue the company.  We had all been friends for many years and they trusted us to continue in their efforts. That we have tried to do. We changed the name to Nautilus Tours & Cruises Ltd.