hotel gripe

[deza]

I've been doing a lot of traveling lately. Every time I rented a hotel room, I asked for a handicap room. I know I have mobility issues, and it would be nice to have little amenities like shower bars and extra space.

Every time I've asked for a handicap room, I've been told the same thing--all handicap rooms have a single king bed, not a pair of doubles. One hotel also added their handicap rooms were on the second floor, and the didn't have an elevator.

Are gimps like me not allowed to travel with children? I feel like I must have missed something in the handbook.

Comments

[oneonthefence.livejournal.com]

One hotel also added their handicap rooms were on the second floor, and the didn't have an elevator.

Umm... wow. Not only is that ignorant, but I'm sure the ADA would LOVE to hear about that.

[magickcat.livejournal.com]

Seriously. ADA on that one. I was having massive issues, having fallen down stairs in a hotel the week before, so wasn't getting around great the following week at a different hotel- they had a shuttle to get my friend (with more mobility issues than I) and I and other guests to and from the public transportation station, and we found out the hard way that there is NO handicap accessible portion of this service. I had to pull myself up with the handle in the front seat (with a wrist brace on, mind you, if I had the knee immobilizer on like I was supposed to I'da been straight screwed) and then crawl into the back so that my friend could pull herself up and stay in the front. This was in front of the driver and other guests. It was SO humiliating. The driver was really as helpful as he could be, and sincerely apologetic, but WTF?!?
They could have at the VERY least informed us of this in advance. We could have seen if there were other options available.
Oh, also- the single bed? Umm... do they not realize that some people have PCAs and whatnot? Shoot, when I worked for Cirque du Soleil, a handicapped seat order brought up an automatic next-seat-over block for a "handler" or what have you.

[oneonthefence.livejournal.com]

WOW. That is totally a WTF kind of experience.

The more I hear these stories, and experience these things myself (I myself am disabled), the more and more I'm stunned by the sheer ignorance of most people. If it doesn't make THEIR life easier, it's not worth doing. Taking an extra minute to help someone out who needs it? God forbid, right?