Wow, this is so horrible! Have you ever had a bad experience like this?https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/21/disabled-woman-forced-to-sleep-in-hotel-dining-area-after-booked-room-was-unavailable | Global Discussions accessible travel group on tabifolk

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Josh Grisdale in Global Discussions 2 years ago

2 years ago

Wow, this is so horrible! Have you ever had a bad experience like this?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/21/disabled-woman-forced-to-sleep-in-hotel-dining-area-after-booked-room-was-unavailable

theguardian.com
Disabled woman forced to sleep in hotel dining area ‘after booked room was unavailable’
Kat Watkins, who requires a ventilator at night, said she is suffering from severe back pain after night at Travelodge in Hounslow

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- Carlos
  
  Here, in the States, if they give your room to someone else, the hotel has to find you an accessible room in another hotel by law.
  
  2 years ago
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- schroth-sensei
  
  What!? She was walked from not 1 but 2 rooms?! and they couldn’t get her to a 3rd at another hotel? There had to be other options. If I was the manager I’d get someone to clean a room that would work, pay an able guest to go to that other hotel, or SOMETHING. Unless we are missing some info, this doesn’t sound like a problem any competent… Read more
  
  2 years ago