In 2010 the department of justice opened a case against hilton hotels for violations of rules pertaining to ada hotel room reservations.
What is an ada room at a hotel.
However based on feedback in the previous post on the topic perhaps even that approach is flawed or at least deserves some additional thought.
Hotels motels inns and other places of lodging must comply with the americans with disabilities act ada.
You can access the full text of the 1991 ada standards for accessible design.
The americans with disabilities act requires hotels to maintain a booking and reservations system that is accessible to people with disabilities.
Rooms may have wider doors to accomadate wheelchairs bathrooms and showers will have hand rails.
Ada as noted is the american disability act.
Meaning is a hotel room that complies with the requirements of the americans with disabilities act.
I ve certainly been assigned an ada room a number of times even without reserving that room type especially if i booked via hotwire or checked in late in the evening to a hotel.
This publication is a self help survey that owners franchisors and managers of lodging facilities can use to identify ada mistakes at their facilities.
Most rooms will be 1st floor as well.