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[Fluid Matrix]

Traveling with 2 friends and a child this next month. Looking to book hotel rooms, but from my experience when traveling with my wife, all of our accessible rooms were a single king. We obviously don't want 4 people sleeping in a single bed.

Can I expect to find an accessible room that has 2 beds? If not, what are the chances of my chair fitting through the bathroom door? I'm more than capable of transferring over to the toilet and we're bringing along a shower bench regardless.

[Beautiful]

Every hotel I have stayed at has had two beds and an accessible bathroom.

[goose]

When making reservations, just ask for 2 beds. Then, you'll know for sure.

[mellowgator]

yes they exist. when the kids were younger we always got a double room. now we get them their own room.

[airart1]

plus u can get a suite , is what they used to call them, were its actually two rooms with a small fridge/microwave, etc...what we used going to Florida w/the kids......accessable bath.....

[Snakeye]

They usually have two Queen-sized beds.....

[BillS]

I've probably stayed in 50 different roll-in shower hotel rooms and I'd say about 40% of them were rooms with 2 beds. So they are definitely out there.

But don't believe what the on-line booking sites say. I've seen a lot of rooms where I booked the 2 beds because it was cheaper but then was given a single bed. I usually travel alone so it's not a problem for me. If you really need a 2 bed room then call the hotel directly to make sure they have them.

I've also booked rooms with roll-in showers per the website and then found out that the hotel doesn't have a roll-in shower when I checked in but that's another story...

[Courtney]

Try Homewood suites...you can either get 1 king or 2 queens in the bedroom and a pull out couch and small accesible kitchen in the living room....reasonable price. I highly recommend them!!!!

[Fluid Matrix]

Thanks for all responses. Made the reservation thru hotels.com for a double-queen, and they said they would contact the hotel regarding my accessibility requests.

[goose]

I forgot to say have fun on your trip! Hope you all come back speaking!!

[Fluid Matrix]

goose, on 07 June 2011 - 05:15 AM, said:

I forgot to say have fun on your trip! Hope you all come back speaking!!

One of the co-travelers is my brother. It's not uncommon for us to NOT be speaking. The other is a good friend and his 9 yr. old son. Hopefully the trip goes well, as it's just at 24 hours one-way. Heading to the last shuttle launch in Florida the first week of July, providing NASA keeps their schedule.

[ZEN12many]

Sometimes it is better to ask for an accessible room with two beds.

I had reserved an accessible room with one king-size bed at the Silver Legacy in Reno, NV, USA. I couldn't get to all of the room because the space between the end of the bed and the TV table was too narrow for my relatively small wheelchair to fit.

When I complained, they put me in an accessible room with two queen beds. The room was larger and I could access all of the room.

Rodney (ZEN12many)

[Hapahowlee]

Yeah, same here about staying in a handicap room with 2 queens, or a king with a sofa-sleeper and we've even asked for a fold-out bed for extra sleeping space.

I suggest you check the room out first before you check in or even on a website if available to be sure there will be enough room for a wheelchair to move around with all the people you will have in the room.

We've stayed in handicap rooms that were big enough to have a party and some that were barely large enough for 2 of us.

Good luck.

[mephibosheth]

Wow that's impressive! We (Australia) just passed new standards so that any new or renovated hotel must have accessible rooms "representative of the whole range of rooms available", largely because currently "accessible room" almost unanimously means "1 bed in a broom closet" I Did a few big road-trips over the past few years with 3 friends; of the ~18 places we stayed, 4 had an accessible room with >1 bed.