As a wheelchair consumer and frequent traveler, I’ve booked a whole bunch, possibly 1000’s, of resort stays all through my life. With every resort keep, I’ve relied on data on the resort’s web site and calling them to confirm accessibility. If I needed to guess, I’d say that roughly 50% of the rooms that I’ve ever booked had been as accessible as I wanted. It has been a relentless battle for me to search out an satisfactory room when touring and it’s been much more difficult to get details about the accessibility of every resort room. However all of that’s altering due to an organization referred to as Wheel the World.
For years, I’ve relied on Wheel the World for planning accessible journeys. I’ve traveled to Chile and Barcelona with them already and am collaborating with them for the Curb Free Group Journeys later this yr in Greece and Mexico. Wheel the World was based by a wheelchair consumer, Alvaro Silberstein, so they’re keen about making journey extra inclusive and so they have the firsthand information to create change. They’re now utilizing their ardour to make actually accessible resort rooms simpler to search out, which is superb!
Lately, I used to be planning a visit to Atlanta and wished to search out an accessible resort that would meet my wants, so I made a decision to look Wheel the World’s web site to see what motels had been listed. After typing in my vacation spot of alternative, I instantly noticed a number of resort choices round Atlanta, however I used to be actually intrigued with The Westin Buckhead Atlanta. Wheel the World’s website showcased three room classes for this resort and every of the three included a number of, terrific photographs. It was so useful to see precise photographs of the room’s bathe, bathroom and seize bars, sink, mattress, and doorways. I wasn’t simply going to need to take somebody’s phrase on the entrance desk of what was included… I might truly see it!
I used to be additionally excited to see all of the options of every room listed, together with the precise peak of the beds and bathrooms, width of the doorways, and the scale of house beside the mattress, amongst different options. That is actually a dream come true as I’ve at all times needed to name the resort immediately and ask a ton of questions on what was included within the room, all of which was answered on Wheel the World’s web site! And the very fact that there have been so many nice photographs actually eased my thoughts and I felt that I might lastly e book a room with confidence that may meet my wants.
After deciding on the chief king accessible suite with a mattress the peak that I wanted, a roll-in bathe with no barrier, and a handheld bathe sprayer, I used to be set for my journey to Atlanta. I must admit that that is the primary journey that I’ve ever been on, that I didn’t name the resort prematurely. I positioned all my belief and religion in Wheel the World to have carried out the homework for me to guarantee that my wants on this resort keep had been met. Their web site states that their workforce visits every resort room to make an accessibility report and that they map each element by taking measurements and photographs to file and present the accessibility of the locations that they provide. It additionally states that accessibility is assured at no further value, and that you just keep within the accessible room that you just request or your a reimbursement! How cool is that?!
As we drove to Atlanta, I assumed to myself that it sounded too good to be true. A resort room that may be excellent for my wants and I didn’t even need to request footage of it or discuss with anybody over the telephone? However as I pulled into The Westin Buckhead Atlanta, the resort was in an amazing location. The valet service said that wheelchair accessible valet parking was a free service, so my keep was already beginning off nice! Rolling to the foyer, I used to be nonetheless a bit of apprehensive of what the room could be like regardless that I had seen about 10 precise photographs of it on Wheel the World’s web site.
After checking in with a pleasant employees member, he handed me the keys to the king accessible suite and up the elevator I went. Opening the door, I used to be blown away with the dimensions of my room. It appeared precisely because it did within the photographs, however reside and in particular person was even higher. I introduced my measuring tape simply to examine the scale that had been on the web site, and positive sufficient, all the pieces was precise! The mattress was excellent! The roll-in bathe was excellent! And I couldn’t have been extra happy with this room.
Wheel the World has actually modified the sport on the subject of reserving an accessible resort. I’ll proceed to e book with them when motels can be found on their web site and can put my belief in them to make sure that I’ll have the stress-free keep that I want. It’s so relieving to know that if I do have a problem at check-in or throughout my keep, I can contact Wheel the World and they’re going to remedy it as rapidly as attainable.
If you wish to have the stress of reserving an accessible room eradicated, e book your subsequent resort stick with Wheel the World. They will additionally organize accessible transportation, particular tools leases, caregivers and way more! They’ve principally carried out the work for us, as they’ve specialised suppliers in every metropolis that they provide. Thanks, Wheel the World, for making my life simpler!
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