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csziggy

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4. I actually did ask about their accessible rooms and was told the beds were the same height

Reply to greyl (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 12:21 AM

Jan 2019

I don't see how anyone with serious mobility problems could get onto that bed height, much less someone in a chair.

I've had both knees replaced and currently am suffering from impinged nerves to my legs due to an unstable L5 vertebrae so I am aware of accessibility issues. I love the story about the hotel cutting the legs off the beds. It's crazy that the ADA does not cover something so basic as a height that is accessible. According to that thread hotel beds now are 27-30" high.

Maybe I can complain enough to start a movement.

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IHG is crazy - Holiday Inn Express and other related properties [View all] csziggy Jan 2019 OP

No, but good idea to contact them. elleng Jan 2019 #1

Problem overlooked by the ADA. greyl Jan 2019 #2

I actually did ask about their accessible rooms and was told the beds were the same height csziggy Jan 2019 #4

Thanks for the heads up Quemado Jan 2019 #3

I only stayed there because there was no choice csziggy Jan 2019 #5

I stay only at Marriott properties... TJKatd Jan 2019 #6

In that town the only decent places are the Holiday Inn and a Hampton Inn csziggy Jan 2019 #7

In the UK, I bet... TJKatd Jan 2019 #8

This will be our first ( and maybe only) trip to Britain csziggy Jan 2019 #9

How awesome! TJKatd Jan 2019 #10

We're both retired so we have as much time as we want csziggy Jan 2019 #13

Just thought of something I highly recommend... TJKatd Jan 2019 #11

That is a great idea! We have six days in London so we'll have time for it, too csziggy Jan 2019 #12

A few more thoughts, and I'll stop! TJKatd Jan 2019 #18

I'm not very tall and have short legs.... Little Star Jan 2019 #14

LOL! I've never slept on silk sheets - but my husband likes sateen cotten ones csziggy Jan 2019 #15

and the trend for bar stools everywhere... Kali Jan 2019 #16

Tell me about it - I blew out my left knee in 2001 csziggy Jan 2019 #17

they have those stupid bar stools and tall tables everywhere now Kali Jan 2019 #19