"We booked a Handicapped room. It wasn't very well set up for a handicapped person in a wheelchair. As were most of the hotel rooms on this trip, this room was for a person whose 'handicap' was, perhaps, that s/he had to use a cane. Compare that to an amputee in a wheelchair. I asked when making the reservation that the ottoman be moved; it wasn't and it caused a problem. Getting the wheelchair between the bed and the TV table was another problem. It seems that what hotels think solves handicap issues is a bunch of grab bars, all positioned horizontally. Vertical bars help people stand up from the toilet or shower seat - if there is one. So....staying in that room was difficult and annoying. Being handicapped has many definitions, from using just a cane to being an amputee in a wheelchair to being blind, not having one hand or the other, etc. I think hotels can do MUCH better to accommodate handicapped people if they only c a r e d ."
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