Accessability to Bed and Breakfast Inns

[Bescover]

Has anyone in this group had experiences staying at a bed and breakfast inn?

[Darryl Musick]

Stayed in quite a few but very few have been what I call fully accessible.

[Bescover]

Do you recall which ones were accessible, and what accessibility issue did you experience?

[Darryl Musick]

Burnt Out Lodge in Montana was fairly accessible, and had most of the features listed below, but had a bathtub with grab bars instead of a roll-in shower. You also need your own car to get there as there is no accessible public transportation or taxis and it's 14 miles outside of town.

Stairs are the biggest obstacle.

Bathrooms are next, to be fully accessible it needs room to manuever a wheelchair, a space to roll under the sink, grab bars everywhere, everything withing easy reach (don't block the toilet paper dispenser with a grab bar), and a roll-in shower with a shower chair or bench.

Doors that are wide enough to get a wheelchair through, room to get around in the room, and step-free access to all public areas of the inn.

We've been to several that might have a step-free access but the bathroom was too small or the shower/tub was blocked and not accessible, for instance. Many have some of these features but precious few have all of them.

A few inns I've seen have an ADA room but it would be the most expensive suite in the inn and the owners don't want to rent it out for the lower rate of the other rooms that are not accessible.

[Jani Nayar]

Do you know of a book called There is Room at the Inn Inns and B&Bs for Wheelers and Slow Walkers written by Candy Harrington? http://accessibleinns.com/ 

[Darryl Musick]

I know it and I've gotten recommendations from her before but I haven't had a chance to try any of them yet. Candy's the best in the biz.

[Bescover]

No, but thanks for the tip!