http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T19:28:58Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Disabled%20Access http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/29/102959/098 <![CDATA[<p><i>This week our roving correspondent <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/femmefatale"><b>Monica Guy</b></a> is writing about an oft-overlooked aspect of hotels and travel: <b>disabled access.</b> Monica knows a lot about this subject as she works and travels frequently with <a href="http://www.hawking.org.uk/text/about/about.html">Stephen Hawking</a>. However, feel free to chime in with your thoughts and experiences too. Got a question? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>Let us know</b></a> and we'll get it answered for you.</i><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Access_Centres_Turkey_pool_pic.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>The pool at the <a href="http://www.accessatlast.com/disabled-holiday/accommodation-info/395/">Access Centre</a> in Turkey.</i><p> <p><i>"Do you have wheelchair access?"</i> It's a simple question, but one which causes anything between pained embarrassment and outright disdain when asked to hoteliers of many European hotels. <p>Accessibility of hotels is a subject we feel passionate about, although it's not the sexist subject in the femmefatale 2008-05-12T10:28:27-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/