Book of accessible hotel rooms

If I were you Whiff I'd stick to Premier Inn, as the advert used to say:
"You know where you are with a Premier Inn."

We booked three rooms for a family wedding recently. One was an accessible room for my son's partner, she uses a mobility scooter.
I was asked if she would prefer a wet room or a lowered bath.
She said it was perfect for her requirements.

We always use them if we take Dad away. Next month I've booked and rung the hotel reception to explain about his dementia.
The receptionist has arranged for us to have two inter-connecting rooms.

When it matters, there's a lot to be said for knowing before you get there what your room will be like and that it will be suitable.

Be careful.

I have a couple of friends who booked 'accessible rooms' and found they were anything but user-friendly.

I think that by the time you bought a book giving such information it could be out of date. I would choose the destination you want and then check hotels in the area and go online and have a look at what they offer for people with disabilities at least you will then know it is up todate information.

I don’t think there’s a book - as LL says it would be difficult to keep updated. DD2 who is a well travelled wheelchair user always exchanges emails with the Hotel manager (and prints them off to take with her) about the accessibility of bedrooms/public rooms/pool/spa/gym, etc.
When I go anywhere with her, she makes all the arrangements!

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I will stick with Premier Inn. This is the room I had in Berwick upon Tweed.

Whiff that looks really lovely!
There are Premier Inn hotels in virtually every town, so you just have to decide where to go next 😎

V3ra looking at Carlisle . Don't want to go anywhere I went with my late husband. Had my first holiday at Berwick upon Tweed for 19 years this year. Got the travel bug now. Thinking of going in September. Then Penrith next year. I live in the north west so I know I can do a journey of no more than 5.5 hours on the train any longer and my limbs seize up.

That sounds like a good plan. Make your own memories.
I'm told Lancaster is nice though I've never been.
Our son was at university in Chester and I always enjoyed going there to visit.

Travelodge have an Accessible room. I go just to use the bathroom which is basically a wet room, pull down seat, curtain enclosing a decent space. The only thing that I'm not keen on is the bed: 2 singles zipped together. The actual room is very spacious too. (I sound like an advert!)

How about starting and others contributing to a thread providing a Directory of recommended accessible (and perhaps other) room here on GN?

Another vote for Premier inns always our first choice, inexpensive and good standard, no frills but comfortable.

I booked an accessible room with Premier Inn at Milton Keynes.........it was an absolute joke. The only 'accessible' thing was the bathroom door was wider than normal - the room door was standard width as were the corridor doors. I couldn't get my wheelchair alongside the bed, the shower was over the bath so that was useless. I accept that internal doors need to be fire doors but how do you open one that pulls towards you when you're in a wheelchair?
It truly was the worst Premier Inn that I have stayed in but when I complained they reckoned they could not find my booking.
However, Premier Inn at Liverpool - Albert Dock - is a fabulous hotel.

We always choose our hotels carefully, as my husband is in a wheelchair and needs a wet room with enough non-slip grab rails, a low enough bed, easy turning space into the room and bathroom etc.
I always email and then phone the hotel to make sure everything is in place beforehand, but we often find when we get there, my husband can't shower or use the toilet easily or the bed is too high. It makes no difference what star rating the hotel is - in fact a couple of the nicest hotels we've stayed in recently have been awful for accessibility.
As other people have said, you can't go wrong with a Premier Inn. Did you know that some of them have accessible Premier Plus rooms with a bit of extra luxury, like a bigger room, a fridge etc? I've asked them to make it clear on their website which hotels offer these.

You could contact the tourist board for the area you wish to visit, but I find that sometimes places say they are accessible but are not suitable for "your"
Needs as everyone is different in what they require, for some it might step free access outside of the hotel and a wet room others can sometimes cope with that , sometimes smaller hotels have dining rooms in the basement and if there is no lift it can be awkward. For the most part Premier inn , Travel lodge and Hilton group is probably your best bet , but always try and phone the hotel to make sure what you have booked is guaranteed accessible.

There's a website of disability holidays. It's ABTA listed so should be OK. It has UK hotels www.disabledholidays.com
I looked at it for my mum but never used it.

Just booked Primer inn assisted room in York for September.. My daughter said Carlisle and Penrith not much to do.

Went to York in 2005 as I promised my husband I would go on holiday a year after he died. I was 46 never been on holiday by myself or walked in a pub. Went on the hop on hop off bus but didn't get off until we reached the start . Only saw the minster spent most of my time in my room .

This time it will be different older and wiser and bags more confidence. And it's a direct train from where I now live in the north west. So intend to see as much as I can this time .

www.bettys.co.uk/cafe-tea-rooms/our-locations/bettys-york

I haven't been, but this place is always the one that gets mentioned!
Worth booking as friends had to queue to get in.

I would suggest contacting the tourist office of any town or city you want to visit. Most of the staff I find, have a lot of knowledge and if you tell them what you need , they are likely to have some good suggestions. Also do you belong to anything such as WI or Rotary or garden clubs, because I have also asked members of things like this in the place I want to visit, and have had some helpful answers, such as gardens worth visiting etc.

V3ra I am booking to go too Betty's for afternoon tea. After talking to a lovely lady yesterday she said book in mid July as the don't take bookings this far in advance. On my calender to do that. Booked a tour of the chocolate factory 45 mins and tasting chocolate afterwards £9.50 😋. Plan to go to the Shambles and visit museums.

I will contact the tourist board madeleine for other things that I could do, also taxis which help the disabled as I need help getting my legs in and out of a car.

On the subject of suitable holidays for older or disabled people just wanted to mention Merton House Hotel at Ross on Wye . It is owned by Birmingham Rotary Clubs so prices are very reasonable . Six lovely accessible rooms with wet rooms on ground floor. Can collect from home or a railway station by accessible transport and just the loveliest people working there.PM me if you want any more details or contact the hotel directly.