Tag: Accessible design

  • The Inclusive Edit Standard | How I Review Luxury Travel

    The Inclusive Edit Standard | How I Review Luxury Travel

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    Luiz Faye explains the guest experience, evidence and editorial judgement behind The Inclusive Edit, and what its As Seen In badge represents.

  • What Genuine Accessible Luxury Looks Like Versus Accessible on Paper

    What Genuine Accessible Luxury Looks Like Versus Accessible on Paper

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    There is a gap. Every wheelchair user who has ever booked a hotel described as accessible knows the gap. The photograph looks right. The description says adapted bathroom. The price says five star. And then you arrive. The shower has a step. The grab rail is on the wrong side.…

  • What to Ask Before Booking an Accessible Luxury Hotel

    What to Ask Before Booking an Accessible Luxury Hotel

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    The accessibility page on most hotel websites is not written for you. It is written by a marketing team, reviewed by a legal team and published to demonstrate compliance. It tells you that an accessible room exists. It tells you the room has been adapted for guests with disabilities. It…

  • Hidden Disability in Luxury Travel | What Hotels Are Getting Wrong and How to Change It

    Hidden Disability in Luxury Travel | What Hotels Are Getting Wrong and How to Change It

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    The conversation about accessible travel has, for most of its history, been a conversation about wheelchairs. Ramps. Roll-in showers. Pool hoists. The language and the images and the policy have all been built around physical mobility and the wheelchair as its symbol. Eighty per cent of people with a disability…