Vacationing Sure Isn't As Easy As It Seems

 I PROMISE I'll get back to last year's Portland trip (even my own mother pointed out that I still haven't talked about what exactly went so wrong last time) BUT for now I am taking on the much more tedious but much *less* emotionally taxing chore of deciding where to stay during my travels later this summer.

In planning last year's trip to Portland, I was so focused (largely due to time sensitivity) on just finding accommodations that would work for me that I didn't conduct a broader search of hotel websites generally. What I'm coming across is rather disappointing. So far, I've looked at hotel websites in Portland and Los Angeles, although the latter is mainly for funsies since I am from there and could stay with a number of friends or relatives. I haven't seen a single hotel website that so much as mentions ADA accommodations offered at the hotel. Furthermore, I've yet to be able to book an accessible room online. Why! It seems so obvious to me that one should be able to do this, not just because if everyone else can book a hotel room online, the courtesy should be extended to hotel guests with disabilities but because some hotel guests actually have disabilities which would prevent them from calling. It's so obvious to me that a variety of ways to book serves everyone's interests. And it's such an easy thing for the hotels to do from a technical standpoint. So what gives. 

Don't worry, I've been writing to every single hotel that doesn't mention ADA accommodations or allow to booking accessible rooms via an online process how easy and wonderful it would be make that available to its guests. I'll let y'all know what I hear back! 

-Kitty