Should hotels accommodate large guests?

[marylander1940]

From the article:

"She said she wants hotels to raise their toilet seats and fit each room with handheld shower heads so that bigger bodied people can use the facilities with ease.

The influencer also asked for handrails on pools and sturdy chairs so people can lounge in peace.

She also asked for stronger beds, size inclusive bathrobes going up to a size 6 XL, and plus-size friendly towels for guests."

Plus-size travel influencer who demanded other passengers pay for obese flyers' extra seats now calls on hotels to enlarge HALLWAYS to help fat guests

 

[jeezifonly]

Her comments serve as a signal to the hospitality industry. It’s an ever-growing demographic in America. 

[marylander1940]

28 minutes ago, jeezifonly said:

Her comments serve as a signal to the hospitality industry. It’s an ever-growing demographic in America. 

I wouldn't be surprised if some hotels aim at them and provide special floors and rooms to accommodate them. 

Good point!

[+ DynamicUno]

Her shower demands are easily accomodated with a wheelchair accessible shower stall. Such rooms usually have a higher toilet seat, as well.  Linens and bedding might be possible to accommodate up to a point.  Demanding the entire built environment such as hallways and elevators be sized to her liking is unreasonable.  Most places that can accommodate wheelchairs could accommodate her just as easily.

[BuffaloKyle]

If I was her friend I'd tell her instead of worrying about this worry about your health and living a long life. Lose some weight!

[+ DynamicUno]

53 minutes ago, jeezifonly said:

Her comments serve as a signal to the hospitality industry. It’s an ever-growing demographic in America. 

[marylander1940]

1 hour ago, DynamicUno said:

Her shower demands are easily accomodated with a wheelchair accessible shower stall. Such rooms usually have a higher toilet seat, as well.  Linens and bedding might be possible to accommodate up to a point.  Demanding the entire built environment such as hallways and elevators be sized to her liking is unreasonable.  Most places that can accommodate wheelchairs could accommodate her just as easily.

 

59 minutes ago, BuffaloKyle said:

If I was her friend I'd tell her instead of worrying about this worry about your health and living a long life. Lose some weight!

I don't like Matt Walsh, but he makes some sense on this subject and some of his points remind me of what the 2 of you say. 

 

[ICTJOCK]

Some simple accommodations  are fine,  maybe a special room or two outfitted with people who are grossly overweight.  That's it.

 

There are some people that are  greatly overweight due to a medical issue or problem,   not because they fill their face with food and get no exercise.

I think we have to have some allowance for these folks.       Those who are overweight because they opt for a "fat lifestyle"  are another matter.   Our job isn't to make their

lives "comfortable",  because they have made a deliberate decision to be unhealthy..      I counsel my non escort clients  that a healthful balance is always the desired approach.

Here,  not sure we can separate one population from another.

[Marc in Calif]

1 hour ago, ICTJOCK said:

Some simple accommodations  are fine, maybe a special room or two outfitted with people who are grossly overweight.  

Maybe hotel staff can hang them from the ceiling over the beds? Convert them into lamps? ☺️

Edited October 3, 2023 by Marc in Calif

[maninsoma]

I recently developed an interest in a show called "My 600 Lb Life."  I'll admit that it's mostly morbid curiosity that got me hooked, as I've never previously encountered people who weighed so much.

I'm only mentioning the show here because a lot of these people have to travel many miles to a clinic in Houston, so they are driving for days and staying in hotels.  I've yet to see an episode where someone broke the bed, and given the show's obvious desire to exploit its subjects I'm sure they'd include that if it happened.  I've also never seen an episode where someone cannot get down a hallway in their wheelchair.  I have seen episodes where the person had to get a different room assignment because their wheelchair wouldn't fit in an elevator, which sort of surprised me.  I guess ADA excludes some smaller hotels from having to comply with certain things that would be extremely costly, like replacing an elevator?

I think all larger hotels do have rooms specifically designed for people with medical needs, and I'm guessing that this woman simply believes that all rooms in all hotels should be designed to accommodate her extraordinary needs just as she thinks that she shouldn't have to pay for a second seat when flying coach and that instead everyone's fares should go up in order that airlines can change their seat configurations such that every seat will accommodate the morbidly obese.

[Peter Eater]

39.6% of Americans are obese. (That includes our prior president.)

CDC: “Obesity rates have more than doubled in adults and children since the 1970’s. While some recent estimates suggest that the overall rates of obesity have plateaued or even declined among certain groups, obesity is widespread and continues to be a leading public health problem in the U.S.” 

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[+ BenjaminNicholas]

This woman is insane.  I've heard her entitled rants about airlines before.

[+ Charlie]

One thing she said I would agree with: I have been encountering hotel room bathrooms with toilets that are too low for normal-sized elderly adults to use comfortably.

[+ DynamicUno]

8 minutes ago, Charlie said:

One thing she said I would agree with: I have been encountering hotel room bathrooms with toilets that are too low for normal-sized elderly adults to use comfortably.

It's a trade-off.  A lower seat can help with elimination (same principal as the squatty potty footstools). 

A higher seat like you set in many ADA toilets areeasier to dismount. The elevated toilets are interesting to assist people who need to move to and from a wheelchair or scooter by being close to the same level.

Now i wish they would install washlets on more toilets for everyone, I seriously got spoiled by them in Japan.

[marylander1940]

2 hours ago, BenjaminNicholas said:

This woman is insane.  I've heard her entitled rants about airlines before.

Unfortunately she's not alone. She wants the world to adapt to her instead of the other way around. 

[MikeThomas]

20 hours ago, marylander1940 said:

 

I don't like Matt Walsh, but he makes some sense on this subject and some of his points remind me of what the 2 of you say. 

 

I don't like Matt Walsh either, but I find more and more of what he says makes sense.... and that worries me 😂

[MikeThomas]

I'll rent her a room at The Paramount in NYC... once she gets in, she'll never get out (I assume the rooms are same size as they were 30 years ago)

[pubic_assistance]

Maybe she should book a room at the local zoo ? 🤔

Seems the accommodations are more suited to her weight class..and the meals are surely proportionate to the way she eats.

 

[marylander1940]

9 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

Maybe she should book a room at the local zoo ? 🤔

Seems the accommodations are more suited to her weight class..and the meals are surely proportionate to the way she eats.

 

[pubic_assistance]

23 hours ago, jeezifonly said:

It’s an ever-growing demographic in America. 

I see a business opportunity.

A hotel chain that specializes in catering to oversize humans. 

I picture large pens with a never ending trough for feeding. Someone to hose them down and make sure they don't have any sores. Maybe an on-site therapist to tell them how wonderful they look 😉

I'm calling it the Red Barn Inn

 

Edited October 3, 2023 by pubic_assistance
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[Peter Eater]

1 hour ago, MikeThomas said:

I don't like Matt Walsh either, but I find more and more of what he says makes sense.... and that worries me 😂

It should. Please seek help!

[+ sniper]

12 hours ago, Peter Eater said:

39.6% of Americans are obese. (That includes our prior president.)

CDC: “Obesity rates have more than doubled in adults and children since the 1970’s. While some recent estimates suggest that the overall rates of obesity have plateaued or even declined among certain groups, obesity is widespread and continues to be a leading public health problem in the U.S.” 

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Eh, a lot of people counted as obese are muscular. The numbers are certainly higher than in the past but not as much as BMI(a biased measure, especially for taller people) would suggest. When I was running seven 8 minute miles a day I was "obese" by BMI but I wasn't fat.  NOW I'm fat(and working on it).

[+ sniper]

I wish all hotels had handheld showers just because when traveling my bowel movements get disrupted and I prefer being able to get clean that way...nothing worse than swampass when traveling. 

[+ sniper]

6 hours ago, MikeThomas said:

I'll rent her a room at The Paramount in NYC... once she gets in, she'll never get out (I assume the rooms are same size as they were 30 years ago)

Ah, Gaiety memories...

[+ nycman]