[Blindtlk] Going To A Hotel

[Cheryl Echevarria]

What you can do instead of getting someone to walk you around, when you
check in is just show you the layout of the hotel, then they can give you  a
physical layout where things are, that is the best way to get around any new
place.  Always prepare before you go. If a security guard is walking around
with you who is protecting the hotel.  Ask someone in the Concierge
department to help you.

It depends in you are playing the card games or the slots, now I play black
jack but my husband is sighted so he helps me with cards, slot machines some
of them have an ear piece to put your headphones in so some are becoming
more and more audible.  So you are limited to what you can play if the
casino doesn't have accessible machines, again call and ask to speak to the
casino manager they would know which machines are which.

You never want to play the table games with people you never played with
before, not safe.

Try using the pool or other areas of the hotel instead. 

Cheryl Echevarria, President
National Federation of the Blind's Travel and Tourism Division
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brandon A.
Olivares via blindtlk
Sent: Monday, August 4, 2014 7:22 PM
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Subject: [Blindtlk] Going To A Hotel

Hello,

So I have a question that I thought I might be able to find an answer to
here.

My wife and I are going away for a couple of nights this week for our
three-year anniversary. We're going to a hotel/casino.

I called them to see how they could help us, since we've never been there
before. They said they could have someone from security help us from
place-to-place as we need it, so that is useful.

One thing I'm wondering about though. We'd like to go to the casino, which
is right inside the hotel. I'm not sure how we can do this accessibly. They
said they can't have someone do anything more than just show us to our
destination. I'm wondering what options we might be able to pursue so we can
do this and enjoy our anniversary.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

---
Peace,
Brandon

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