[nagdu] Issue with guide dog in training and puppy raiserathotel in GA

Wed Jun 15 16:33:57 UTC 2011

Yeah, then the next step could be a boycott of these Scottish Inns until 
they agree to follow the law in access for service dogs!

I wouldn't even want to stay at a place that responds by rudely hanging up 
on you!

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Issue with guide dog in training and puppy 
raiserathotel in GA

>I started by speaking to Beverly Hunter at the GA office this morning, the 
>person I am talking with is a puppy raiser with GDF in GA, she stayed at 
>Scottish Inn in Metter, GA.  Dog was allowed in, but when she got bill the 
>hotel charged her $10.00 for the dog, she said that the dog, who by the way 
>had its vest on, said this is a guide dog in training, would you charge a 
>person who is blind for there guide dog and they said yes.
>
> I call this morning prior to calling Beverly at the GA office and I 
> started out by saying I am a travel agent here in NY, would there be a 
> corporate office to contact, since I had learned there are a few scottish 
> inns on the eastern part of the US, he was foreign as well, not sure, he 
> said just owner, no corporate, I said may I speak to the owner, because 
> being a travel professional I was trying to get foot in the door to find 
> out who was in charge.
>
> He said he was the boss, and then I had started talking about this person 
> who stayed at the hotel, she gave me her name and reservation number and I 
> said that it is against ADA to charge for a Service Animal at a hotel, and 
> he hung up on me.
>
> So I am in the middle of finding out if they are a franchise or not by 
> calling some of the other locations and finding out myself, and then if 
> that is the case calling the Corporate office and informing them of this 
> act.
>
>
> Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
> http://www.echevarriatravel.com<http://www.echevarriatravel.com/>
> 631-456-5394
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>
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> CST-1018299-10
>
> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Absolute Cruise & Travel, 
> Inc.
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Marion Gwizdala<mailto:blind411 at verizon.net>
>  To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog 
> Users<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 9:36 AM
>  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Issue with guide dog in training and puppy raiser 
> athotel in GA
>
>
>  Cheryl,
>      In the state of Georgia, trainers of service dogs have the same 
> rights
>  of access as the disabled person. The law does not require the trainer be 
> a
>  professional trainer, only that the individual can "be identified as an
>  agent" of the training program. Here is the relevant text of Georgia code
>  30-4-2 - 4
>
>  .
>
>  (2) Every person engaged in the training of a guide dog or service dog 
> for
>  the purpose of accompanying a person as provided in paragraph (1) of this
>  subsection
>
>  shall have the same right to be accompanied by such dog being trained as 
> the
>  totally or partially blind person, deaf person, or physically disabled
>  person
>
>  has under paragraph (1) of this subsection, so long as such trainer is
>  identified as an agent or employee of a school for seeing eye, hearing,
>  service,
>
>  or guide dogs.
>
>
>
>  If your friend would like to seek reimbursement of the fee that was 
> charged,
>  I would be happy to assist in this. Please have this person give me a 
> call.
>
>  Fraternally yours,
>  Marion Gwizdala, President
>  National Association of Guide Dog Users (NAGDU)
>  National Federation of the Blind
>  813-626-2789
>  President at NAGDU.ORG<mailto:President at NAGDU.ORG>
>  HTTP://WWW.NAGDU.ORG<http://www.nagdu.org/>
>
>
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "cheryl echevarria" 
> <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com<mailto:cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>>
>  To: "nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>>
>  Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 6:26 PM
>  Subject: [nagdu] Issue with guide dog in training and puppy raiser at 
> hotel
>  in GA
>
>
>  >I am keep name off, this had happed to a puppy raiser at my guide dog
>  >school, she was staying in a hotel with her guide dog in training, and 
> was
>  >charged for the dog staying in her room.
>  >
>  > Puppies do not have the same access rights as the blind person with a
>  > guide dog, she also said if she was blind would she have been charged 
> the
>  > money also, the man said yes, whether he fully understood the question, 
> I
>  > am sure in the state of GA that would have been frowned upon if that 
> was
>  > the case.
>  >
>  > But puppies are not under the same laws as us, if I understand 
> correctly,
>  > and up to the public facility to allow the guide dog in training in the
>  > facility which wasn't the problem it was the fact that the woman was
>  > charge for the dog in her room.
>  >
>  > Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
>  >
>  > Cheryl Echevarria
>  > 
> http://www.echevarriatravel.com<http://www.echevarriatravel.com/<http://www.echevarriatravel.com%3chttp//www.echevarriatravel.com/>>
>  > 631-456-5394
>  > 
> reservations at echevarriatravel.com<mailto:reservations at echevarriatravel.com<mailto:reservations at echevarriatravel.com%3Cmailto:reservations at echevarriatravel.com>>
>  >
>  > Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel
>  > CST-1018299-10
>  >
>  > Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Absolute Cruise & Travel,
>  > Inc.
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