[nagdu] guide dogs in hotels

[Julie J.]

Most of my travel is for work for various agencies.  Quite a bit of the 
time, I am not the person making the reservations.  With agencies that 
understand blindness or that I have worked with a lot, they do not announce 
the guide dog.  However there is one agency that I work with that has 
difficulty with understanding that it isn't helpful to give advance notice 
about the dog.  I've explained and it's still an issue.  I've never been 
denied a hotel stay, but I can say for sure there are more questions and 
commentary about the dog when I'm attending functions sponsored by this 
particular agency.  I get that they are trying to be helpful, but help is 
only helpful if it actually helps.   It's just an inconvenience, assuring 
them that I don't need anything special, that the dog is fine, that I'm 
fine, that I'm not going to injure myself or get lost in the hotel room or 
any number of other dreamt up scenarios.

Julie