I had two senior couples join my Thailand incentive trip this year. The oldest participant, the gentleman in the photo, is 85 years old. Having these two couples on the trip, made me think about the accessibility of Phuket hotels like never before. I genuinely believe I've started to think like an ADA lawyer.
The Westin Siray Bay, as much as I want to love it, is not senior friendly, nor are any of the hotels I visited in Samui.
All rooms at the Westin offer an ocean view; but you'll pay for it in hills and stairs. My CEO, who stayed there last November, wrote me asking for the closest room to the lobby. He didn't care if it was a suite. He wanted to be spared the sweltering hike to his room six times a day. The steps to the hotel's main lobby are precipitous and do not have a handrail. Ramps and stairs around the other areas of the resort are barely navigable in the rain. A series of resort trucks, known as Tuk Tuks, scurry around the resort transporting young and old.
As American (i.e. Accessible) as they can get, the JW Marriott Phuket, and sister property Renaissance Phuket, are the island's winners for accessibility. As much as I'd like to book something local and boutique, I think next year I'll be headed back to the JW and its reliable elevators and garden views.
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