Hotel rooms are not designed with me in mind. But hopefully, that's going to change.

After nine hours driving across the southwest in my packed minivan, I could almost feel the hotel mattress by the time I rolled into the lobby of the Phoenix Hampton Inn. My achy shoulders and…

The accessible accommodations have peepholes at two levels on the doors, a lower-than-usual bed with extra space around it, and bathrooms with adapted showers and toilets.