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Question of the Day - 30 November 2019

Q:

Do any Las Vegas hotels have hand-held showers in their rooms?  

A:
Actually, they all do -- or at least all those that were built in the last 28 years, since the American Disabilities Act (ADA) standards took effect in 1991.
 
According to the ADA, large hotels with between 501 and 1,000 rooms must provide at least 2% of their total rooms as accessible, along with four with roll-in showers (plus one roll-in shower for each additional 100 rooms over 400). 
 
ADA-accessible bathrooms must provide a shower seat in all accessible rooms with a roll-in shower. In addition, water controls and a handheld shower nozzle must be placed on the adjacent back wall and within reach of the provided seat. Grab bars must be located on the side wall opposite the shower seat and also along the back wall. Grab bars are not allowed on the side wall to which the shower seat is attached. 
 
Most pre-1991 hotels, even smaller ones, have retrofitted at least some of their rooms to be ADA compliant. Las Vegas in general, and the major and minor hotels in particular, have been extremely accommodating to disabilities since the Act passed. 
 
So if you want a hand-held shower, you can request an ADA-compliant room and you'll have one.  
 
Beyond that, hand-held shower heads have been popular in Asia and Europe for some time and are finally becoming a thing in the U.S. Americans have been introduced to them in their travels and Asians and Europeans often have an expectation of hand-held showers in their hotel rooms. So in addition to the ADA-compliant hotel rooms and baths, more and more hotels will be installing them in the foreseeable future. 
 
 
Do any Las Vegas hotels have hand-held showers in their rooms?  
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  • Toad Nov-30-2019
    Disabled Access
    Travel websites for disabled persons rank Vegas as one of if not the best city in the world for disabled travelers.
    
    I am sure it would be easy to get a hand held shower head in Vegas.

  • Dave Nov-30-2019
    ADA?
    I visit at least twice each year, often staying at three or more hotels per visit. And I’ve been all over town. I never request or pay for anything other than the lowest tier room. And I never request an ADA room.
    
    That said, I can’t remember the last time I got a room that did not have a hand held shower. 

  • Sandra Ritter Nov-30-2019
    CET
    I've stayed at Flamingo, Ballys, Planet Hollywood, Cromwell, Linq and Harrahs and I've never had a hand held shower. Now I know how to get one.  Thanks.

  • Nov-30-2019
    Is a hand-held THAT important?
    Understanding that each property does have a finite number of ADA-compliant rooms for guests with specific needs, I question whether or not it's appropriate for guests (without those needs) to request such a room as suggested in this answer. If having a hand-held shower head is the only reason for that request, it would appear to a selfish and short-sighted request. I would never request an ADA room if the sole reason was for the shower head. There could be someone who needs that room for some of its many other necessary amenities.

  • Gene Brown Nov-30-2019
    Senior Citizens 
    Regarding the last comment made, there are many of us seniors who don't walk with a cane or use a wheelchair; however, we need ADA rooms, not just for hand held shower heads, but for the support bars in the shower, the higher commodes, and etc. Therefore, I beg the difference regarding the reference to being selfish. It just so happens that one can only find that equipment in rooms that have handheld shower heads. Personally, I am not fond of handheld shower heads, I wholeheartedly welcome rooms equipped with shower/ bath tub safety bars and higher commodes to ease my weak knees being that I am about as old as water but still enjoy coming to Vegas as often as I can afford. On another subject I am hoping that I am still alive when Vegas casinos are declared smoke-free. Even smokers can benefit from such a noble transaction. 

  • Adam Cohen Dec-01-2019
    Other options
    The new tower rooms at the El Cortez in the Tower have hand-held showers along with regular ones.  Also, some upgrade rooms at hotels also have them.