ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES AT OUR MONTEREY HOTEL
ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES AT OUR MONTEREY HOTEL
At Portola Hotel & Spa, we ensure our guests enjoy a comfortable and accessible stay in Monterey, CA. From accessible parking to accessible guest rooms and bathrooms with grab bars, our Monterey hotel is designed so that all guests, including people with disabilities, can enjoy the full Portola experience.
Hotel Accessibility Hotel Accessibility Features
- Closed caption televisions
- Designated ground level self-parking
- Accessible van self-parking
- TTY for guest use
- Public bathrooms with one larger stall equipped with grab bars for safety & support
- Ramp access to lower lobby restaurant, terrace, and entrance to the parking garage
- Ramp access to upper lobby check-in, valet, and elevator access
- Push-lever to exit side entrance doors towards parking garage, spa building, & pool
- Automatic doors to enter or exit the lobby in the Main building
- Automatic doors to enter or exit the lobby in the Main building & Spa building providing access to the parking garage
- Ramp access from garage to Spa building to access elevators
- Braille on meeting room signs
- Fire alarms for audio & visually impaired are available
- There are accessible Doorways to all public areas
- Service animals are accepted
- There is alternative text signage for all public spaces
- Accessible Self-Parking spots are available
- Accessible Valet Parking is available
- There are accessible parking spaces available (8 feet wide for car plus 5-foot access aisle)
- The count of van-accessible spaces is 4
- The count of total accessible Spaces is 9
- There are accessible parking spaces closest to the accessible entrance
- The public access area ramps are non-slip
- All the ramps longer than 6 feet have railings on both sides
- There is an accessible path of at least 36 inches wide to the check-in the desk
- There is an accessible path of at least 36 inches wide to the guestrooms
- There are accessible paths of at least 36 inches wide in all public guest areas
- There is an accessible elevator
- The pool has an accessible entrance (ramp, lift)
- There is sufficient room for guests with mobility issues to maneuver in the fitness center
- The business center is accessible
- There are 379 hotel Rooms & Suites
- There are 14 Accessible Rooms
Digital Partner Commitment Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay sources Sabre's SynXis booking engine for digital room reservation transactions. We are proud to partner with Sabre as they have also committed to digital accessibility and have taken steps to be compliant with the current standards. Sabre's SynXis Booking Engine (SBE), our current product, has been coded to WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 guidelines and standards as of February 18, 2019.
Website Accessibility Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay
Date: 11/1/2022
At Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay we are committed to providing an excellent online experience for all our guests - including those with hearing, vision, and other disabilities. To ensure this, Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay strives to substantially conform with Level AA success criteria of the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 . Our website is designed, developed, and maintained in accordance with these guidelines, including regular testing. If you have any difficulty, questions, or would like to report any issues related to the accessibility of our website, please contact us at [email protected] or (831) 649-4511. Subsequent reports were run on: 04/01/2024; 03/01/2024; 02/01/2024; 01/01/2024; 12/28/2023; 12/05/2023; 11/01/2023; 10/01/2023; 09/27/2023; 09/01/2023; 08/01/2023; 07/03/2023; 06/01/2023; 05/01/2023; 04/03/2023; 03/30/2023; 03/29/2023; 03/28/2023; 03/01/2023; 02/09/2023; 02/04/2023; 01/19/2023; 01/02/2023; 12/01/2022; 11/04/2022; 11/02/2022
Browser Help and Support
You can optimize the way you use your web browser. You can update the settings on your browser which may help you improve the readability and visibility of each page. View the accessibility features of theses major browsers with the following links:- Click Here for Accessibility Features in Mozilla Firefox
- Click Here for Accessibility Features on Google products
- Click here for Ease of Access Options on Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Click Here for Accessibility Features in Microsoft Edge
- Click Here for Accessibility Support on Apple products
Website Accessibility Features
The design of this website is done according to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, to provide accessibility to all users, and conform to priority checkpoints including, but not limited to:Navigation Shortcuts
Use of the tab key to navigate through different elements of each page and use of the enter key on any highlighted link to activate it.Structured Semantic Markup
The HTML headings indicate the structure of the document. The navigation menus are marked as HTML maps, which allows the menu title and menu items to be read as a group. For easy navigate, visit our Site Map at: https://www.portolahotel.com/site-mapImages Visibility
All decorative graphics contain a “null” ALT attribute, whereas content images include a relevant descriptive ALT attribute.Compliance with Standards
This site was designed in conformance with Level AA standards per the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The pages render as validate XHTML 1.0 and have structured semantic markup.Accessibility References
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WA), standards and resources on web accessibility
- Section 508, resources regarding Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
Software and Services for Accessibility
The following free tools and services can be used to help view and interact with our website:- Click here for W3C Markup Validation Service