Americans with Disabilities Act Will Now Apply to Timeshares and Hotel Condominiums

Effective December 2011, the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) will apply to new or renovated timeshares and hotel condominium units (i.e. hotel condominiums that are rented out like typical hotel units)units).  The ADA previously did not cover these types of properties. 

Any remodeling completed to these properties after December 2011 will have to take into account ADA standards, such as wheelchair accessibility through doors and corridors, grab bars in bathrooms, carpeting that is not too plush (i.e. a wheelchair or motorized device should be able to traverse the floor comfortably), accessibility to towel racks and paper towels in bathrooms, etc.