Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Best Western Mission Inn - 2 Queen Accessible Tub

Date of Visit: May 28-29, 2025

After two nights of Hilton hotels, Best Western ended up being our choice the last night of the drive to Tucson as it was the cheapest and while Mom still had enough Hilton points for a place in Las Cruces the value was horrible at three times the point cost of the other two nights when the cost to pay cash was about the same price as if we had paid cash for the other places we had stayed on the trip and about $50 more than the Best Western.

Coming into the room was a little tight with the desk ending up close to where the door opens against the wall.

The room had two beds with not much space on ether side of the beds or maybe just enough in between for the wheelchair to go between them.

At the end of each bed was a wooden bench, which in theory is helpful for using as a luggage rack, but the one by the bathroom made it too narrow to wheel past the bed to the bathroom. It was not difficult for me to move and it fit between the window and the front bed out of the way, though.

There was a fridge and microwave. The wood door hid it and looked nice, but the cabinet door was very noisy creaking every time you opened and closed it.

The bathroom was okay size, but a little tight for getting the chair in and out. We did like the toilet paper was on the wall in front of the toilet because Mik always knocks the rolls off when they are under the grab bars (or has broken the holder when they are not open ended), but it is quite a reach and could be a problem for many others.

The tub did have a regular shower head and handheld shower head. I found it worked well for standing to take a shower. It does seem to be rather limited in grab bars, though, as there is only one at the front and none on the sides.

The sink was not a roll under.

Overall it worked for the night, but it was tight with not much floor space making Mik say we should not even consider this hotel on our way home. He did appreciate that the breakfast had a decent variety, though.

Destination Info: 

1765 S Main Street
Las Cruces, NM 88005

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Hampton Inn & Suites Weatherford - 2 Queen Accessible Tub Review

Date of Visit: May 27-28, 2025

As much as Hilton brand hotels are our last choice, it ended up being the choice again this night of the road trip because we again were able to veto get a night for an accessible room using Mom’s Hilton points versus paying at least $125 elsewhere for a non-accessible room.

The 2 Queen Accessible Tub room was spacious with plenty of floor space between the beds and the TV/desk area. There was a mini fridge and microwave under the TV.


The bathroom had a barn door.

The bathroom worked good enough for Mik. I do not think he was able to get up on the toilet himself, but it was at least easy to maneuver and help him. It had a roll under sink.

The soap and lotion by the sink were mounted near edge of sink making them actually reasonably reachable unlike pretty much all other places I have seen them.

We did not use the tub/shower, but it did have a handheld shower head as well as regular mounted shower head. The toiletries were mounted above the grab bars near the shower head.

The breakfast was good with a decent variety of things including, of course, Texas shaped waffles you can make. Mik particularly enjoyed that they have a flavor of the month for the batter and it was cinnamon roll.

Overall this Hampton Inn worked well for us and was very convenient right off I-20. We would consider it again if this was the area we were stopping for the night.

Destination Info:
864 I-20
Weatherford, TX 76087