Hotels With Mobile Lifts---Europe
By John Morris
Traveling with or renting a patient lift is a necessity for many people with disabilities. But renting a Hoyer lift on the road isn’t cheap and traveling with your own isn’t easy. Accessible travel should be simpler, and one hotel chain is doing their part to help make getting in and out of bed easier.
Scandic Hotels is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, but has properties across Scandinavia and in a few other European countries. The company has long been regarded as the most accessible hotelier in Europe, with countless accommodations for guests with disabilities.
One such accommodation are the mobile lifts available in 38 of the chain’s hotels — available free-of-charge to guests who may need them. The list is provided below. I have previously reviewed one of the properties in detail here on the blog, the Scandic Berlin Potsdamer Platz, which I consider to be one of the city’s most accessible hotels.
Scandic Hotels with Mobile Lifts for Guests with Disabilities
- Scandic Aarhus City — Aarhus, Denmark
- Scandic Anglais — Stockholm, Sweden
- Scandic Berlin Potsdamer Platz — Berlin, Germany
- Scandic Bygholm Park — Horsens, Denmark
- Scandic Continental — Stockholm, Sweden
- Scandic Copenhagen — Copenhagen, Denmark
- Downtown Camper by Scandic — Stockholm, Sweden
- Scandic Elmia — Jönköping, Sweden
- Scandic Europa — Gothenburg, Sweden
- Scandic Flesland Airport — Blomsterdalen, Norway
- Scandic Fornebu — Fornebu, Norway
- Scandic Frimumarehotellet — Linköping, Sweden
- Scandic Havet — Bodø, Norway
- Haymarket by Scandic — Stockholm, Sweden
- Scandic Ishavshotel — Tromso, Norway
- Scandic Karlskrona — Karlskrona, Sweden
- Scandic Kristiansand Bystranda — Kristiansand, Norway
- Scandic Kodbyen — Copenhagen, Denmark
- Scandic Kolding — Kolding, Denmark
- Scandic Laholmen — Strömstad, Sweden
- Scandic Lerkendal — Trondheim, Norway
- Scandic Mölndal — Mölndal, Sweden
- Scandic Opalen — Gothenburg, Sweden
- Scandic Oslo Airport — Gardermoen, Norway
- Scandic Oulu City — Oulu, Finland
- Scandic Ørnen — Bergen, Norway
- Scandic Park Helsinki — Helsinki, Finland
- Scandic Rubinen — Gothenburg, Sweden
- Scandic Simonkentta — Helsinki, Finland
- Scandic Star Stollentuna — Sollentuna, Sweden
- Scandic Sundsvall Nord — Sundsvall, Sweden
- Scandic Sydhavnen — Copenhagen, Denmark
- Scandic Talk — Stockholm, Sweden
- Scandic Traingeln — Malmo, Sweden
- Scandic Umeå Syd — Umeå, Sweden
- Scandic Uppsala Nord — Uppsala, Sweden
- Scandic Victoria Tower — Kista, Sweden
- Scandic Visby — Visby, Sweden
Hotels with patient lifts for guests with disabilities are rare, so it’s nice to see one brand making them available at 38 of their properties. I hope this is just the beginning! For more information on reserving a mobile lift at one of these properties, visit the Scandic Hotels website.