Just for everybody's info. Hotels or other public places are legally not allowed to (1) charge any additional fee for a medical support or service animal, (2) ask for any sort of identification or proof of the bona fide nature of the service animal, or (3) ask for proof of your medical condition requiring a service animal...This is according to the Americans with Disabilities Act at least.
However, you are required to identify that you have a service animal with you in a place that does not normally allow animals. Then the establishment is allowed to ask you what function the animal is trained to perform. Emotional support is recognized as a legitimate service under the ADA. The only exception to this rule is commercial airline flights. Other than that you are not required to give them any other information, and once they eject you they are in violation of the law. I am quite positive of this as the firm I work for has litigated several access cases on behalf of people who genuinely use dogs as emotional support for panick disorders, agoraphobia, etc. |