Accessibility & ADA Conformance

Hotel Versey
Date: 3/27/2019

Our goal is to provide a welcoming experience to all who visit our website. This means everyone. Our mission is to make it as easy as possible for all people including those with hearing, vision, or any other disability to learn about Hotel Versey.

If you have difficulty learning about us, we invite you to contact us via telephone or email and our friendly staff will gladly assist you.

773-525-7010
[email protected]
644 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago, Illinois 60614

We work very hard to provide an easy-to-use online experience for all our visitors. We believe all of our website visitors should be able to easily research online at 644 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago, Illinois 60614 regardless of device type or the need for assistive technology like screen readers, font magnification, translation or voice recognition software.

To ensure this, Hotel Versey is committed to compliance with Level AA success criteria of the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1), an international standard measure of accessibility success. Our website and digital marketing have been developed with careful consideration of these guidelines and is continuously being enhanced to make our technology more accessible and user-friendly.

We have tested our website to ensure that we meet or exceed Level AA of the WCAG 2.1 Standard.

If you have any questions or would like to report any issues related to the accessibility features of our website, please contact us at [email protected].

You can learn more about W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) HERE

Additionally, the entire site was tested using WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool, created by WebAIM.org, a third-party authority in web accessibility. The site is tested periodically to ensure any added or edited content conforms with the latest accessibility guidelines, as reported by the WAVE tool.

Subsequent reports were run on: 06/02/2020; 05/03/2020; 03/01/2020; 02/01/2020; 01/03/2020; 01/01/2020; 12/09/2019; 12/04/2019; 11/21/2019; 11/06/2019; 10/01/2019; 09/17/2019; 09/03/2019; 08/08/2019; 08/07/2019; 08/05/2019; 08/01/2019; 07/11/2019; 07/05/2019; 07/04/2019; 06/05/2019; 06/01/2019; 05/02/2019; 04/01/2019; 03/27/2019

Browser Help

Optimize the way you view your web browser. If you have difficulty in reading the website on your screen, you may be able to change the settings on your browser to help you improve readability and visibility of each webpage:

Learn about the Accessibility features of these major Internet Browsers below:

Mozilla Firefox : Click Here for Mozilla Firefox Accessibility Features
Google Chrome : Click Here for Google Accessibility Features
Internet Explorer : Click Here for Microsoft Internet Explorer Ease of Access Options
Apple Safari: Click Here for Apple Accessibility Support

Website Accessibility Features

This website is designed to be fully accessible to all and is designed according to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 and conforms to most priority checkpoints which entail some of the following elements:

Navigation Shortcuts

Our website can be navigated by using the tab key to traverse the elements of each page and by using the enter key to activate a highlighted link.

Structured, Semantic Markup

HTML heading tags are used to convey the document structure. Navigation menus are tagged as HTML maps so that the menu title can be read out, and the menu items are presented as a group. Please see our Site Map for easy navigation at: https://www.hotelversey.com/site-map

Images Visibility

All content images include descriptive ALT attributes and all purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.

Standards Compliance

The site is designed to conform to Level AA compliance as specified by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 and use structured semantic markup.

Accessibility References

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
Section 508, Information and news about the accessibility standards introduced by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Accessibility Software and Services

The following tools and services are available for free to assist you with viewing and interacting with our website:

Click Here for HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.

Property Accessibility Features

32 Inch Wide Openings to Common Areas
Accessibility Equipment for the Deaf
Accessible Guest Rooms with 32 Inch Wide Openings
Accessible Registration Check-in Counter
ADA Accessible Guest Rooms with 1 Queen, 1 King or Two Double Beds
All Doorways to and within Accessible Guest Rooms are Wheelchair Accessible
Ground Floor Hotel Entrance
Main Features of Hotel and Lobby Bathrooms Accessible on Ground Floor
Valet Parking
People in Need of Accessible Features Can Book Accessible Rooms During the Same Time and Terms that Others Can Reserve Rooms
Registration Desk is Accessible
Service Animals Allowed at No Additional Charge
Staff Has Access to Information About Guest Rooms
WCAG Level 2.0 Compliant Website
Wheelchair Accessible

Guest Room Accessibility Features

Wheelchair Accessible
Service Animals Allowed
Lowered Closet Bars and Shelving
Light Switches do Not Exceed 36"
Closed Captioning Television
Accessible Path of Travel Around Beds
Hearing Impaired Light Alerts - Free Portable Equipment Provided by Hotel
Telephone with Visual Call Alert - Free Portable Equipment Provided by Hotel
Wheelchair Accessible Route in Room

Bathroom Accessibility Features

Tub with Grab Bars and Portable Bench or Roll-In Shower
Hand-held Shower Wand
Lower Mirrors
Shower Seat
ADA Accessible Toilet with Grab Bars
Turnaround Space of 60"+ Diameter
Roll-Under Sink