Rental motorized wheelchair or scooter
 

Please help me out on this one. My husband has had knee replacement and needless to say his walking is very limited. Where could we rent a scooter for going up and down the strip to make it much more enjoyable for him. Also what do you do with them when you hit a casino you want to stay at. Pls email me at [email protected] Wendy

I would "google" for a medical supply company in Las Vegas...

There are a few companies in town that offer wheelchair or scooter rentals for handicapped visitors:


Ability Center: (702) 434-3030
Active Mobility: (702) 736-4399
Better Life Mobility Center: (702) 876-9606
Landmark Pharmacy: (702) 731-0041
Medical n Mobility: (702) 233-3770
Mesa Medical: (702) 263-8511
Las Vegas Scooters: (702) 736-8633
Scootaround Inc.: (888) 441-7575
Scoot Away Inc.: (702) 433-5229

I remember a report from a woman who rented a wheelchair for her friend. If you search, you may get lucky and find the thread.

She said they rented a wheelchair in a casino/hotel.

I've seen walkers/wheelchairs "parked" next to you. Or you can stay in it instead of a casino chair. They wouldn't care as long as they are getting your money.

I sometimes travel with a friend who rents a scooter. We always request a handicap room. The bathrooms are larger and you are sure of having enough room to park the scooter. You need to have an accessible plug, too, for re-charging.

Scooters are harder to drive at first for some people than thay appear - so make sure he practices enough before cruising The Strip - worrying about mowing down other tourists will not add to the enjoyment of your trip.

I just returned from bridal market in Las Vegas last night. I'm having hip replacement surgery in November and was fearful of having a miserable trip because I wouldn't be able to walk without pain. When I checked in at market I asked about renting a scooter and they put me in touch with Active Mobility (referenced by phone # in a previous post). They keep the scooters at the Hilton, adjacent to the convention center. The owner of the company delivered the chair to me at the convention center on Sunday and I kept it until last night when I was leaving. The two-day rental was $65. This saved my life! The scooter was very easy to use, had a basket on front to carry my "stuff", had room for my brief case under my legs so I could gather brochures & catalogs, had plenty of power for going along from place to place at a decent speed, and was such a great experience. In the evening you take the scooter to baggage check at the Hilton and they plug in and charge the scooter over night for you and then in the a.m. I went back there and picked it up, used it for the second day, then returned it there again last night when I was all done. I was able to park it along side a stool when I wanted to play slot machines for a bit too. The only thing I will say is that I found the Hilton, facility-wise, to have the WORST handicapped access of any public hotel I've ever seen. They don't have automatic opening doors on most of their entrances, and even had a restroom that displayed a handicapped logo, which I assume meant they had a disabled stall in the rest room if you were able to get inside, but there was no way to get the door open. I had to wait many times at the doors until someone came along who was kind enough to hold the door for me. This is not very kind to the dignity and independence of a disabled person. Since the ADA law has been in place well over 10 years I can't believe no one has required a facility of this size to come into compliance before now. So, in summary, definitely get your husband a scooter, but I can't recommend staying at the Hilton.

As a rehab RN, I can sympathize with your lack of accessibility plight. Unfortunately, auto open doors or even power assist doors are not considered part of usual modifications under ADA, even for public buildings - so building could have been incompliance without these.

I second the plea to please practice before your trip. I think that WalMart and some of the grocery stores offer complementary scooters. If you can handle WalMart on a busy Saturday, you can handle Vegas.

At Disneyworld we encountered a guy who was an obvious novice at driving his scooter - Disneyworld in June is NOT the place to learn! It didn't help his mood that his wife kept telling him what to do. I felt for the guy, because that place is a minefield under the best conditions.

I guess it is possible to be a back seat driver, even with a scooter