Access to the site, and access to the bay

Using this site

The whole site is plain markup with a single stylesheet and one short script behind it. That was chosen rather than settled for, and it is the reason the list below took very little doing.

• A keyboard alone reaches every control, and whatever holds focus wears a thick lantern outline instead of a faint halo.
• The first item in the tab order jumps past the header into the page.
• Heading levels never skip, so a spoken outline matches the printed one.
• Every photograph carries alternative text describing the frame rather than listing words.
• Both forms use real labels bound to real fields. A failed check prints its reason beside that field, in words and not only in color.
• Nothing animates on its own, nothing covers the reading, and there is no carousel or video anywhere.
• Body text sets at 17 pixels with a line height of 1.59 and takes a 200 per cent zoom without collisions.
• Contrast was checked against WCAG 2.2 level AA. The lantern yellow is used only as a fill behind dark text and as rules, never as text color on a light background, because at that size it would fail.
• Ask the operating system for reduced motion and the small fade stops happening at all.

What is still awkward here

• The availability check is six controls in one row on a wide screen. It folds to two columns on a phone, which is correct and does mean a longer form on a small screen.
• The rate band puts three large numbers side by side. Below 720 pixels they stack, and the peak week figure sits under the daily one rather than beside it.
• The tables on the rates and cancellation pages scroll sideways on a narrow screen. Columns of figures defeated every alternative, so the prose around each table repeats the numbers.

Tell us about anything else at holds@theconstanttravellers.com. A person reads it and answers within two working days.

Access to the bay itself

This is the part a parking desk can genuinely help with, so it is asked at quote time rather than left to chance.

• A bay near the shuttle stand. Ask, and we will ask the operator. Several lots along this corridor keep a row near the office and can hold one.
• A shuttle with a ramp or a lift. Not every operator on this corridor runs one. Say so when you reserve and we will only quote operators who do, which is a shorter list and an honest one.
• Help with luggage between the car and the shuttle. Some lots do this as a matter of course and some do not. The quote will say which.
• Surface. Most lots here are asphalt and level. Two are gravel at the far end, and if that matters we will name it before you book rather than after.
• Extra time. Ask for it. A reservation with twenty extra minutes built in costs nothing more.

If a quote leaves out something you needed, that is a fault in the quote. Write in and it gets fixed, and the next quote asks the question.

The standard

WCAG 2.2 level AA is the target, and the testing done here says the site meets it. That testing was done by the person who built the site, which is diligence rather than certification, and nobody independent has been engaged to check it. No badge appears on any page for the same reason.