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Accessibility requirements for Travel & Hospitality websites

Travel and hospitality combine consumer e-commerce risks with regulatory specifics — the EAA explicitly covers consumer transport ticketing and accommodation booking services. Airlines also fall under DOT rules in the US.

Regulations that apply

Travel & Hospitality sits at the intersection of general digital-accessibility law and sector-specific obligations. The most relevant items to track:

  • EAA — transport ticketing

    Online ticketing for air, rail, sea, urban transport.

    EU
  • DOT Air Carrier Access Act rules

    Specific accessibility requirements for airline websites.

    US

The accessibility risks specific to Travel & Hospitality

Every industry has its own failure pattern. The combination below is what audits, complaints, and lawsuits in this sector keep returning to. Fixing them clears the most-cited issues without touching every page.

  • Date pickers and calendars without keyboard support

    Almost universal failure point.

    2.1.1, 4.1.2
  • Passenger info forms with placeholder-only labels

    Especially "passenger 2 of 3" forms.

    3.3.2

A short remediation checklist

Most Travel & Hospitality teams do not need a 200-item audit before they fix anything. They need an ordered list of the highest-impact moves. Start with these and re-audit after each pass.

  • Audit search, results, and full booking flow

  • Test calendars with screen reader and keyboard

Run a free Certvo scan against your homepage and one task-flow URL (login, checkout, booking). It pinpoints which of the issues above apply to you, and how often.

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