Hotels that are pet-friendly
Does anybody know whether any other chains are pet friendly? How about individual inns and B&B's ? We've had mixed experiences over the years with being allowed to take our big dogs into the Inn. Please list the name of the establishment, the city and state, and if possible the approximate date(s) of your experiences with them! Thanks! |
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| The only hotel we've been too with a dog was The Jasper Inn, in Jasper, AB. We had to pay an additional $10, and take a smoking room...but since my husband went skiing and I stayed behind with the babies(at the time), it was great having the dog for company. It was a little hard to leave to go swimming, or eating since he was a puppy.
Now I prefer to use a boarding kennel, or visit family and take a kennel. |
| Motel 6 accepts dogs |
| Some Holiday Inns do also. |
| Most Days Inn, Choice hotels accept dogs if they are crated and supervised. That's the chain I will be using as I show Sky this season. |
I'll have to write these down - We're suposed to be taking Momo on vacation with us pretty soon.  I'll tell you how it goes and if we can find a different hotel. |
| If anyone is visting St. Augustine, FL with their pet here are a couple suggestions- The St. Francis Inn is located in the historic district of St. Aug. www.stfrancisinn.com. A terrific place but I work there so I may be a bit bias! Also, www.camacheeinn.com. This is a hotel at a marina. Terrific views and easy access to the beach or downtown St. Aug. I own unit 27 which is pet friendly and there are other rooms that accommodate pets. I don't travel with my OES because she loves the woman that I board her with. Feel very fortunate that I can go on vacation guilt free! |
| Remember to check out what beaches allow dogs, and what beaches do not. Wrightsville Beach, NC does not allow dogs from April through September, where as Fort Fisher does. There has been a many a dog in our neck of the woods left at the motel all day and that is not much fun to them. I wish our beach allowed dogs all year, but unfortunately it is just a dream. What is really sad is some careless pet owners who leave them in cars with the windows cracked in 90 degree weather. Fortunately, the local animal control watches for this often so there is no danger to the animals. |
| Here is a website that lists all sorts of animal travel places and policies.
http://www.letsgopets.com/?src_aid=Glgp Also, for anyone coming to the Centennial, there is a B&B called the Inns of Adamstown who's greeter is an Old English Sheepdog. http://www.adamstown.com/ The Hotel Burnham in Chicago offers pet beds, grooming service, dog walkers and pet sitters. They also give treats to pets everywhere you go in the hotel. |
| If we must (literally last resort kind of thing), we stay at the LaQuinta ...and they're always pet friendly. It's 25lbs or less in a lot of places which basically means "any size" ...just slide your dog into the side door. I've NEVER been to a pet friendly place that had side doors or had doors "outside" ....that didn't have other dogs OVER 25lbs.
Mr. Joah and I stay at a hotel at least once a month. Most of the time, it's Sheridan or Marriot. All very very pet friendly. We stayed at Springfield hotels? I believe... anywho, they're pet friendly. |
| Marriott's Residence Inn hotels are pet friendly and you have a little kitchenette which is also helpful.
If anyone is vacationing here in the Phoenix area, the Arizona Biltmore is a beautiful hotel and is pet friendly. My friends were staying there in January and the hotel provided a gift basket for their dog Timmy. |
| Okay, just to add to the list...
We're traveling to Colorado on the 23rd of Oct, and just made reservations for Ramada Inn. They allow pets. Country Inn near the DIA airport does not allow pets, but the Country Inn 30 minutes away (from airport in Denver) does. |
| The 2 holiday inn's I called in Denver did not allow pets. (this was the first experience I've had with this. As the other poster said, I've only known them to allow pets) |
| When the Jill's and I went to Sheepiefest we stayed at a very nice Best Western. There was no extra charge for the dogs, they asked only that you let them know if you were bringing a pet. |
bestdogsx4 wrote: When the Jill's and I went to Sheepiefest we stayed at a very nice Best Western. There was no extra charge for the dogs, they asked only that you let them know if you were bringing a pet.
Lol. I'm not sure they even knew we actually brought them since we went in through the side door. 
I guess, essentially, any hotel with a side door is pet-friendly...  |
ButtersStotch wrote: bestdogsx4 wrote: When the Jill's and I went to Sheepiefest we stayed at a very nice Best Western. There was no extra charge for the dogs, they asked only that you let them know if you were bringing a pet. Lol. I'm not sure they even knew we actually brought them since we went in through the side door. I guess, essentially, any hotel with a side door is pet-friendly... LOL  |
| We've stayed at the Embassy Suites for years.
The elevator was a bit of a pain when they were puppies. But they love to ride up and down. And the startled looks when we get off the elevator, 5 people and 3 large fluffy dogs. Now if they would just let the dogs in the pool........ |
| The Jameson chain is also pet friendly from their website - my trip there ended up being cancelled due to hurricane charlie or one of the 2004 storms |
| There's a book called City Dog: The National Hotel & Resort Guide : For You and Your Dog (City Dog series) (Paperback), by Cricky Long (Editor). It is due to be released on March 1, 2006. An excerpt is in the most recent Dog Fancy magazine. It sounds great for your pet travelers. |
| Traveling With Pets:
www.petfriendly.ca - Pet Friendly Canada lists pet friendly hotels, vacation rentals, cottages, cabins, bed & breakfast, and other pet friendly lodging and accomodations from across Canada. www.petswelcome.com - Pets Welcome has a listing of over 25,000 hotels, B&Bs, ski resorts, campgrounds, and beaches in Canada and the US. www.hsus.org/ace/11854 - Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) offers extensive advice for travel with pets. www.kindplanet.org/traveltips.html - Kind Planet Pet Travel helps people prepare for taking pets on vacation and elsewhere. We just went away, and I am very happy to have the neighbours we do. The teenage girl who we have babysit our kids also babysits the dogs. We paid her $20 a day, to let them out, and in, and feed, walk and play. It was great alternative, esp if you can't stay with the dogs 100% of the time. We had a wedding to go to. As well the places we had allowed dogs, but all stated small dogs only. |
| The only hotel we have stayed in with our dogs is a Comfort Inn in VA. But it was nice and clean and they didn't charge a pet fee - we have two dogs, one sheepie and one pug.
There were lots of other people with dogs there too. |
| Through the years we have stayed at a number of the hotel chains mentioned in previous posts with Jake, and more recently with Mulligan. The Sheraton Four Points in LA was accomodating to us when we were transporting Winston to his new family in Hawaii. I recall the room as a bit on the small size, especially when compared to the Sheraton Four Points in Meriden, CT, where we have stayed over Christmas holidays the past two years with Mulligan.
The websites mentioned have all been very helpful, as have several guideboks, which I will discuss in a bit. Please be sure to call the hotel location directly to confirm their pet-policy. I received an email confirmation from Starwood corporate stating that there was a pet deposit and only smoking rooms were pet-friendly. Neither if these were true last year, so I caled the front desk and I was reassured we could have a non-smoking room and there was no pet deposit: all rooms were pet friendly. I have patronized Courtyards by Marriott and Residence Inns while on business. Many locations no longer accept dogs period or they charge a $75 non-refundable cleaning fee. So, we do not patronize them when traveling with Mulligan. One guidebook series we have found especially useful isThe Boston Dog-Lover's Companion by Downey and Lau. Not only does it describe inns and hotles throughout greater Boston,but parks, restaurants, beaches, and a host of other places where dogs are welcome. FOghorn Press, the publilsher, has a small series for other states/cities: Atlanta, Bay-Area, California, Seattle, Texas and Washington, DC/Baltimore. Our Boston edition is getting a little frayed from use. We also bought the Travel with or without your pets: 25,000 Pets-R-Permitted Accomadations, Petsitters, Kennels & More. Annenberg Communication Institute is the publisher. I wish I had simply borrowed it from the library instead of purchasing it. Although it does have helpful hints, the hotle listings are just that: lists, with no ratings or descriptions. There is a third guidebook, which came from the library, titled something like "Traveling with your Dog in New England" which was very informative and chatty. Hope this helps. Joan |
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