People can be highly attached to their pets, and want to bring them with wherever they may go. This isn’t difficult to understand since many people consider their pets part of their family, and on a family vacation everyone goes along for the ride. Bringing your pet along is possible in many places you may decide to go since there are pet friendly hotels around the world.
If you desire to bring your pet along on your travels, you will need to do some research before you make any decisions on where you want to go. You will need to make sure that there are pet friendly motels wherever you want to spend the night. This can be easily done through some of the many websites that list these lodgings. Many places you may want to visit have hotels like this, though you are more likely to find hotels listed for the more common travel destinations and the larger cities. If you can’t find a listing for a hotel that will allow your pet on the internet, you can also phone the hotels in the area where you would like to stay in order to find out if they might allow your pet as they might just not have gotten added to the list yet.
You can find animal friendly lodgings around the world, but before making any reservations you should call to double check that they still allow pets, and that they will allow a pet of the type and size of you pet. Rules change from time to time, and websites are not constantlyupdated in a timely manner. Also, you need to find out whether or not their are any dog insurance costs associated with having your pet stay in the hotel with you, as this is frequently the case.
If you are going to be travelling abroad, even if you can find animal friendly lodgings you might want to carefully consider whether or not to bring along your pet as they could be subject to quarantine. Also, you need to make sure that there are safe and comfortable ways to transfer your pet from your house to your destination. Many pets will not tolerate the cargo hold of a plane for a very long plane ride. Some pets also do not like to travel, or are afraid of new places, and these pets also might be better off left at home.
Below is a partial list of pet friendly hotel chains:
- TownePlace Suites by Marriott
- Spring Hill Suites by Marriott
- EconoLodge
- Rodeway Inn
- Mainstay Suites
- Comfort Inn & Suites
- Red Roof Inn
- Sleep Inn
- Studio 6
