Comments on: Hotel Manners: Tips When Traveling With Your Dog

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:26:10 +0000

We have traveled all over the US with our 6pound Chinese crested. We only stay at Laquinta hotels. They don’t charge extra, no weight limit no limit to the number of dogs and don’t have a crate requirement. They are extremely pet friendly and accommodating. We do travel with a crate and always leave a phone number at the front desk when we leave in case Pearl is making a fuss…which she never does, but I would hate to have her bother other guests.

By: Raluca

Raluca — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:58:54 +0000

@ Barbara Thompson…i find it wrong how they charged you so much extra for your little buddy. I agree with your statement about paying extra for a pet if i’d be confident they actually use it for extra cleaning. I always travel with my cat and i often get charged an extra $25/night. How much of a mess a cat can make? My cat is exclusively an indoor cat and i always keep him extremely clean..he’s Persian and requires a lot of grooming. All he does is eat, sleep and uses his litter box. Besides, i’m the type that travels with own bedsheets, pillow cases, towels and disinfecting products for the bathroom because i don’t trust their cleaning service(my sister used to work as a maid during college and she informed me how they “clean” rooms…simply Gross!!!!)
More than that, i am always assigned a “pet friendly” room which i find very discriminating. If they’re charging me extra for my cat ,that’s a lot cleaner than their rooms, then i shouldn’t be put in a “pet friendly” room. I often have to give him another bath when we get home because his coat smells funny after we stay in a hotel.
Once i traveled to San Simeon, Ca and i had to keep my cat an extra hour or so in his carrier because i had to leave the door and windows wide open so the gross smells would go away. I know, i should’ve asked for a different room but i wanted to save myself the headache after a long road trip. The Only pet friendly hotel i’ve stayed in and felt confident to use their bedsheets and towels is Sheraton in Phoenix, Az. Yes, I was charged extra for my cat but the room was extremely clean, everything smelled so nice and fresh and i made sure i left the room clean, very close to how i found it upon checking in. I always clean anyway, whatever it is to be cleaned before checking out but with this one i felt i wanted to really leave it as clean as possible, even though all i need to do is clean my cat’s hair,when the case.
As Bonnie Gill also says, our pets are a lot quieter than the 50% of the kids staying there..and i want to add, our pets are a lot cleaner. Guaranteed!

By: Barbara Thompson

Barbara Thompson — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:12:14 +0000

I often travel with my 4 pound Maltese and are always charged a pet fee – sometimes as high as $100. I wouldn’t mind paying it so much if I felt confident that the hotel was really using it to provide some extra cleaning of the room. I’m not so sure that is the case. I would love to see an article in this newsletter regarding what hotels really do with that fee.

By: Bonnie Gill

Bonnie Gill — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:12:39 +0000

I once wrote a letter to Holiday Inn Express when they changed their pet policy from no fee to $25. I told them that our little guy was quieter than 50% of the children that stay there, he wouldn’t pee in their pool and he wouldn’t leave crumbs all over the breakfast area. Got no response. I don’t consider a hotel “pet friendly” when they charge more than $10 extra for the dog.