While we kid around a lot on this site, we are very serious when it comes to making it more convenient for all of us to travel with a pet. The bottom line is that petswelcome.com is not trying to sell half-price dog food--we simply want it to be easier to travel with a pet. That's why we're dedicated to implementing this universal symbol of pet-friendliness (see our Pets Welcome Charter) so that you know that an establishment not only tolerates pets, but truly welcomes them. And that's where you come in.

We want all our visitors to nominate establishments that welcome pets and where they've had good experiences. We cannot possibly do it without you. We want the seal of approval to be your doing--the people who actually hit the road with pets and appreciate how important it is to stay at an establishment that appreciates them. Once we verify that the establishment is truly welcomes pets, we will award it the "Pets Welcome Seal of Approval". We will send them a decal, counter card, and/or another display format that they can use, as well as an electronic art file that they can include in all their promotional literature. We will also place the seal next to their listing on our site. We've also started a new section on our site, Traveler's Choice, that is made up only of lodgings that have been recommended by traveling pet-owners and which have actively chosen to market and promote themselves as being pet friendly by linking to their own site to give you all the information you'll need to know. This way you'll know that the particular establishment has targeted traveling pet-owners as desirable customers and also has been nominated by you and your peers as being extremely pet-friendly. And every week we'll also award an official petswelcome.com t-shirt to one of the helpful pet owners who have nominated an estabalishment for a "Pets Welcome Seal of Approval"