On our recent trip back east, we had to book pet-friendly hotel rooms for the first time ever. Two of the hotels we stayed in accepted pets at no additional costs and we were charged a $10 pet cleaning fee at two others. $10 is totally reasonable in my opinion, so I had zero problem paying for it.
If you plan on travelling with your pet in the near future, here’s a couple of things I learned:
- If your pet makes noise when you leave, do not leave your pet alone in the room. This will help you avoid a whole heap of issues. Lucy didn’t make a peep, but all of the hotels mentioned this little courtesy, so I think it must be an issue.
- Request a bottom floor room with a sliding glass door, if possible. It will make taking your pet out to do his/her business a lot easier. I never did this {the bottom floor gives me the creeps} but a lot of dog owners recommend this.
- Know your pet’s weight. They’ll ask. Luckily, they did not ask for my weight, so that was a relief.
- If your dog is crate trained, bring the crate into the room. It will make leaving them in the room easier–you can pop out for a bite to eat without worrying that they will get into something they shouldn’t and they’ll have a place to exist that feels familiar.
- Keep the bathroom door shut. They blast those toilets with chemicals, you don’t want Fido to even have access to toilet water.
- If you plan on going out, leave the TV on with a low volume. The background noise is supposed to be comforting.
- Put the Do Not Disturb sign on the door. It would be awful if a hotel staff member accidentally let your pet out of the room and couldn’t coral him/her while you were gone.
That’s about it. Overall, Lucy did really well in the hotel rooms. We stayed pretty close, though, and that’s all she seems to care about most of the time.
Happy travels,
Mavis
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