People can be very attached to their animals, and want to bring them with wherever they might go. This isn’t hard to understand since most people consider their animals part of their family, and on a family vacation everyone goes along for the ride. Bringing your pet along is possible in most places you might decide to go since there are pet friendly hotels around the world.

If you want 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 accommodations wherever you want to stay the night. This can be easily accomplished through some of the many websites that list these hotels. Many places you might 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 may just not have gotten added to the list yet.

You can find animal friendly hotels 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 breed and size of you pet. Rules change from time to time, and websites are not alwaysupdated in a timely fashion. Also, you need to find out whether or not their are any pet 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 hotels 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 home to your destination. Most animals will not enjoy the cargo hold of a plane for a very long plane ride. Some animals also do not like to travel, or are afraid of new places, and these animals also might be better off left at home.

Below is a partial list of pet friendly hotel chains:

  • EconoLodge
  • America’s Best Value Inn
  • TownePlace Suites by Marriott
  • La Quinta Inns and Suites
  • Rodeway Inn
  • Kimpton
  • Mainstay Suites
  • Novotel
  • Clarion Inn & Suites