People can be very attached to their pets, and want to bring them with wherever they may go. This isn’t difficult to understand since most 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 most places you may decide to go since there are dog friendly hotels around the world.

If you desire to take 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 stay the night. This can be easily accomplished through one of the many websites that list these lodgings. Many destinations 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 locate 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 pet 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 alwaysupdated in a timely fashion. 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 overseas, even if you can find pet 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 home to your destination. Most 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:

• Mainstay Suites
• Spring Hill Suites by Marriott
• La Quinta Inns and Suites
• Sleep Inn
• Clarion Inn & Suites
• Marriott Hotels & Resorts
• Fairfield Inn by Marriott
• Rodeway Inn
• Courtyard by Marriott