Traveling with your corgi

[Chip's Mom]

I had a telemarketer call me tonight and offer me 4 nights in a hotel at Myrtle Beach for $99.00 and it was on the up and up. I asked if I could bring my corgi boys and he said "no" so I turned him down. What we do for our dogs. A walk on the beach after all this cold weather really sounded great too.

[Michael Romanos]

Bonnie - what a shame but your Corgis will love you for it. That's one major problem with having more than one Corgi. If you had just the one, and you acted like royalty, mentioning all the appropriate virtues of your one and only Corgi, you may get away with it or at least the guy giving you the four nights would go out of his way to find alternative arrangements for you. However two lovely Corgis are worth much more than a week in a hotel.

[milles2]

I have to travel with my job. Fortunatelty, it is relatively close travel and not all that much of it.

A few times my puppy sitter has been unavailable so I have taken them with me. I always stay at Residence Inns.

They are pet friendly for a fee. They usually charge $50-$100. The catch is, it's the same pet fee whether you stay for 1 night or 10 nights. If you are staying awhile, it is not so bad.

I am going to RI in September to attend the PWC Nationals and taking the dogs with me. We are staying for awhile and making a vacation of it.

[Chip's Mom]

Oh Susan that sounds like so much fun. Now can you take your pups to the Nationals with you? Are your dogs going to participate? I would love to go. Now how far is RI from me. That is one state on the East Coast that I have not been to yet. I will have to try the Residence Inn. We usually stay in a Days Inn. I would not have had a very good time without my boys so I either take them or stay to home. Knowing chip, he would come looking for me.

Michael - I could always dress up like the Queen LOL

[Michael Romanos]

Bonnie - if it is you in person at the front desk of a hotel - yes the way you dress and comport yourself and your Corgi makes the world of difference It is indeed a woman's job to act it out.

I have not come across any human accom facility in New Zealand that charges to have a dog stay or be housed in a kennel. Does the fee include meals, a kennel minder, a dog walker?

[Mvons]

Michael, once again it is the few who ruin it for the many. The few dog owners who have allowed their dogs to trash the place caused the hotel owners to charge extra fees to clean the carpets, etc. Even though there are rules that the dogs are not to be left alone in the room, these have been ignored.

We have only found one timeshare, it is in Palm Springs, that allow a dog for a $25 fee. Other motels you can get away with more than one dog IF they are in kennels. I've seen motel owners sigh relief when they see us cart in the kennel.

Red Lion used to always allow dogs, but some stopped after having rooms destroyed.

Merrie

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

Bonnie - if it is you in person at the front desk of a hotel - yes the way you dress and comport yourself and your Corgi makes the world of difference It is indeed a woman's job to act it out.

Again, differences in country. In the US it does not matter how you dress or comport yourself. If the hotel/motel has a "no pets" policy, it's no pets of any kind for everyone. And if they allow pets, they allow them for everyone. If there is a fee for pets it's for everyone.

I have not come across any human accom facility in New Zealand that charges to have a dog stay or be housed in a kennel. Does the fee include meals, a kennel minder, a dog walker?

A "pet fee" is common in hotels/motels in the US. And no there is no kennel minder, dog walker or meals included. The fee is to clean your room after you leave. They say rooms where pets have stayed need extra cleaning. And sometimes that's true and sometimes not.

Even different hotels/motels in the same chain might have different policies. Depends on the owner/managers. Some allow pets and some don't. It's always wise to ask before you make the reservation.

Peggy

[Michael Romanos]

Peggy - I am certain that human nature is the same the world over and a hotel/motel etc that has some flexibility or discretion given to the management, can decide on the spot whether to allow a dog to stay if the apparant owner is able to do a good line or look by her appearance that the dog is not going to bark, bite, ravage the furniture, get on the bed etc but be the height of good manners and cleanliness. - just a lovely little fluffy thing with a sophisicated or prim and proper owner. Now do you see my point. It has worked with me on a number of occasions with my wife, Leigh hamming it out.

Regarding fees, even though there is also no charge in NZ to keep a dog inside a hotel etc room, I was thinking more like kennel accom - if you pay yp to $100 for this privilege, for your dog, surely there must or should be something back in return besides the dog staying put.

[Chip's Mom]

No Michael, the charge is generally $10 - $20 a night where we have stayed and I have stayed in many a hotel that allowed two dogs but you get nothing extra for the fee. I have never had anyone ask to see my dogs. Many people simply leave their pet cooped up in the room all day long and it soils the carpet, etc. At the beach there is a no dog policy on the beach in the summer because of the heat and people leave the dogs in the rooms. I would not take advantage of kennels or dog walkers if they were made available.

[Michael Romanos]

Bonnie - it is only value for money that I am thinking of - I wouldn't want their food or their dog walkers etc and would only wish to use the kennel for a minumum of time, but if you pay pretty high fees for a service that should be free, then you would expect something back in return I would have thought. Anyway my father owned motels many years ago almost on the doorstep of Wellington's major sports ground, and they were of a very good standard and he judged the dog and the person before allowing a dog in a motel unit.

[Chip's Mom]

I wish they would do that here but unfortunately people would start screaming prejudism

[jprechel]

We like to stay at La Quinta inns because they accept pets with no fee. We joined their rewards program so after so many nights we can stay for free.

[PaulaK]

Last spring we spent 12 days traveling Ohio to South Dakota and back with the dogs. Since it was off season and we did not have a planned itinerary no hotel/motel reservations were made. We did have the AAA state travel books that list lodging, pricing and if dogs were welcome. We had a problem only one night finding a room. Surcharges for the two dogs ranged from none to $30.00. Hotel management reaction ranged from disapproval to delight. Best welcome was at the DaysInn in Spearfish, SD where dog biscuits were included with the room key. The management for hotel chains are usually not the owners - if the policy is no dogs you are not convince them to change the rules and jeopardize their job. Years ago when we first started traveling with the dogs there were few hotels accepting pets and it was difficult. Now we are gladly paying the surcharges for the ease of finding dog friendly accommodations. We make sure the dogs are clean, brush them every day, walk them away from common areas and clean up! My greatest fear is inconsiderate dog owners that do "trash" rooms changing policy back to few and far between availability of pet rooms.
Paula
Annie n Joey (who try not to leave too much hair behind)

[milles2]

My understanding of why the extra fee to sepcially celan the room has to do w/ allergens. For example, when a few of us got together in CT we stayed at a Residence Inn. The hire an outside cleaning crew with special vacuums ets to try to get rid of the allergens.

I remember when I was flying to pick up Tucker. I spoke directly with the airlines about carring him on with me (on the plane). Besides the size requirement (pet must fit in a carrier under the seat in front of you) there is a limit to how many animals may fly in the cabin. That too has to do with the airplane's ability to recirculate and filter the air in the cabin as not to disturb people who have pet allergies.

[Michael Romanos]

I am very pleased that this thread has become a good pool for info on possible accom in the USA for owners with Corgis. Keep it up - we maybe able to summarise the accom chains and individual hotels etc that give from appreciable to excellent service to owners and their dogs.