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May 22, 2009

Room service? Milkbones and extra towels, please...

Petside.com  has released a list of the Top Five Pet-Friendly Hotels -- just in time for Memorial Day weekend.

Motel 6 earns a “four paw” rating by welcoming pets at all of its locations. One pet is allowed per room and the hotel doesn't charge extra fees for animals. The chain has welcomed pets since 1962.

“Keeping costs low is a top priority for pet owners as they make summer travel plans this year,” said Petside's director, Joshua Fried, said in a statement. “We are thrilled this list provides so many affordable options for pets to have their summer vacation, too.”

The other hotels that made the list are La Quinta Inns & Suites, Red Roof Inn, Best Western and Candlewood Suites.

You can find the group's list from last year here. It's a bit more upscale than this year's budget-friendly selections.

From left: Shinaku, Aksala and P.D. recently check out the street scene from the window of a hotel on Stedman Street in Ketchikan, Alaska. The dogs look like they're ready for a vacation -- and thanks to dog-friendly hotels, they can come along. AP photo/Ketchikan Daily News, Tom Miller.

Posted by Jill Rosen at 10:00 AM | | Comments (1)
Categories: Cats Cats Cats, Dogs, dogs, dogs, Travel
        

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We're taking our dog with us on vacation next week to Berkeley Springs, WV. We found a great house rental through this site: http://www.berkeleyspringscottagerentals.com/

Not all of the cabins/houses allow pets, but a lot of them do. The vacation is very reasonably priced, and we get 2 acres with a creek all to ourselves! The folks handling the rentals are great, and provided me with some dog friendly spots to hike.

In June we're going down to DC for a night and will be staying at the L'Enfant Plaza hotel. When I booked the room I noticed that they have pet friendly rooms. See here: http://www.lenfantplazahotel.com/specials_and_packages/pet_friendly.cfm. Doggy won't be going on that trip with us though, he's going to chill at the Falls Road Animal Hospital kennel and doggy daycare.

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About Jill Rosen
Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.
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