When you are planning on traveling with your pet or know that you are going to need to be staying in hotel and your pet will need to be staying in that hotel as well, then it can be helpful if you know what hotels are pet friendly. There are many hotel chains that offer either some of their hotels as pet friendly or all of their hotel are pet welcoming.
The Three Largest Pet Friendly Hotel Chains
Best Western
Best Western has over 1900 hotels, out of the more than 4000 hotels they have, that accept pets. Hotels of the Best Western chain can be found in 80 countries and are found in every major city in Canada and the United States. However the different hotel locations will vary in the size of pets that they take as well as the types. Some may require you to have a cage or kennel for your pet and most likely require that your pet is housebroken. Some of the Best Western hotels will charge fees, which will vary in price and may require you to pay a deposit fee, which will also vary in price, that may or may not be refundable.
Motel 6
Motel 6 actually claims that they are the original pet friendly hotel chain and they have over 800 hotels in the United States. They have a general pet policy that is practiced by their hotel chains, unless the state laws are something else. One well-behave pet is aloud to stay per room and service animals are always allowed. Fees and deposits are not in their general policy or listed on the Motel 6 website, however it is best when making reservations, and this applies to any hotel, to be sure that the particular Motel 6 that you are considering does not require pet fees or deposits.
Comfort Inns
In the United States there are more than 550 pet-friendly Comfort Inn hotel locations. Like so many hotels chains that are pet welcoming Comfort Inn hotels will vary in both the pets that they accept to be aloud to stay on the premises and the size of the pets that are aloud. The fees and deposits that they will require from you to have your pet stay will also vary. Usually their deposits are 50 dollars plus and their fees may be discounted depending on how long you stay at the hotel, however some of the Comfort Inn hotel locations may not require any pet fees or deposits.
Some other hotel chains will have similar requirements as to what pets and what size of pets they accept as well as the fees and deposits that they require for you to have your pet at their hotel. Here are some hotel chains that have less pet accommodating hotel locations than Best Western, Motel 6 and Comfort Inns.
Other Pet Friendly Hotel Chains
Holiday Inn – 450+ Pet-Friendly Hotels in the United States
Econo Lodge – 380+ Pet-Friendly Hotels in the United States
Holiday Inn Express – 375 Pet-Friendly Hotels in the United States
Red Roof Inn – 360+ Pet-Friendly Hotels in the United States
La Quinta Inn – 350+ Pet-Friendly Hotels in the United States
Quality Inn – 300+ Pet-Friendly Hotels in the United States
Candlewood Suites – Almost 100 Pet-Friendly Hotels in the United States
Comfort Suites – 85+ Pet-Friendly Hotels in the United States
Rodeway Inn – 80+ Pet-Friendly Hotels in the United States
Clarion Inn – 60+ Pet-Friendly Hotels in the United States
Kimpton Hotels – Almost 40 Pet-Friendly Hotels in the United States
Crowne Plaza Resort Hotels – 35+ Pet-Friendly Hotels in the United States
Depending on the hotel that you choose to check into will determine if you will be paying fees or deposits and whether or not they have special restrictions to the pets that you can have. That is why regardless of where you decide to stay, if you can help it, you should make reservations ahead of time. In the event that you are not going to be making reservations a head of time it is nice to know what hotel chains often have pet friendly accommodations.
