Pet Friendly Hotels

[ajmckee]

Does anyone know of any good pet friendly hotels in the Disney World area?

 

[A Mickeyfan]

searching on this site.... it lists the pet friendly hotels;

www.pets-allowed-hotels.com

I just stayed at the Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista. The room I got was clean (almost looked refurbished). They allow pets for $6.00. I got this hotel thru priceline for $20 per nite. I know this hotel can be an iffiy issue...some stays good, some not.

 

[nicolep91]

I just wanted to add that the 3 Universal resorts all have pet-friendly rooms if you plan on taking a trip to ther "other side"!

 

[MLindaG]

Thanks for posting that site for pet friendly hotels!!! I am HIGHLY allergic to Dogs (unfortuately as I do love them) but I could never stay in a room that had had a dog! I'll be sure to check out those hotel listing before securing a hotel on my many travels! (Be able to ask for a non dog room!)

 

[PaintedStuff]

I'd also like to know of a good hotel in area that will accomodate my retriever mix for a trip we're planning in Dec or Jan. The AAA book notes hotels that permit small pets...but mine is far from small! Will take her to WDW kennel during the day - but want her with us at hotel.

Looking for a nice moderate hotel - $50 - $75 a nite perhaps?

 

[propchick]

Look for a LaQuinta hotel! I believe every LaQuinta will allow pets.

When I first moved to Orlando I ended up having to stay at the LaQuinta Convention Center (next to The Castle, and WONDERFUL) with my then 13-year-old cat. The staff was absolutely fabulous with her, and cleaned the room so well each day that you never would have known we had a cat (and a litterbox!) in there!

One piece of advice: while the staff knew that there was an animal in a room somewhere in our vicinity, they didn't seem to know that it was a cat, and she was in our room. We were a little afraid that they might whip open our door and accidentally let her out while we were away from the hotel so I drew a very simple cat on a small Post-It Note, and stuck it to the card-key reader on the outside of the door. The housekeepers all kept stopping us to tell us how much they appreciated the little reminder that our kitty was in, lol.

 

[tarabl]

Country Inn and Suites at Calypso Cay allows pets. Funny even had a sign at the pool said no pets are allowed in the swimming pool.

There was a dog in the room next to us and you never heard a sound.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

Are you saying that pet friendly means the pets are staying in the room with you? Are there special rooms that only the pet friendly visitors stay in or can it be any room in the hotel. I own a dog and know he is clean. I do not take him on vacation but I would hate to stay in a room where I know an animal has been since I do not know how clean someone else's pet is. I have seen some pet friendly hotels but did not realize that is what it meant. What if one of them had fleas and the room became infested. EWWWWW

 

[propchick]

Yes, pet-friendly means the animals can stay in the room with you. Many hotels do have restrictions on what animals can stay. (It continues to amaze me how many hotels allow any size of dog, but absolutely no cats!)

In an emergency, if you have an exterior corridor room, you can sneak your animal into a No Pets hotel, as well. Note that I said, "in an emergency"! I'm not advocating throwing the rules out the window, because they're there for health and cleanliness reasons, but somtimes you're just stuck.

I was supposed to move into my apartment on the very first day I arrived in Orlando, but it turned out to be a heckhole in the worst area of town. Exhausted after two days of driving, and at our wit's end of a move that had been going horribly wrong for days, we stopped at the first hotel that had a vacancy -- not realizing until we were handed the room keys that there were no pets allowed. After realizing that we just didn't have the strength left to try to check back out and drive around with a car and a Uhaul truck trying to find a different hotel, we made the decision to stay one night, and sneak the cat in. (We changed to the LaQuinta the next day since it allowed pets.) I grabbed a blanket we had in the car, wrapped my very patient kitty like a baby, and "boucy-walked" her across the parking lot and into the room, cooing little lullabyes the whole way, lol. She behaved admirably, and we cleaned up every trace of cat littler and cat hair so that no one else would have to deal with it.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

Thanks for the info, I am a dog lover BUT I will avoid the pet friendly hotels. I do not want to stay in a room that allows animals on vacation. I leave my dog at the Red Dog Inn and it is everything that the name implies the one difference is they need a certification from the vet which includes all their shots AND verification that they do not have fleas. Kind of funny that a hotel for people is not so picky.

 

[Lewisc]

Originally posted by propchick

In an emergency, if you have an exterior corridor room, you can sneak your animal into a No Pets hotel, as well. Note that I said, "in an emergency"! I'm not advocating throwing the rules out the window, because they're there for health and cleanliness reasons, but somtimes you're just stuck.

HOW RUDE I am highly allergic to cats and would have an asthma attack if I was in a room that was used by a cat (even if the carpets were cleaned). If you can't take the time to find a pet friendly hotel don't travel with your pet. Words can't express how wrong I think you are.
Sorry, you're failing to check doesn't constitute an emergency. In an emergency I suggest you sleep in your car with your cat.

 

[momof2inPA]

My asthma and my son's also would be triggered from sleeping in a room used by a cat.

Pets are not people, and people should come first.

 

[propchick]

My reply to that is that I'm extremely (we're talking hospital-levels) allergic to smoke and perfume. While I can attempt to ask for a non-smoking room, at least half the time they still reek of smoke. There's not a single thing I can do about the perfume.
On this very site we have a whole board full of people who cook in their rooms. Does that mean people who are allergic to peanuts get storm at a guest before them who brought peanut butter into a hotel room that didn't have a kitchen?

When you have that level of health issue, staying in a hotel room without checking it first is a risk YOU take. That's why I always travel with all my meds, and expecting to encounter a problem. Hotels aren't hospitals, and you should never expect them to be as clean as one.

I'm not sure why you think you have the right to judge what in the history of my life may or may not have constitued an emergency, but I'll be honest with you -- in the short time I've been at DisBoards, I've noticed an awful lot of this going on. I thought everybody was here to share information, not play these silly, pointless, infantile, judgement games. If you want to rant and rave and pat yourself on the back for your special brand of superiority, you go right ahead. I'm just going. As much fun as I'm had talking to the normal, POLITE people here, it's just not worth having to try to tune out the nasty ones.

 

[Lewisc]

EXACTLY and if I select a hotel that doesn't permit cats I have a right to expect that previous guest who was to tired to find a suitable motel sneak in cat, under a blanet in the dead of night.

You're extremely sensitive to perfume? Then you know about allergies YES I'LL PASS JUDGEMENT, you iintentionally violated a hotel rule knowing it might cause future guests to get sick. You are now suggested that in an "emergency" other people should consider following your example. Your "emergency" was you were too tired to drive a few blocks. In an emergency ASK AT THE DESK, they might be able to direct you to a suitable hotel, kennel or other solution

Your post didn't serve to share any information. People posting website listing pet-friendly hotels did that. Your post served to suggest that people should consider violating the hotel rules and sneaking in cats.

I think this board is suffering from people who chose to violate rules and then post here hoping that others will pat them on the back and tell the poster the rules don't really apply.

YOU WERE WRONG TO SNEAK IN YOUR CAT AND YOU'RE WRONG TO SUGGEST THAT THAT'S for others. What you did is IMHO much worse than smoking in a non-smoking room. A non-smoker might expect some smoke in the hotel, but I don't expect ANY cat in a non-pet hotel.

No I'm not judging your life, just the one evening of your life you shared in your post and your actions that night are inexcusable.

SORRY

Originally posted by propchick
When you have that level of health issue, staying in a hotel room without checking it first is a risk YOU take. That's why I always travel with all my meds, and expecting to encounter a problem. Hotels aren't hospitals, and you should never expect them to be as clean as one.

I'm not sure why you think you have the right to judge what in the history of my life may or may not have constitued an emergency, but I'll be honest with you -- in the short time I've been at DisBoards, I've noticed an awful lot of this going on. I thought everybody was here to share information, not play these silly, pointless, infantile, judgement games. If you want to rant and rave and pat yourself on the back for your special brand of superiority, you go right ahead. I'm just going. As much fun as I'm had talking to the normal, POLITE people here, it's just not worth having to try to tune out the nasty ones.

 

[momof2inPA]

It was not a no-peanut, no-perfume, or no-smoking hotel. It was a no-PET hotel, which means exactly that. I try to reserve the newest rooms in the newest hotels I can find just to avoid situations such as the one you created, but I have been in no-PET rental homes where I can tell the past presence of a cat is aggravating my asthma. On vacation, I don't want to deal with that.

I am sure you were very upset that day about your new gross apartment, but next time please do not sneak the cat in.