My Very First Post

Laura, my youngest daughter has texted me to write my first blog today! So here goes...She caught me in the act of looking for hotels/condos that we might be able to 'run away' to for a few days when her schedule allows! I love hotels that are pet friendly, while also being fresh and clean. For some unknown reason, many hotels who are pet friendly, seem to equate us 'pet lovers' with smokers, less than clean rooms: dingy linens: and back around the corner kinds of people! I find that to be insulting and the very opposite. I believe that people who travel with their pets are normally, older, have more $ power, have very well behaved pets, and are quite respectful people. Many hotels we've found that allow pets are hotels near the airports or unsavory places in cities. One hotel we used to stay at in Panama City has stopped the availabilty of pet friendly rooms because the pets are not allowed on the beach. Well, my fat doxie doesn't want to go to the beach, she doesn't want to leave the air conditioned room to get yuky sand between her precious toes! She just wants to be with Momma! I'm ok with good reasons, but stupid reasons are unacceptable! We used to stay in a nice hotel that had tile floor in the pet friendly rooms, and they were on the ends of the hotel but that was because it was where the dog walk was. I loved going there ...but the last time we visited there, they had instituted an No Pet policy; because of the no pets allowed on the beach law. Well, I instituted a "The Browns will not stay here again, pet or no pet, policy." If the hotel management would wake up and notice the average income of pet owners and how they spend that income (ie the market analysis of Petsmart, Petco, etc.) they would be smart to cater to pet owners - example Drury Inns. All of the Drurys are pet friendly, and they have to die for pillows. The trouble is that there aren't any Drury Inns on the beach; that I know of anyway. But if I owned a hotel, I would be pet friendly! Cause when Megaphone is happy, Momma's happy!