Frankie and I are heading out to Scottsdale and Cave Creek tomorrow, where I will be doing a book signing, staying at the Hotel Indigo, then meeting several women friends whom I haven’t seen in ages for breakfast at the Daily Dose restaurant. Both hotel and restaurant are pet friendly. I’m psyched — and of…
Pet Travel Thursday: Barking Abroad
Sure, your dog knows how to bark in his native tongue — here in the U.S. that would be “Woof woof” or (for more formal situations) “Bow wow.” But what happens if you travel to another country? Will your dog be able to communicate with the local pups? I thought about this the other day…
Interview with Mary-Alice Pomputius of Dog Jaunt
I’ve known Mary-Alice Pomputius and her blog, Dog Jaunt, for quite a while…well, quite a while in blog years, which are similar to dog years for telescoping time. Looking back through my email files to see just how long, I saw that I asked her to write a guest post for me in November 2009,…
RVs: A Great Way To Travel With Pets
Today, for my continuing Pet Travel Thursday series, I’m turning my blog over to Rod Burkert, 1/4 of the Go Pet Friendly team. Sure, Rod and Amy are the drivers and the food providers, but Ty and Buster are the inspiration for their venture — and they’re very photogenic — so I’m giving them equal…
Pet Travel Thursday: 7 Tips on Homestay Petiquette
As a co-host of the new Animal Cafe chat/podcast team, I will be posting our weekly podcasts here on Tuesday, the better to prepare you to take part in the chats on Wednesday. As a result, Travel Tuesday has become Travel Thursday — because no other day of the week offered alliteration. Welcome to Pet…
Hotel Pet Policies: Clueless in SoCal
Last week a longtime hotel GM provided first-hand testimony that dogs and their people make excellent guests. A few weeks before, I discussed — and got terrific feedback on — 9 Things that Make a Hotel Genuinely Pet Friendly. Today I want to give an example of a place where Frankie and I stayed that…
Dogs Make Great Guests, Says a Former Hotel GM
It’s always dangerous to comment on my blog (though not in a creepy or bodily injury kind of way). Say something that piques my interest — especially if it’s funny — and I’m likely to ask you to guest blog about it. That’s precisely what happened to Juliette Morgan, who wrote, “I’m an ex hospitality…
9 Things That Make a Hotel Genuinely Pet Friendly
Last week, I cited statistics about the increase of people traveling with pets, and quoted from the American Pet Products Association (APPA) about signs of pet friendliness in lodgings: Many hotels across the country are adopting pet-friendly policies. Several chains have announced new pet-friendly policies that include everything from oversized pet pillows and plush doggie…
Pet Travel: The Book Proposal
When I set out to create a new Pet Travel (Book) Tuesday feature, I promised accountability to keep myself on track with writing. I also promised transparency to elicit feedback on the book’s content — and the process itself — from my readers. In order to achieve the first goal, I’m adding a new subfeature,…
Hit the Road With FIDO Friendly’s Car Guy
I’m a big fan of serendipity — and a big fan of the writing of FIDO Friendly’s Carol Bryant. I was excited to discover, a few days after I announced my new Pet Travel Tuesday feature, that the magazine had just published its annual round up of dog-friendly cars, just the type of subject I…