Dog free ( not dogs free) hotels

OP - I am wondering you are typing dog free in your search? Search engines will pick up on the word dog unless you specifically tell it to search for whole phrase and so you will get lots of results for dog friendly places. Apologies if this isn't the case but I just thought it seemed a bit odd that you we're finding more dog friendly places than not.

Agreed Sir C- so if anyone feels strongly about this- why not write to WHICH, Booking.com and Trip Advisor- more effective perhaps than on GN?

I'd imagine that if a hotel accepts dog's, they'd keep a number of specific rooms or area of the hotel for that specific client group ?
However, as someone else said, if the dog in question is a guide dog/assistance dog, the hotel must accommodate them.

Why on Earth should you have to go to the time and expense of phoning each individual hotel to check? Dog owners don’t have to do that - they can google ‘dog friendly hotels x region’ and up they all pop - there should be the same option for non- dog friendly hotels.

Yes, seems simple enough, really. But apologies about the 'stirring' comment. I had no idea that you could not search by clicking no dogs. I would actually write to Bookings.com and ask them why not. I would have assumed that if it does not say 'dogs allowed' (with detail) - it would have no dogs.

''Yes, we do have to get over eating with dogs in pubs and restaurants as someone up thread said , as this seems to be the norm .'' - must say our experience is very different. When we go to our apartment in the UK, we have very little choice of places we can go with the dog. A few pubs have a small section where we can sit with dogs, or a separate room - but 90% no go areas for dogs.

Hotels can't reject assistance guide dogs. So dogs will always probable be a factor

Atqui: Soon solved. Choose which hotel you fancy, phone/email asking "Do you allow dogs in your hotel?" - on being given an answer book (or not) accordingly. No drama.

When enquiring At a hotel I’d probably say it’s because you have allergies to guarantee a dog has never been in the room. Victoria inn holkhAm and Byfords b& b Holt are nice. For byfords google Norfolk passport first as I think you get 10% off a booking. We have a good but it’s hyper allergenic , I’d be sneezing if I slept in most rooms

Why should anyone “get over it”? Not wanting to holiday in a hotel with other people’s dogs a perfectly valid choice - if she’d asked for child free hotels then that would be a reasonable request and options would actually appear in an online search. Why not ‘no dogs’?

jura2 No, I am not stirring, ( why would I?)I have tried to search online , but however I ‘word it’ I come up with lots of dog friendly hotels, so I was just wondering if anyone could recommend somewhere. Thank you to those who have agreed that it is not easy. We are not keen on hotel chains , preferring smaller boutique hotels. Yes, we do have to get over eating with dogs in pubs and restaurants as someone up thread said , as this seems to be the norm .

If you go on a hotel search site you can tick that you DO want pet friendly, but not that you dont. If you un tick it you still get results including pet friendly hotels.

Its actually not that easy to screen them out unless yoi do bland chains

Or get over it!

I actually love dogs - I would love to have a boarder terrier but both me and my youngest son are very allergic and no amount of hoovering and cleaning helps. When we got our last house the carpet was lovely and nearly new. We hoovered it over and over and hired a carpet cleaner to wash it but still we couldn't breathe. We had to have the whole lot removed and replaced. Most hotels in rural areas do welcome dogs and as for trying to have a dog-free pub lunch near the heath - forget it!

I tried to find a nice windermere hotel that didn't allow dogs and it was really really difficult.
I emailed a couple and asked if they had any rooms kept aside that never had dogs in and I got really snarky replies.
It's not that easy!

We recently stayed in a hotel and the stench of wet dog in the corridor was horrendous the poor staff kept trying to spray it to get rid of the smell We asked to be moved to another area There were two huge dogs in a room opposite us, they had obviously been out in the rain but it really was an awful smell

We had no idea it was a dog friendly hotel and will make sure we check more thoroughly next times
I think there are more dog friendly hotels lately I too don’t want to share with animals although I certainly don’t dislike them

Watching with interest. There are plenty of options for ‘pet friendly hotels’ if you google them but none for ‘pet free’ which is a shame, as like you, I’d rather not holiday in hotels which allow dogs but don’t want the hassle of checking each one individually to see if they allow dogs and if so, in which part of the hotel.

Most hotel chains dont allow dogs
But most nice country/boutique/indeoendant hotels do.

You can easily find a dog free hotel. Not so easy to find a lovely independant country hotel thats dog free

We had to pay £15 for her - and the restaurant had a small area with a screen for dogs and their owners.

Simple enough to do a search and put 'no dogs' - or are you just stirring.

Spent last night in a nice Hôtel in Folkestone with our lovely, clean, well-behaved dog, Emma. Home now ...

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That's how we feel atqui.Just email them or look at the website.it's better to check than to be disappointed. Good luck.

There has been an increase in places willing to accept dogs so worth the investigation.

Yes Doodledog that’s what I meant. Sorry if I didn’t explain more clearly. I like dogs but I don’t want to sleep in a room where dogs have been sleeping or eat in a restaurant where dogs are allowed . It seems that many hotels say dogs can stay free of charge.

MawB you and me both......

We once had a problem putting our ridgeback in kennels over a bank holiday weekend. We were booked into a hotel in the Lake District and really didn't want to cancel but everywhere here was fully booked.

I rang the hotel to see if they could recommend kennels near them thinking that might solve the problem. The receptionist laughed and told us there was a dog friendly room on the ground floor available so they would be happy to switch us.

The Lakes....That great playground for outdoorsy types and their dogs....I felt such an idiot.

Nahla had the time of her life.

Most hotels don't allow dogs. Those that do generally only have a few designated rooms and not in any public areas. Contact a hotel you fancy and see what they say. On the balance of probability they won't allow dogs. Speaking as someone who takes their dog everywhere!