Comments on: Top five pet-friendly hotel chains named http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/05/20/top-five-pet-friendly-budget-hotel-chains-named/ a site for dog lovers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Anne'n'Spencer http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/05/20/top-five-pet-friendly-budget-hotel-chains-named/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 Anne'n'Spencer Wed, 20 May 2009 15:06:52 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=8952#comment-1332 This is great info on affordable hotels. It's hard to plan trips when you have a dog. If anybody has out-of-town friends coming to Baltimore or needs a dog-friendly hotel here, I can suggest the Brookshire downtown on Lombard Street. It's not an inexpensive hotel, but it's comfortable and centrally located. When we stayed there for a weekend two years ago, their "dog package" was $45. That included a large dog bed, dog treats, a brush, a water bowl, and a sort of tray-pan with papers for quick trips to the lavatory--if your dog will use them. The staff was dog-friendly as well. We also refugeed off the beach at Assateague one September night into the Clarion Fontainebleu in Ocean City. The incident involved a tent-munching session by two of Assateague's famous ponies. We were tired, filthy, stressed out--and had Spencer with us. They offer pet accommodations with some restrictions for $38, and the concierge is well supplied with dog biscuit treats. It's not the cheapest place in OC, but it certainly was comfortable. Incidentally, the national seashore park at Assateague welcomes--or tolerates--dogs. The state park does not. You also cannot take dogs onto the wildlife refuge area at Chincoteague. State parks in West Virginia are generally dog-friendly, while those in Maryland and Pennsylvania...not so much. This is great info on affordable hotels. It’s hard to plan trips when you have a dog. If anybody has out-of-town friends coming to Baltimore or needs a dog-friendly hotel here, I can suggest the Brookshire downtown on Lombard Street. It’s not an inexpensive hotel, but it’s comfortable and centrally located. When we stayed there for a weekend two years ago, their “dog package” was $45. That included a large dog bed, dog treats, a brush, a water bowl, and a sort of tray-pan with papers for quick trips to the lavatory–if your dog will use them. The staff was dog-friendly as well.

We also refugeed off the beach at Assateague one September night into the Clarion Fontainebleu in Ocean City. The incident involved a tent-munching session by two of Assateague’s famous ponies. We were tired, filthy, stressed out–and had Spencer with us. They offer pet accommodations with some restrictions for $38, and the concierge is well supplied with dog biscuit treats. It’s not the cheapest place in OC, but it certainly was comfortable.

Incidentally, the national seashore park at Assateague welcomes–or tolerates–dogs. The state park does not. You also cannot take dogs onto the wildlife refuge area at Chincoteague. State parks in West Virginia are generally dog-friendly, while those in Maryland and Pennsylvania…not so much.

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