Traveling with Your Pet, 8th Edition (Traveling With Your Pet)

Most of the book reads like any standard travel book. Arranged alphabetically by state, you'll find hotels in both small towns and major cities, with a list of icons showing what amenities you can expect. Instead of descriptions of restaurants or spas, you'll find a sentence or two outlining pet policies. Here, a careful reading can save you a bundle. Although many hotels are happy to house animals, surcharges range anywhere from $5 total to $100 per night and, in some cases, only particular species of small size are accepted. This section cautions readers to confirm the current policy in advance. The last thing you want to discover upon arrival with your two labs is that the policy was changed the day before you made the reservations.

Other than these listings, information is relatively limited, but can be helpful to newcomers to the world of pet vacations. Contact information is provided for several airlines, as well as emergency animal health-care suggestions and advice for buying safe traveling equipment. Dog owners will appreciate the list of off-leash dog parks throughout the U.S., which includes rules for national parks and forests. In fact, with all its practical information, you may find this book puts your regular pet sitter out of a job! --Jill Lightner

Product Description
Annual updates make Traveling With Your Pet the most complete travel guide for people who want to take their four-legged family members along on their next trip. Learn how to prep dogs and cats for automobile or airplane travel with practical advice about packing, safety and health. Find more than 12,000 pet-friendly, AAA-RATED(r) lodgings in the United States and Canada, or find the best AAA-RATED(r) campgrounds that allow pets. Take Spot or Snowball to select attractions. Frolic on national public lands that welcome family pets. There's even a roundup of dog parks. In addition, this book includes tips for disabled travelers with service animals, a list of nationwide animal or pet-related organizations, and United States and Canadian border crossing procedures.