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How much extra are you happy to pay for your dog to stay somewhere with you? i have a dog friendly holiday cottage and don't charge for dogs, just a choice I made being a dog lover and someone who takes my own dogs away with me. Having said that, I often book places where there is a dog charge and have paid up to £25 per dog for a week's stay.

I have booked a studio apartment for one night with the dog while attending an event and it is an extra £20 for the dog for one night. I just felt it was a little excessive but because the location is good and the apartment looks like what I am after I have paid it. It is an extra cleaning charge. I always leave places as clean, if not cleaner, than I have found them though so feel a bit meh about it.
 
I think a one off cleaning fee makes sense so it would be the same whether for a night or a week. Some dogs shed like crazy so the vacuuming takes much longer, and hair can be on furniture etc. They can;t have a different fee for clean/non shedding dogs. It needs to be a flat rate charge for the extra cleaning needed after some dogs. £20 sounds re very reasonable to me.
 
I go away with my dogs every year and generally there is no charge for dogs but the cottage rent is quite high. Some of them have a damage clause and they have never needed to take it from me. We leave the properties spotless , we take throws for all of the sofas and chairs, my friends dogs sleep with her so she brings all of her bedding , mine don’t come into my bedroom but I put a throw over the bed just in case I forget to shut the door … the properties usually have hard flooring downstairs so easy to keep clean ..
 
As someone who used to have a holiday rental I banned dogs altogether as people were so entitled, leaving hair all over the furniture and so on.
So I do think £20 for the stay is fair. So much more cleaning and limiting your market if the next person has allergies.
 
There is a group on Facebook that I have started following and which I think I'll have to leave because it's not good for my blood pressure.

Someone going on holiday to dog friendly accommodation found fleas on their dog the night before going on holiday. They were asking what they could use on the dog because didn't want to use flea treatments, so basically didn't want to use anything that was likely to be effective. It's that type of group.

Coconut oil was suggested. FFS.
 
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We have 4 nights booked away next month, its a non negotiable £10 a night for up to 2 dogs.
Grates a bit but I do understand.
We have 1 small non shedding well behaved small breed, not allowed on beds etc and I take care to keep things clean, others might be very different.
 
I won't stay somewhere that charges per dog (with the exception of hotels where I will only have 2 max) and wouldn't be willing to pay more than a £40 standing fee. It's very rare we take all 5 with us and if we do, we're camping, but I actively avoid per night per dog charges.
 
Clodagh said:
As someone who used to have a holiday rental I banned dogs altogether as people were so entitled, leaving hair all over the furniture and so on.
So I do think £20 for the stay is fair. So much more cleaning and limiting your market if the next person has allergies.
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I also have a holiday rental and almost all my guests have dogs and the vast majority are responsible thankfully.
 
Moobli - completely off topic and sorry to hijack your thread, but did your username come from the name of a dog in a book?
If so, do you by any chance know the title and author of the book?
I've been trying to remember it for years!
So sorry to interrupt!
 
Splinters said:
Moobli - completely off topic and sorry to hijack your thread, but did your username come from the name of a dog in a book?
If so, do you by any chance know the title and author of the book?
I've been trying to remember it for years!
So sorry to interrupt!
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I asked Moobli this a while back and the answer is yes . The book you’re thinking of is called Moobli , by Mike Tomkies .
 
I when we have stayed in a cottage with the dogs I always hoover the place within an inch of its life before I leave .
Dog tourism is a huge thing in Northumberland .
 
I don't go away with my dogs on holiday really but if I did I would expect to pay more, I have 2 small dogs and can appreciate how much hair and mess they can make.

Maybe some holiday rentals hike up the cleaning price for dog owners to put them off booking and to he honest I wouldn't blame them.

I don't let my dogs in the beds I have no desire to sleep amongst dog hair they get on the sofa and that gets hairy enough.

I stayed round a friends once and her spare bedroom bed literally looked like her dogs had permanently slept in it, it made me feel ill I can put up with my own dogs hair but other people's no I don't want to sleep in it.

So I do get it and I love dogs.
 
Splinters said:
Moobli - completely off topic and sorry to hijack your thread, but did your username come from the name of a dog in a book?
If so, do you by any chance know the title and author of the book?
I've been trying to remember it for years!
So sorry to interrupt!
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Haha yes! The name of the book is Moobli (who was a German shepherd) and the author is wildlife enthusiast and naturalist Mike Tomkies.
It’s my favourite book, despite being very sad.
 
I do stay in hotels with my dogs a lot I do not object to paying extra it varies between £15 and £40 per night ( I am travelling with two ).
I have beds I only use in rooms for travelling and I wash them and store them after every trip .
I have other beds for the back of the car .
I take drying coats , water proof coats for late night pee patrols in the rain so I can avoid them being wet in the hotel I have those fleece jumpers for if they have to be wet in a hotel as it keeps the water away from walls .
I use those puppy pads under the water bowl in room to stop drips .
I try to be as good a dog client as possible .
 
Moobli said:
How much extra are you happy to pay for your dog to stay somewhere with you? i have a dog friendly holiday cottage and don't charge for dogs, just a choice I made being a dog lover and someone who takes my own dogs away with me. Having said that, I often book places where there is a dog charge and have paid up to £25 per dog for a week's stay.

I have booked a studio apartment for one night with the dog while attending an event and it is an extra £20 for the dog for one night. I just felt it was a little excessive but because the location is good and the apartment looks like what I am after I have paid it. It is an extra cleaning charge. I always leave places as clean, if not cleaner, than I have found them though so feel a bit meh about it.
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We normally pay £20 to £25 per dog at holiday cottages, all have been lovely and spotless and I do have a little clean before we leave too, I don;t begruge it for the beautiful places we have stayed in and cheaper than kennels for the week!!
 
maisie06 said:
We normally pay £20 to £25 per dog at holiday cottages, all have been lovely and spotless and I do have a little clean before we leave too, I don;t begruge it for the beautiful places we have stayed in and cheaper than kennels for the week!!
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I have no problem paying £20-25 a week to stay in a cottage with one of my dogs but it’s the per night fee I was a bit surprised about. I rarely stay anywhere just for one night so wasn’t sure if it was the norm.
 
When there are excess charges for the dogs, I always ask if they charge extra for children, as they are more likely to make more mess than the dogs. I always leave a holiday cottage as clean as I find it. I do think that even if somewhere doesn't charge extra for dogs, they have most likely factored in extra cleaning costs into the price per week anyway.
 
I paid £30 per night for a week to have our 2 dogs with us earlier this year.
I take throws to put on furniture and a large throw for bed as the Spaniel can't possibly sleep without touching you and the GSD casts almost non stop.

I do take coats, jumpers (for spaniel), towels, dog robes etc so I can get them as dry as possible so as to make as little mess as possible. We have brushes, sponge and bought a small washer so we could get mud off them outside.

It's more expensive than putting them in kennels but we budget for it and live having them with us while we explore areas.
 
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