Last summer, I made the rookie mistake of booking a “pet friendly” beach house in the Outer Banks without actually reading the fine print. Turns out, “pet friendly” meant dogs were allowed inside the property but completely banned from the beach itself from May through September. My golden retriever, Biscuit, stared out the window at … Read more
Dog Friendly Trips in Texas. I still remember the look on my golden retriever Cooper’s face the first time I drove past the Texas Hill Country with him hanging out the back window. Pure joy. Ears flapping, tongue out, no idea where we were going, and absolutely not caring. That was three years ago, and … Read more
Weekend Trips from Dallas with Dogs? My dog Biscuit has a look he gives me every Friday evening. It’s part guilt trip, part desperate plea. He plants himself by the front door, tail going like a helicopter blade, and just stares. After three years of living in Dallas, I finally stopped fighting that look and … Read more
How Long Can a Cat Stay in a Carrier? The first time I drove from Nashville to Dallas with my cat Mango, I was completely unprepared. I had a cheap soft sided carrier, no plan, and the naive belief that cats just… handle things. Six hours in, Mango had soiled the carrier, refused water for … Read more
Last spring, I made the mistake of booking a cute little lakefront cabin in Michigan without checking their pet policy first. Showed up with my golden retriever, Biscuit, and a weekend bag, only to find a “No Pets” sign on the front door. It was a Friday afternoon. I had no backup plan. I ended … Read more
Pet Travel to Puerto Rico. Honestly, the whole thing started because I couldn’t find anyone to watch my dog for two weeks. I was heading to Puerto Rico for a working trip that kept getting extended, and my usual dog sitter had her own vacation booked. My beagle mix, Mango, is not the kind of … Read more
The call came on a Tuesday afternoon. My sister had just taken a job in Portland, Oregon — and she was calling from her apartment in Atlanta, panicking, because she had a 65 pound Labrador named Biscuit who absolutely could not make a five-day cross country drive in July heat. “Can you just… ship a … Read more
Pet Friendly Road Trip Planner — Interval Search Pet-Friendly Road Trip Planner — OSM & Overpass (interval search) Plan Trip Clear Search distance from route (km): Interval between searches (km): Download Itinerary Hotels found near route Plan a route to search for nearby hotels along the route at regular intervals. Itinerary No hotels added yet. … Read more
