I'm reading this thread with interest because we are about to take a little three day vacation up north and plan to take Sophie (nine months old) with us. This will be our first time traveling with Sophie that she can't stay at a relative's house. We thought it would be fun as we plan to travel about three hours north and Sophie has a pet view car seat. Even though it's 2009 northern Michigan is fairly unsophisticated so although there are some pet friendly hotels none that I have found will let you leave a dog in the room while you are not there. Either way we will still go however it would be nice if we could go out for a quick dinner and drink but I have not found one that will let Sophie be in our room while we are out. We have a little doggie den that we travel with so she wouldn't hurt the room at all but I guess maybe it's a barking issue with these places. Can anyone tell me what hotel chain will let you leave a dog in the room? I don't mean to hijack the thread but it's sort of related.
