Recently received this from a friend re La Quinta hotels I am a participant in a survey panel; I get surveys on everything from financial decisions to product reviews. Last week I got one on Hotel Pet policies and the questions were specific to La Quinta. They were interested to know if my hotel preference would change under various proposed pet policies. Some of the proposed policies included: 1) limit of 2 dogs per room 2) having limited number of pet approved rooms at each site 3) offering a pet welcome basket including a dog cookie, blanket and 1 other thing 4) having a pet fee of $15/dog/night 5) having a pet fee of $25/dog/night 6) having a pet fee of $50/dog/night 7) having a pet fee of $250 with $100 refundable after inspection of room There were several other options I can't recall, some with a waiver if you were a Rewards Elite member. Then there was a section asking if my hotel preference would change if I was traveling WITHOUT my dogs. They wanted to know if I would be more or less likely to stay if: 1) pets were allowed on the 1st floor only 2) if pets were allowed in only designated rooms 3) if rooms were sanitized after a pet stayed in the room 4) no pets were allowed. So clearly La Quinta is looking at a possible change in policies. I urge you to call their main office and let them know how important it is for them to maintain their no pet fee, no limit on number of dogs, no restrictions on number of available pet rooms. I travel for agility and also across the country (coast to coast) twice a year and only stay at LQ because anywhere else would be cost prohibitive when the pet fees are added. Changes would severely impact my ability to travel because I always take my dogs. I have 2 dogs and sometimes share a room with another agility competitor who has 2 dogs when I travel for agility. We crate our dogs at night and never leave them in the room alone. Travel costs have already caused me to limit my competition schedule, if LQ changes their policies I probably will have to cut out travel altogether. So speak up people, every voice heard is important . |
Agreed, we stayed with them exclusively when we moved across the country with Max. It made things so much easier and cost-effective. |
Absolutely the pet friendly, no extra fee is a must! The rooms are ok, but nothing special; I stay at and have recommended La Quinta because they are dog friendly and affordable. Like you, Piper is never left alone and I'm careful not to 'leave a paw print,' if you will...I would expect a lot more for my money if, in addition to cost of so-so room, I had to pay an additional pet fee. Who do I contact? Or can you forward this...? Thanks for heads-up on possible changes (bad idea) to La Quinta dog policy. |
I find your replies very interesting since my experience with LQ was much different. Maybe it was because we are on the east coast or maybe it was because it was a holiday weekend. We traveled to Florida via the I-95 corridor and planned for our trip to take two nights. We did not make reservations since we did not know how far we could get on day 1. Turns out that we stopped sooner than expected due to heavy rain and fog. The LQ we went to wanted $45 per dog. We have two. It was Dec 29 - they told us it was holiday. We left and stayed at Best Western for $10 per dog. The next night we again tried LQ. This time they refused to accommodate the dogs at all, so again we stayed at Best Western. Nice, clean, great breakfast and very dog friendly. Four months later we headed home and passed up LQ for Best Western. Just our experience. |
Glad to know about Best Western; sounds like an excellent alternative. |
Motel eight and six are very basic but clean. Also usually a picnic area where we can bbq. Some holiday inns take dogs and there are also the independents. I think it was a comfort suite hotel that was very lovely, an apartment type accommodation with full kitchen and a dog walk area out back. But it was over a hundred a night.... |
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