Silly us for thinking that a month was early enough to schedule a pet sitter for the holidays. So instead of requiring the dogs to live a lifestyle they are not accustomed to for a week, we packed them up for a trip to Arizona.
The plan was Drive, Stay at Hotel, Drive. So then the problem became finding a hotel that was dog friendly which didn't require US to live a lifestyle we were not accustomed to. And to make life easier and give me a reference in three years when our laziness puts us in the same predicament, here is what I learned:
1. Budget hotel chains are more likely to be pet friendly.
2. Marriott's pet-friendly search interface is the SHIT. I bow down to their UX/UI people. On one page, you have search parameters, map, photos, and hotel summaries. http://www.marriott.com/hotel-search/pet-friendly.hotels/
We ended up staying at two different places on our trip.
Hotel #1:
Renaissance Palm Springs
Pros: Large ground floor room, beautiful grounds, grassy area behind hotel, restaurant on site
Cons: No separate side entrance, expensive
Hotel #2:
Aloft Ontario-Rancho Cucamonga
Pros: Cheap while still trendy and clean, LA suburbs at its greatest
Cons: No restaurant on site, no separate side entrance
All and all, our stays were quite enjoyable and not nearly as stressful as I thought they would be.
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