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6 Outrageously Fabulous Hotels for Pets
Psychics, Reiki massage, and surfing lessons. Take your dog or cat to one of these pet-indulgent hotels, and they may not want to come home.
Break out the catnip: August 8 is International Cat Day, which seems a lovely excuse to pack your cat’s bag and take him or her along on a late-summer family vacation. Granted, more people take their dogs on vacations, but plenty of hotels have set up enticing programs for canines, the occasional kitty traveler and sometimes even snakes or birds. A few, however, offer a lot more than treats, litter boxes and chew toys. These hotels—where kid amenities sometimes pale in comparison—may give your pet some new, four-star standards:
Loews Coronado Bay
You might get a free room when you bring your dog to the Loews Coronado Bay, a plush seaside resort in San Diego that’s part of the pet-friendly Loews chain. The winner of its annual Surf Dog Competition—where pooches hang 20, as it were—gets a free stay. To prep, doggie guests can take a surfing lesson year-round for $80 an hour. Cats tend not be ocean-swimming enthusiasts, of course, but they can still ring up room service for cat-specific menu items—s uch as Whisker-Licking Liver, sautéed with eggs and brown rice, or the fresh-filet Salmon Supreme—and play with their in-room scratching post and catnip. Pet fee is $25 per day.
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Topnotch Resort Hotel & Spa
Topnotch, a popular mountainside Vermont resort, offers a list of dog-friendly hiking trails and swimming holes near the hotel, but its biggest perk is in the spa: the "Rover Reiki" massage (starts at $60) lets them work on kinks while lounging on a magnetic dog bed. While Sparky is chillaxing, his family can take the resort’s Intro to Climbing and Bouldering class. Pet fee is $25 per day.
The Benjamin
Smoky shouldn't have to sleep on the floor like any old animal while on vacation. That’s why The Benjamin, an eastside Manhattan hotel, offers three bed options: a Sofa Bed (with removable cushion) for small dogs, an orthopedic bed for medium dogs and the overstuffed Luxe for big dogs, with rhino suede and gold braid. Every dog, too, gets a plush bathrobe for use during his or her stay. Kids, meanwhile, can browse the lending library of bedtime stories. No daily pet fee.
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